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diff --git a/packaging/Debian/debian/README.debian b/packaging/Debian/debian/README.debian index 82be3f4df4..d73f91a154 100644 --- a/packaging/Debian/debian/README.debian +++ b/packaging/Debian/debian/README.debian @@ -1,30 +1,45 @@ Samba for Debian ---------------- -This package was built by Eloy Paris <peloy@debian.org> and Steve -Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>, current maintainers of the Samba packages -for Debian, based on work from Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>, Andrew +This package was built by Eloy Paris <peloy@debian.org> and Steve Langasek +<vorlon@debian.org>, current maintainers of the Samba packages for Debian, +based on previous work from Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>, Andrew Howell <andrew@it.com.au>, Klee Dienes <klee@debian.org> and Michael Meskes <meskes@topsystem.de>, all previous maintainers of the packages -samba and sambades (now merged together - see below). +samba and sambades (merged together for longer than we can remember.) -As of Samba 2.0.6-1, the Debian version of Samba is compiled with -Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) support. PAM support was -discontinued during the libc5 -> libc6 migration process and I never -brought it back until 2.0.6-1. +Contents of this README file: -The smbfs package does not support the 2.0.x Linux kernels anymore. -This has been the case since the very first packages of the CVS sources -that eventually became Samba 2.2. To use the smbfs package you need to -run a 2.2.x kernel or later. +1. Notes +2. Packages Generated from the Samba Sources +3. Support for NT Domains +4. Samba and LDAP +5. Reporting bugs -Starting with the Debian packages for Samba 2.2, the Samba log files (for -nmbd and smbd) have been moved to a new location: /var/log/samba/. The -files also have new names: log.nmbd and log.smbd. The old files -(/var/log/{nmb,smb} were moved to the new location. -As of Samba 2.2.2-11, the Samba sources produce the following binary -packages: +1. Notes +-------- + +- As of Samba 2.0.6-1, the Debian version of Samba is compiled with + Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) support. PAM support was + discontinued during the libc5 -> libc6 migration process and I never + brought it back until 2.0.6-1. + +- The smbfs package does not support the 2.0.x Linux kernels anymore. + This has been the case since the very first packages of the CVS sources + that eventually became Samba 2.2. To use the smbfs package you need to + run a 2.2.x kernel or later. + +- Starting with the Debian packages for Samba 2.2, the Samba log files (for + nmbd and smbd) have been moved to a new location: /var/log/samba/. The + files also have new names: log.nmbd and log.smbd. The old files + (/var/log/{nmb,smb} were moved to the new location. + + +2. Packages Generated from the Samba Sources +-------------------------------------------- + +Currently, the Samba sources produce the following binary packages: samba: A LanManager like file and printer server for Unix. samba-common: Samba common files used by both the server and the client. @@ -37,7 +52,10 @@ libpam-smbpass: pluggable authentication module for SMB password database. libsmbclient: Shared library that allows applications to talk to SMB servers. libsmbclient-dev: libsmbclient shared libraries. - +winbind: Service to resolve user and group information from a Windows NT + server. +python2.2-samba: Python bindings that allow access to various aspects of + Samba. Please note that the package smbwrapper (a shared library that provides SMB client services that existed between Samba 2.0.0-1 and Samba-2.0.5a-4 @@ -47,8 +65,9 @@ recommended to disable the compilation of smbwrapper until some issues with glibc2.1 get cleared out (the problem is with glibc, not with Samba itself). -Support for NT Domains ----------------------- + +3. Support for NT Domains +------------------------- Samba 2.2 includes preliminary support for NT domains. A Samba server can now be part of a Windows NT domain whose Primary Domain Controller @@ -66,6 +85,49 @@ section). Please note that NT domain PDC support is far from complete and is still experimental. + +4. Samba and LDAP +----------------- + +Starting with Samba 2.999+3.0cvs20020723-1 we are building Samba with +ldapsam support. + + +5. Reporting Bugs +----------------- + +If you believe you have found a bug please make sure the possible bug +also exists in the latest version of Samba that is available for the +unstable Debian distribution. If you are running Debian stable this +means that you will probably have to build your own packages. And if the +problem does not exist in the latest version of Samba we have packaged it +means that you will have to run the version of Samba you built yourself +since it is not easy to upload new packages to the stable distribution, +unless they fix critical security problems. + +If you can reproduce the problem in the latest version of Samba then +it is likely to be a real bug. Your best shot is to search the Samba +mailing lists to see if it is something that has already been reported +and fixed - if it is a simple fix we can add the patch to our packages +without waiting for a new Samba release. + +If you decide that your problem deserves to be submitted to the Debian +Bug Tracking System (BTS) we expect you to be responsive if we request +more information. If we request more information and do not receive +any in a reasonable time frame expect to see your bug closed without +explanation - we can't fix bugs we can't reproduce, and most of the +time we need more information to be able to reproduce them. + +When submitting a bug to the Debian BTS please include the version of +the Debian package you are using as well as the Debian distribution you +are using. Think _twice_ about the severity you assign to the bug: we +are _very_ sensitive about bug severities; the fact that it doesn't +work for you doesn't mean that the severity must be such that it holds +a major Debian release. In fact, that it doesn't work for you it +doesn't mean that it doesn't work for others. So again: think _twice_. + + Eloy A. Paris <peloy@debian.org> Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> -January 14, 2002 + +$Id: README.debian,v 1.3 2003/06/01 07:12:51 peloy Exp $ |