mailto(samba-bugs@samba.anu.edu.au) manpage(samba)(7)(23 Oct 1998)(Samba)() manpagename(Samba)(A Windows fileserver for UNIX) manpagesynopsis() bf(Samba) label(DESCRIPTION) manpagedescription() The Samba software suite is a collection of programs that implements the Server Message Block(commenly abbreviated as SMB) protocol for UNIX systems. This protocol is sometimes also referred to as the Common Internet File System (CIFS), LanManager or NetBIOS protocol. label(COMPONENTS) manpagesection(COMPONENTS) The Samba suite is made up of several components. Each component is described in a separate manual page. It is strongly recommended that you read the documentation that comes with Samba and the manual pages of those components that you use. If the manual pages aren't clear enough then please send a patch to email(samba-bugs@samba.anu.edu.au). startdit() dit(bf(smbd)) nl() The bf(smbd) (8) daemon provides the file and print services to SMB clients, such as Windows 95/98, Windows NT, Windows for Workgroups or LanManager. The configuration file for this daemon is described in bf(smb.conf (5)). dit(bf(nmbd)) nl() The bf(nmbd) (8) daemon provides NetBIOS nameserving and browsing support. The configuration file for this daemon is described in bf(smb.conf (5)). dit(bf(smbclient)) nl() The bf(smbclient) (1) program implements a simple ftp-like client. This is useful for accessing SMB shares on other compatible servers (such as Windows NT), and can also be used to allow a UNIX box to print to a printer attached to any SMB server (such as a PC running Windows NT). dit(bf(testparm)) nl() The bf(testparm) (1) utility allows you to test your bf(smb.conf (5)) configuration file. dit(bf(smbstatus)) nl() The bf(smbstatus) (1) utility allows you to tell who is currently using the bf(smbd) (8) server. dit(bf(nmblookup)) nl() the bf(nmblookup) (1) utility allows NetBIOS name queries to be made from the UNIX machine. enddit() label(AVAILABILITY) manpagesection(AVAILABILITY) The Samba software suite is licensed under the GNU Public License (GPL). A copy of that license should have come with the package in the file COPYING. You are encouraged to distribute copies of the Samba suite, but please keep obey the terms of this license. The latest version of the Samba suite can be obtained via anonymous ftp from samba.anu.edu.au in the directory pub/samba/. It is also available on several mirror sites worldwide. You may also find useful information about Samba on the newsgroup comp.protocols.smb and the Samba mailing list. Details on how to join the mailing list are given in the README file that comes with Samba. If you have access to a WWW viewer (such as Netscape or Mosaic) then you will also find lots of useful information, including back issues of the Samba mailing list, at url(http://samba.anu.edu.au/samba/)(http://samba.anu.edu.au/samba/). label(VERSION) manpagesection(VERSION) This man page is current for version 2.0 of Samba label(CONTRIBUTIONS) manpagesection(CONTRIBUTIONS) If you wish to contribute to the Samba project, then I suggest you join the Samba mailing list at email(samba@samba.anu.edu.au). See the Web page at url(http://samba.anu.edu.au/listproc)(http://samba.anu.edu.au/listproc) for details on how to do this. If you have patches to submit or bugs to report then you may mail them directly to email(samba-bugs@samba.anu.edu.au). Note, however, that due to the enormous popularity of this package the Samba Team may take some time to repond to mail. We prefer patches in em(diff -u) format. label(CREDITS) manpagesection(CREDITS) Contributors to the project are now too numerous to mention here but all deserve the thanks of all Samba users. To see a full list, look at url(ftp://samba.anu.edu.au/pub/samba/alpha/change-log)(ftp://samba.anu.edu.au/pub/samba/alpha/change-log) for the pre-CVS changes and at url(ftp://samba.anu.edu.au/pub/samba/alpha/cvs.log)(ftp://samba.anu.edu.au/pub/samba/alpha/cvs.log) for the contributors to Samba post-CVS. CVS is the Open Source source code control system used by the Samba Team to develop Samba. The project would have been unmanageable without it. In addition, several commercial organisations now help fund the Samba Team with money and equipment. For details see the Samba Web pages at url(http://samba.anu.edu.au/samba/samba-thanks.html)(http://samba.anu.edu.au/samba/samba-thanks.html). label(AUTHOR) manpageauthor() The main author of the Samba suite is Andrew Tridgell. He may be contacted via e-mail at email(samba-bugs@samba.anu.edu.au). Samba is now maintained by a distributed group of people around the world collectively known as the Samba Team. The original Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer. The man page sources were converted to YODL format (another excellent piece of Open Source software) and updated for the Samba2.0 release by Jeremy Allison.