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General Information</H1 -><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" -><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" -><A -NAME="AEN12">1.1. Where can I get it?</H1 -><P ->The Samba suite is available at the <A -HREF="http://samba.org/" -TARGET="_top" ->samba website</A ->.</P -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" -><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" -><A -NAME="AEN16">1.2. What do the version numbers mean?</H1 -><P ->It is not recommended that you run a version of Samba with the word -"alpha" in its name unless you know what you are doing and are willing -to do some debugging. Many, many people just get the latest -recommended stable release version and are happy. If you are brave, by -all means take the plunge and help with the testing and development - -but don't install it on your departmental server. Samba is typically -very stable and safe, and this is mostly due to the policy of many -public releases.</P -><P ->How the scheme works: -<P -></P -><TABLE -BORDER="0" -><TBODY -><TR -><TD ->When major changes are made the version number is increased. For -example, the transition from 1.9.15 to 1.9.16. However, this version -number will not appear immediately and people should continue to use -1.9.15 for production systems (see next point.)</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->Just after major changes are made the software is considered -unstable, and a series of alpha releases are distributed, for example -1.9.16alpha1. These are for testing by those who know what they are -doing. The "alpha" in the filename will hopefully scare off those who -are just looking for the latest version to install.</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->When Andrew thinks that the alphas have stabilised to the point -where he would recommend new users install it, he renames it to the -same version number without the alpha, for example 1.9.16.</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->Inevitably bugs are found in the "stable" releases and minor patch -levels are released which give us the pXX series, for example 1.9.16p2.</TD -></TR -></TBODY -></TABLE -><P -></P -></P -><P ->So the progression goes: - -<PRE -CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" ->1.9.15p7 (production) -1.9.15p8 (production) -1.9.16alpha1 (test sites only) -: -1.9.16alpha20 (test sites only) -1.9.16 (production) -1.9.16p1 (production)</PRE -></P -><P ->The above system means that whenever someone looks at the samba ftp -site they will be able to grab the highest numbered release without an -alpha in the name and be sure of getting the current recommended -version.</P -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" -><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" -><A -NAME="AEN28">1.3. What platforms are supported?</H1 -><P ->Many different platforms have run Samba successfully. The platforms -most widely used and thus best tested are Linux and SunOS.</P -><P ->At time of writing, there is support (or has been support for in earlier -versions):</P -><P -></P -><TABLE -BORDER="0" -><TBODY -><TR -><TD ->A/UX 3.0</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->AIX</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->Altos Series 386/1000</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->Amiga</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->Apollo Domain/OS sr10.3</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->BSDI </TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->B.O.S. (Bull Operating System)</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->Cray, Unicos 8.0</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->Convex</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->DGUX. </TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->DNIX.</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->FreeBSD</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->HP-UX</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->Intergraph. </TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->Linux with/without shadow passwords and quota</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->LYNX 2.3.0</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->MachTen (a unix like system for Macintoshes)</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->Motorola 88xxx/9xx range of machines</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->NetBSD</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->NEXTSTEP Release 2.X, 3.0 and greater (including OPENSTEP for Mach).</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->OS/2 using EMX 0.9b</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->OSF1</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->QNX 4.22</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->RiscIX. </TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->RISCOs 5.0B</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->SEQUENT. </TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->SCO (including: 3.2v2, European dist., OpenServer 5)</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->SGI.</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->SMP_DC.OSx v1.1-94c079 on Pyramid S series</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->SONY NEWS, NEWS-OS (4.2.x and 6.1.x)</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->SUNOS 4</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->SUNOS 5.2, 5.3, and 5.4 (Solaris 2.2, 2.3, and '2.4 and later')</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->Sunsoft ISC SVR3V4</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->SVR4</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->System V with some berkely extensions (Motorola 88k R32V3.2).</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->ULTRIX.</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->UNIXWARE</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->UXP/DS</TD -></TR -></TBODY -></TABLE -><P -></P -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" -><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" -><A -NAME="AEN71">1.4. How do I subscribe to the Samba Mailing Lists?</H1 -><P ->Look at <A -HREF="http://samba.org/samba/archives.html" -TARGET="_top" ->the samba mailing list page</A -></P -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" -><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" -><A -NAME="AEN75">1.5. Pizza supply details</H1 -><P ->Those who have registered in the Samba survey as "Pizza Factory" will -already know this, but the rest may need some help. Andrew doesn't ask -for payment, but he does appreciate it when people give him -pizza. This calls for a little organisation when the pizza donor is -twenty thousand kilometres away, but it has been done.</P -><P ->Method 1: Ring up your local branch of an international pizza chain -and see if they honour their vouchers internationally. Pizza Hut do, -which is how the entire Canberra Linux Users Group got to eat pizza -one night, courtesy of someone in the US.</P -><P ->Method 2: Ring up a local pizza shop in Canberra and quote a credit -card number for a certain amount, and tell them that Andrew will be -collecting it (don't forget to tell him.) One kind soul from Germany -did this.</P -><P ->Method 3: Purchase a pizza voucher from your local pizza shop that has -no international affiliations and send it to Andrew. It is completely -useless but he can hang it on the wall next to the one he already has -from Germany :-)</P -><P ->Method 4: Air freight him a pizza with your favourite regional -flavours. 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