From 1cc8103fd6508e0b710ef8e119bf71d7de65f9d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Samba Release Account See the
+meta FAQ introduction if you don't have any idea what Samba does. Samba has many features that are not supported in other CIFS and SMB
+implementations, all of which are commercial. It approaches some
+problems from a different angle. Some of its features include:
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+1. What is Samba?
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Look at the +manual pages included with the package for a full list of +features. The components of the suite are (in summary):
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the SMB server. This handles actual connections from clients, +doing all the interfacing with the +authentication database for file, permission and username work.
+ +the NetBIOS name server, which helps clients locate servers, +maintaining the +authentication database doing the browsing work and managing +domains as this capability is being built into Samba.
+ +the scriptable commandline SMB client program. +Useful for automated work, printer filters and testing purposes. It is +more CIFS-compliant than most commercial implementations. Note that this +is not a filesystem. The Samba team does not supply a network filesystem +driver, although the smbfs filesystem for Linux is derived from +smbclient code.
+ +a little 'glue' program to help the server run +external programs.
+ +a program to test server access to printers
+ +a program to test the Samba configuration file +for correctness
+ +the Samba configuration file
+ +many examples have been put together for the different +operating systems that Samba supports.
+ +DON'T neglect to read it - you will save a great +deal of time!
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