Samba meta FAQ

Dan Shearer & Paul Blackman, ictinus@lake.canberra.edu.au

1. Quick Reference Guides to Samba Documentation

• 1.1 Samba for the Impatient
• 1.2 All Samba Documentation

2. General Information

• 2.1 What is Samba?
• 2.2 What is the current version of Samba?
• 2.3 Where can I get it?
• 2.4 What do the version numbers mean?
• 2.5 Where can I go for further information?
• 2.6 How do I subscribe to the Samba Mailing Lists?
• 2.7 Something's gone wrong - what should I do?
• 2.8 How do I submit patches or bug reports?
• 2.9 What if I have an URGENT message for the developers?
• 2.10 What if I need paid-for support?
• 2.11 Pizza supply details

3. About the CIFS and SMB Protocols

• 3.1 What is the Server Message Block (SMB) Protocol?
• 3.2 What is the Common Internet Filesystem (CIFS)?
• 3.3 What is Browsing?

4. Designing A SMB and CIFS Network

• 4.1 Workgroups, Domains, Authentication and Browsing
• 4.2 Authentication Schemes
• 4.3 Post-Authentication: Netlogon, Logon Scripts, Profiles

5. Cross-Protocol File Sharing

6. Miscellaneous

• 6.1 Is Samba Year 2000 compliant?