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-<H2><A NAME="s1">1. General Information</A></H2>
-
-<P>
-<A NAME="general_info"></A>
-</P>
-<P>All about Samba - what it is, how to get it, related sources of
-information, how to understand the version numbering scheme, pizza
-details</P>
-
-<H2><A NAME="ss1.1">1.1 What is Samba? </A></H2>
-
-<P>
-<A NAME="introduction"></A>
-
-Samba is a suite of programs which work together to allow clients to
-access to a server's filespace and printers via the SMB (Server
-Message Block) protocol. Initially written for Unix, Samba now also
-runs on Netware, OS/2 and VMS.</P>
-<P>In practice, this means that you can redirect disks and printers to
-Unix disks and printers from Lan Manager clients, Windows for
-Workgroups 3.11 clients, Windows NT clients, Linux clients and OS/2
-clients. There is also a generic Unix client program supplied as part
-of the suite which allows Unix users to use an ftp-like interface to
-access filespace and printers on any other SMB servers. This gives the
-capability for these operating systems to behave much like a LAN
-Server or Windows NT Server machine, only with added functionality and
-flexibility designed to make life easier for administrators.</P>
-<P>The components of the suite are (in summary):</P>
-<P>
-<UL>
-<LI><B>smbd</B>, the SMB server. This handles actual connections from clients, doing all the file, permission and username work</LI>
-<LI><B>nmbd</B>, the Netbios name server, which helps clients locate servers, doing the browsing work and managing domains as this capability is being built into Samba</LI>
-<LI><B>smbclient</B>, the Unix-hosted client program</LI>
-<LI><B>smbrun</B>, a little 'glue' program to help the server run external programs</LI>
-<LI><B>testprns</B>, a program to test server access to printers</LI>
-<LI><B>testparms</B>, a program to test the Samba configuration file for correctness</LI>
-<LI><B>smb.conf</B>, the Samba configuration file</LI>
-<LI><B>smbprint</B>, a sample script to allow a Unix host to use smbclient to print to an SMB server</LI>
-<LI><B>Documentation!</B> DON'T neglect to read it - you will save a great deal of time!</LI>
-</UL>
-</P>
-<P>The suite is supplied with full source (of course!) and is GPLed.</P>
-<P>The primary creator of the Samba suite is Andrew Tridgell. Later
-versions incorporate much effort by many net.helpers. The man pages
-and this FAQ were originally written by Karl Auer.</P>
-
-
-<H2><A NAME="ss1.2">1.2 What is the current version of Samba? </A></H2>
-
-<P>
-<A NAME="current_version"></A>
-
-At time of writing, the current version was 1.9.17. If you want to be
-sure check the bottom of the change-log file.
-<A HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/alpha/change-log">ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/alpha/change-log</A></P>
-<P>For more information see
-<A HREF="#version_nums">What do the version numbers mean?</A></P>
-
-
-<H2><A NAME="ss1.3">1.3 Where can I get it? </A></H2>
-
-<P>
-<A NAME="where"></A>
-
-The Samba suite is available via anonymous ftp from
-samba.org. The latest and greatest versions of the suite are in
-the directory:</P>
-<P>/pub/samba/</P>
-<P>Development (read "alpha") versions, which are NOT necessarily stable
-and which do NOT necessarily have accurate documentation, are
-available in the directory:</P>
-<P>/pub/samba/alpha</P>
-<P>Note that binaries are NOT included in any of the above. Samba is
-distributed ONLY in source form, though binaries may be available from
-other sites. Recent versions of some Linux distributions, for example,
-do contain Samba binaries for that platform.</P>
-
-
-<H2><A NAME="ss1.4">1.4 What do the version numbers mean? </A></H2>
-
-<P>
-<A NAME="version_nums"></A>
-
-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:
-<OL>
-<LI>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.)
-</LI>
-<LI>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.
-</LI>
-<LI>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.
