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1. Quick Reference Guides to Samba Documentation

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We are endeavouring to provide links here to every major class of -information about Samba or things related to Samba. We cannot list every -document, but we are aiming for all documents to be at most two -referrals from those listed here. This needs constant maintaining, so -please send the author your feedback.

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1.1 Samba for the Impatient

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You know you should read the documentation but can't wait to start? What -you need to do then is follow the instructions in the following -documents in the order given. This should be enough to get a fairly -simple site going quickly. If you have any problems, refer back to this -meta-FAQ and follow the links to find more reading material.

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Getting Samba:

The fastest way to get Samba -going is and install it is to have an operating system for which the -Samba team has put together an installation package. To see if your OS -is included have a look at the directory -/pub/samba/Binary_Packages/"OS_Vendor" on your nearest -mirror site. If it is included follow the -installation instructions in the README file there and then do some -basic testing. If you are not so fortunate, follow the normal -download instructions and then continue with -building and installing Samba.

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Building and Installing Samba:

At the moment -there are two kinds of Samba server installs besides the prepackaged -binaries mentioned in the previous step. You need to decide if you have a -Unix or close relative or -other supported operating system.

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Basic Testing:

Try to connect using the -supplied smbclient command-line program. You need to know the IP -hostname of your server. A service name must be defined in smb.conf, as -given in the examples (under many operating systems if there is a -homes service you can just use a valid username.) Then type -smbclient \\hostname\servicename -Under most Unixes you will need to put the parameters within quotation -marks. If this works, try connecting from one of the SMB clients you -were planning to use with Samba.

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Debug sequence:

If you think you have completed the -previous step and things aren't working properly work through -the diagnosis recipe.

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Exporting files to SMB clients:

You should read the manual pages -for smb.conf, but here is a -quick answer guide.

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Controlling user access:

the quickest and dirtiest way of sharing -resources is to use -share level security. If you want to spend more time and have a proper username -and password database you must read the paragraph on -domain mode security. If you want -encryption (eg you are using Windows NT clients) follow the -SMB encryption instructions.

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Browsing:

if you are happy to type in "\\samba-server\sharename" -at the client end then do not read any further. Otherwise you need to -understand the -browsing terminology -and read -Samba-Server-FAQ.html#NameBrowsing.

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Printing:

See the -printing quick answer guide.

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If you have got everything working to this point, you can expect Samba -to be stable and secure: these are its greatest strengths. However Samba -has a great deal to offer and to go further you must do some more -reading. Speed and security optimisations, printer accounting, network -logons, roving profiles, browsing across multiple subnets and so on are -all covered either in this document or in those it refers to.

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1.2 All Samba Documentation

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