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Samba, the free and very popular SMB server product. An SMB server
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>1.1. <A
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>Where can I get it?</A
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>What do the version numbers mean?</A
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>How do I subscribe to the Samba Mailing Lists?</A
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>1.5. <A
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>Pizza supply details</A
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>2.1. <A
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>I can't see the Samba server in any browse lists!</A
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>Some files that I KNOW are on the server doesn't show up when I view the files from my client!</A
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>My client reports "cannot locate specified computer" or similar</A
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>Printing doesn't work</A
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>My client reports "This server is not configured to list shared resources"</A
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>Log message "you appear to have a trapdoor uid system"</A
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>Why are my file's timestamps off by an hour, or by a few hours?</A
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>How do I set the printer driver name correctly?</A
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>MS Office Setup reports "Cannot change properties of '\MSOFFICE\SETUP.INI'"</A
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