-</LI>
-<LI>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.</LI>
-</OL>
-
-So the progression goes:
-<PRE>
- 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>
-
-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>
-
-
-<H2><A NAME="ss1.5">1.5 What platforms are supported? </A></H2>
-
-<P>
-<A NAME="platforms"></A>
-
-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, the Makefile claimed support for:
-<UL>
-<LI> A/UX 3.0</LI>
-<LI> AIX</LI>
-<LI> Altos Series 386/1000</LI>
-<LI> Amiga</LI>
-<LI> Apollo Domain/OS sr10.3</LI>
-<LI> BSDI </LI>
-<LI> B.O.S. (Bull Operating System)</LI>
-<LI> Cray, Unicos 8.0</LI>
-<LI> Convex</LI>
-<LI> DGUX. </LI>
-<LI> DNIX.</LI>
-<LI> FreeBSD</LI>
-<LI> HP-UX</LI>
-<LI> Intergraph. </LI>
-<LI> Linux with/without shadow passwords and quota</LI>
-<LI> LYNX 2.3.0</LI>
-<LI> MachTen (a unix like system for Macintoshes)</LI>
-<LI> Motorola 88xxx/9xx range of machines</LI>
-<LI> NetBSD</LI>
-<LI> NEXTSTEP Release 2.X, 3.0 and greater (including OPENSTEP for Mach).</LI>
-<LI> OS/2 using EMX 0.9b</LI>
-<LI> OSF1</LI>
-<LI> QNX 4.22</LI>
-<LI> RiscIX. </LI>
-<LI> RISCOs 5.0B</LI>
-<LI> SEQUENT. </LI>
-<LI> SCO (including: 3.2v2, European dist., OpenServer 5)</LI>
-<LI> SGI.</LI>
-<LI> SMP_DC.OSx v1.1-94c079 on Pyramid S series</LI>
-<LI> SONY NEWS, NEWS-OS (4.2.x and 6.1.x)</LI>
-<LI> SUNOS 4</LI>
-<LI> SUNOS 5.2, 5.3, and 5.4 (Solaris 2.2, 2.3, and '2.4 and later')</LI>
-<LI> Sunsoft ISC SVR3V4</LI>
-<LI> SVR4</LI>
-<LI> System V with some berkely extensions (Motorola 88k R32V3.2).</LI>
-<LI> ULTRIX.</LI>
-<LI> UNIXWARE</LI>
-<LI> UXP/DS</LI>
-</UL>
-</P>
-
-
-<H2><A NAME="ss1.6">1.6 How can I find out more about Samba? </A></H2>
-
-<P>
-<A NAME="more"></A>
-
-There are a number of places to look for more information on Samba, including:
-<UL>
-<LI>Two mailing lists devoted to discussion of Samba-related matters. </LI>
-<LI>The newsgroup, comp.protocols.smb, which has a great deal of discussion on Samba. </LI>
-<LI>The WWW site 'SAMBA Web Pages' at
-<A HREF="http://samba.edu.au/samba/">http://samba.edu.au/samba/</A> includes:
-<UL>
-<LI>Links to man pages and documentation, including this FAQ</LI>
-<LI>A comprehensive survey of Samba users.</LI>
-<LI>A searchable hypertext archive of the Samba mailing list.</LI>
-<LI>Links to Samba source code, binaries, and mirrors of both.</LI>
-</UL>
-</LI>
-<LI>The long list of topic documentation. These files can be found in the 'docs' directory of the Samba source, or at
-<A HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/">ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/</A>
-<UL>
-<LI>
-<A HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/Application_Serving.txt">Application_Serving.txt</A></LI>
-<LI>
-<A HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/BROWSING.txt">BROWSING.txt</A></LI>
-<LI>
-<A HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/BUGS.txt">BUGS.txt</A></LI>
-<LI>
-<A HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/DIAGNOSIS.txt">DIAGNOSIS.txt</A></LI>
-<LI>
-<A HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/DNIX.txt">DNIX.txt</A></LI>
-<LI>
-<A HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/DOMAIN.txt">DOMAIN.txt</A></LI>
-<LI>
-<A HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/DOMAIN_CONTROL.txt">CONTROL.txt</A></LI>
-<LI>
-<A HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/ENCRYPTION.txt">ENCRYPTION.txt</A></LI>
-<LI>
-<A HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/Faxing.txt">Faxing.txt</A></LI>
-<LI>
-<A HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/GOTCHAS.txt">GOTCHAS.txt</A></LI>
-<LI>
-<A HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/HINTS.txt">HINTS.txt</A></LI>
-<LI>
-<A HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/INSTALL.sambatar">INSTALL.sambatar</A></LI>
-<LI>
-<A HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/INSTALL.txt">INSTALL.txt</A></LI>
-<LI>
-<A HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/MIRRORS">MIRRORS</A></LI>
-<LI>
-<A HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/NetBIOS.txt">NetBIOS.txt</A></LI>
-<LI>
-<A HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/OS2.txt">OS2.txt</A></LI>
-<LI>
-<A HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/PROJECTS">PROJECTS</A></LI>
-<LI>
-<A HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/Passwords.txt">Passwords.txt</A></LI>
-<LI>
-<A HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/Printing.txt">Printing.txt</A></LI>
-<LI>
-<A HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/README.DCEDFS">README.DCEDFS</A></LI>
-<LI>
-<A HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/README.OS2">README.OS2</A></LI>
-<LI>
-<A HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/README.jis">README.jis</A></LI>
-<LI>
-<A HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/README.sambatar">README.sambatar</A></LI>
-<LI>
