From ee4fc9c73ea39554c817cacdf55167ecb35e6284 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gerald Carter Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 20:30:46 +0000 Subject: r13287: removning readme file (This used to be commit c20ad9d8c03a15afc670dc74921e9e9530174ff6) --- README | 227 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 227 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 README diff --git a/README b/README deleted file mode 100644 index 55f9773d1b..0000000000 --- a/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,227 +0,0 @@ -This is a development version of Samba, the free SMB and CIFS client and -server for UNIX and other operating systems. Samba is maintained by -the Samba Team, who support the original author, Andrew Tridgell. - ->>>> Please read THE WHOLE of this file as it gives important information ->>>> about the configuration and use of Samba. - -NOTE: Installation instructions may be found in - docs/htmldocs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/install.html - -This software is freely distributable under the GNU public license, a -copy of which you should have received with this software (in a file -called COPYING). - - -WHAT IS SMB/CIFS? -================= - -This is a big question. - -The very short answer is that it is the protocol by which a lot of -PC-related machines share files and printers and other information -such as lists of available files and printers. Operating systems that -support this natively include Windows 9x, Windows NT (and derivatives), -OS/2, Mac OS X and Linux. Add on packages that achieve the same -thing are available for DOS, Windows 3.1, VMS, Unix of all kinds, -MVS, and more. Some Web Browsers can speak this protocol as well -(smb://). Alternatives to SMB include Netware, NFS, Appletalk, -Banyan Vines, Decnet etc; many of these have advantages but none are -both public specifications and widely implemented in desktop machines -by default. - -The Common Internet File system (CIFS) is what the new SMB initiative -is called. For details watch http://samba.org/cifs. - - -WHY DO PEOPLE WANT TO USE SMB? -============================== - -1. Many people want to integrate their Microsoft desktop clients - with their Unix servers. - -2. Others want to integrate their Microsoft (etc) servers with Unix - servers. This is a different problem to integrating desktop - clients. - -3. Others want to replace protocols like NFS, DecNet and Novell NCP, - especially when used with PCs. - - -WHAT CAN SAMBA DO? -================== - -Please refer to the WHATSNEW.txt included with this README for -a list of features in the latest Samba release. - -Here is a very short list of what samba includes, and what it does. -For many networks this can be simply summarized by "Samba provides -a complete replacement for Windows NT, Warp, NFS or Netware servers." - -- a SMB server, to provide Windows NT and LAN Manager-style file and print - services to SMB clients such as Windows 95, Warp Server, smbfs and others. - -- a Windows NT 4.0 Domain Controller replacement. - -- a file/print server that can act as a member of a Windows NT 4.0 - or Active Directory domain. - -- a NetBIOS (rfc1001/1002) nameserver, which amongst other things gives - browsing support. Samba can be the master browser on your LAN if you wish. - -- a ftp-like SMB client so you can access PC resources (disks and - printers) from UNIX, Netware, and other operating systems - -- a tar extension to the client for backing up PCs - -- limited command-line tool that supports some of the NT administrative - functionality, which can be used on Samba, NT workstation and NT server. - -For a much better overview have a look at the web site at -http://samba.org/samba, and browse the user survey. - -Related packages include: - -- smbfs, a Linux-only filesystem allowing you to mount remote SMB -filesystems from PCs on your Linux box. This is included as standard with -Linux 2.0 and later. - -- cifsvfs, a more advanced Linux-only filesystem allowing you to mount -remote SMB filesystems from PCs on your Linux box. This is included -as standard with Linux 2.5 and later. - - - -CONTRIBUTIONS -============= - -If you want to contribute to the development of the software then -please join the mailing list. The Samba team accepts patches -(preferably in "diff -u" format, see http://samba.org/samba/devel/ -for more details) and are always glad to receive feedback or -suggestions to the address samba@lists.samba.org. More information -on the various Samba mailing lists can be found at http://lists.samba.org/. - -You can also get the Samba sourcecode straight from the Subversion tree - see -http://samba.org/samba/subversion.html. - -You could also send hardware/software/money/jewelry or pre-paid pizza -vouchers directly to Andrew. The pizza vouchers would be especially -welcome, in fact there is a special field in the survey for people who -have paid up their pizza :-) - -If you like a particular feature then look through the Subversion change-log -(on the web at http://websvn.samba.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi) and see -who added it, then send them an email. - -Remember that free software of this kind lives or dies by the response -we get. If no one tells us they like it then we'll probably move onto -something else. However, as you can see from the user survey quite a lot of -people do seem to like it at the moment :-) - - -MORE INFO -========= - -DOCUMENTATION -------------- - -There is quite a bit of documentation included with the package, -including man pages, and lots of .html files with hints and useful -info. This is also available from the web page. There is a growing -collection of information under docs/. - -A list of Samba documentation in languages other than English is -available on the web page. - -If you would like to help with the documentation (and we _need_ help!) -then have a look at the mailing list samba-docs, archived at -http://lists.samba.org/listinfo/samba-docs/ - - -MAILING LIST ------------- - -Please do NOT send subscription/unsubscription requests to the lists! - -There is a mailing list for discussion of Samba. For details go to - or send mail to - -There is also an announcement mailing list where new versions are -announced. To subscribe go to or send mail -to . All announcements also -go to the samba list, so you only need to be on one. - -For details of other Samba mailing lists and for access to archives, see - - - -MAILING LIST ETIQUETTE ----------------------- - -A few tips when submitting to this or any mailing list. - -1. Make your subject short and descriptive. Avoid the words "help" or - "Samba" in the subject. The readers of this list already know that - a) you need help, and b) you are writing about samba (of course, - you may need to distinguish between Samba PDC and other file - sharing software). Avoid phrases such as "what is" and "how do - i". Some good subject lines might look like "Slow response with - Excel files" or "Migrating from Samba PDC to NT PDC". - -2. If you include the original message in your reply, trim it so that - only the relevant lines, enough to establish context, are - included. Chances are (since this is a mailing list) we've already - read the original message. - -3. Trim irrelevant headers from the original message in your - reply. All we need to see is a) From, b) Date, and c) Subject. We - don't even really need the Subject, if you haven't changed - it. Better yet is to just preface the original message with "On - [date] [someone] wrote:". - -4. Please don't reply to or argue about spam, spam filters or viruses - on any Samba lists. We do have a spam filtering system that is - working quite well thank you very much but occasionally unwanted - messages slip through. Deal with it. - -5. Never say "Me too." It doesn't help anyone solve the - problem. Instead, if you ARE having the same problem, give more - information. Have you seen something that the other writer hasn't - mentioned, which may be helpful? - -6. If you ask about a problem, then come up with the solution on your - own or through another source, by all means post it. Someone else - may have the same problem and is waiting for an answer, but never - hears of it. - -7. Give as much *relevant* information as possible such as Samba - release number, OS, kernel version, etc... - -8. RTFM. Google. groups.google.com. - - -NEWS GROUP ----------- - -You might also like to look at the usenet news group comp.protocols.smb -as it often contains lots of useful info and is frequented by lots of -Samba users. The newsgroup was initially setup by people on the Samba -mailing list. It is not, however, exclusive to Samba, it is a forum for -discussing the SMB protocol (which Samba implements). The samba list -is gatewayed to this newsgroup. - - -WEB SITE --------- - -A Samba WWW site has been setup with lots of useful info. Connect to: - -http://samba.org/samba/ - -As well as general information and documentation, this also has searchable -archives of the mailing list and a user survey that shows who else is using -this package. Have you registered with the survey yet? :-) - - -; end of file -- cgit