-<A HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/SCO.txt">SCO.txt</A></LI>
-<LI>
-<A HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/SMBTAR.notes">SMBTAR.notes</A></LI>
-<LI>
-<A HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/Speed.txt">Speed.txt</A></LI>
-<LI>
-<A HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/Support.txt">Support.txt</A></LI>
-<LI>
-<A HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/THANKS">THANKS</A></LI>
-<LI>
-<A HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/Tracing.txt">Tracing.txt</A></LI>
-<LI>
-<A HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/UNIX-SMB.txt">SMB.txt</A></LI>
-<LI>
-<A HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/Warp.txt">Warp.txt</A></LI>
-<LI>
-<A HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/WinNT.txt">WinNT.txt</A></LI>
-<LI>
-<A HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/history">history</A></LI>
-<LI>
-<A HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/security_level.txt">level.txt</A></LI>
-<LI>
-<A HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/wfw_slip.htm">slip.htm</A></LI>
-</UL>
-</LI>
-</UL>
-</P>
-
-
-<H2><A NAME="ss1.7">1.7 How do I subscribe to the Samba Mailing Lists?</A></H2>
-
-<P>
-<A NAME="mailinglist"></A>
-
-Send email to
-<A HREF="mailto:listproc@samba.org">listproc@samba.org</A>. Make sure the subject line is
-blank, and include the following two lines in the body of the message:
-<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
-<PRE>
-subscribe samba Firstname Lastname
-subscribe samba-announce Firstname Lastname
-</PRE>
-</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
-
-Obviously you should substitute YOUR first name for "Firstname" and
-YOUR last name for "Lastname"! Try not to send any signature stuff, it
-sometimes confuses the list processor.</P>
-<P>The samba list is a digest list - every eight hours or so it
-regurgitates a single message containing all the messages that have
-been received by the list since the last time and sends a copy of this
-message to all subscribers.</P>
-<P>If you stop being interested in Samba, please send another email to
-<A HREF="mailto:listproc@samba.org">listproc@samba.org</A>. Make sure the subject line is blank, and
-include the following two lines in the body of the message:
-<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
-<PRE>
-unsubscribe samba
-unsubscribe samba-announce
-</PRE>
-</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
-
-The <B>From:</B> line in your message <EM>MUST</EM> be the same address you used when
-you subscribed.</P>
-
-
-<H2><A NAME="ss1.8">1.8 Something's gone wrong - what should I do? </A></H2>
-
-<P>
-<A NAME="wrong"></A>
-
-<B><F>#</F> *** IMPORTANT! *** <F>#</F></B></P>
-<P>DO NOT post messages on mailing lists or in newsgroups until you have
-carried out the first three steps given here!</P>
-<P>Firstly, see if there are any likely looking entries in this FAQ! If
-you have just installed Samba, have you run through the checklist in
-<A HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/DIAGNOSIS.txt">DIAGNOSIS.txt</A>? It can save you a lot of time and effort.
-DIAGNOSIS.txt can also be found in the docs directory of the Samba distribution.</P>
-<P>Secondly, read the man pages for smbd, nmbd and smb.conf, looking for
-topics that relate to what you are trying to do.</P>
-<P>Thirdly, if there is no obvious solution to hand, try to get a look at
-the log files for smbd and/or nmbd for the period during which you
-were having problems. You may need to reconfigure the servers to
-provide more extensive debugging information - usually level 2 or
-level 3 provide ample debugging info. Inspect these logs closely,
-looking particularly for the string "Error:".</P>
-<P>Fourthly, if you still haven't got anywhere, ask the mailing list or
-newsgroup. In general nobody minds answering questions provided you
-have followed the preceding steps. It might be a good idea to scan the
-archives of the mailing list, which are available through the Samba
-web site described in the previous
-section.</P>
-<P>If you successfully solve a problem, please mail the FAQ maintainer a
-succinct description of the symptom, the problem and the solution, so
-I can incorporate it in the next version.</P>
-<P>If you make changes to the source code, _please_ submit these patches
-so that everyone else gets the benefit of your work. This is one of
-the most important aspects to the maintainence of Samba. Send all
-patches to
-<A HREF="mailto:samba@samba.org">samba@samba.org</A>. Do not send patches to Andrew Tridgell or any
-other individual, they may be lost if you do.</P>
-
-
-<H2><A NAME="ss1.9">1.9 Pizza supply details </A></H2>
-
-<P>
-<A NAME="pizza"></A>
-
-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. It will probably get stuck in customs or torn apart by
-hungry sniffer dogs but it will have been a noble gesture.</P>
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