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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//Samba-Team//DTD DocBook V4.2-Based Variant V1.0//EN" "http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
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| 3 | <refentry id="samba.7">
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| 4 |
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| 5 | <refmeta>
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| 6 | <refentrytitle>samba</refentrytitle>
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| 7 | <manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
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| 8 | <refmiscinfo class="source">Samba</refmiscinfo>
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| 9 | <refmiscinfo class="manual">Miscellanea</refmiscinfo>
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| 10 | <refmiscinfo class="version">3.2</refmiscinfo>
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| 11 | </refmeta>
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| 12 |
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| 13 |
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| 14 | <refnamediv>
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| 15 | <refname>samba</refname>
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| 16 | <refpurpose>A Windows SMB/CIFS fileserver for UNIX</refpurpose>
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| 17 | </refnamediv>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <refsynopsisdiv>
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| 20 | <cmdsynopsis><command>samba</command></cmdsynopsis>
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| 21 | </refsynopsisdiv>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <refsect1>
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| 24 | <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <para>The Samba software suite is a collection of programs
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| 27 | that implements the Server Message Block (commonly abbreviated
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| 28 | as SMB) protocol for UNIX systems. This protocol is sometimes
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| 29 | also referred to as the Common Internet File System (CIFS). For a
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| 30 | more thorough description, see <ulink url="http://www.ubiqx.org/cifs/">
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| 31 | http://www.ubiqx.org/cifs/</ulink>. Samba also implements the NetBIOS
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| 32 | protocol in nmbd.</para>
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| 33 |
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| 34 | <variablelist>
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| 35 | <varlistentry>
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| 36 | <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
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| 37 | <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
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| 38 | <listitem><para>The <command>smbd</command> daemon provides the file and print services to
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| 39 | SMB clients, such as Windows 95/98, Windows NT, Windows
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| 40 | for Workgroups or LanManager. The configuration file
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| 41 | for this daemon is described in <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
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| 42 | <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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| 43 | </para></listitem>
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| 44 | </varlistentry>
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| 45 |
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| 46 | <varlistentry>
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| 47 | <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>nmbd</refentrytitle>
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| 48 | <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
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| 49 | <listitem><para>The <command>nmbd</command>
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| 50 | daemon provides NetBIOS nameservice and browsing
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| 51 | support. The configuration file for this daemon
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| 52 | is described in <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
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| 53 | <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry></para>
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| 54 | </listitem>
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| 55 | </varlistentry>
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| 56 |
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| 57 | <varlistentry>
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| 58 | <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbclient</refentrytitle>
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| 59 | <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
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| 60 | <listitem><para>The <command>smbclient</command>
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| 61 | program implements a simple ftp-like client. This
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| 62 | is useful for accessing SMB shares on other compatible
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| 63 | servers (such as Windows NT), and can also be used
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| 64 | to allow a UNIX box to print to a printer attached to
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| 65 | any SMB server (such as a PC running Windows NT).</para>
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| 66 | </listitem>
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| 67 | </varlistentry>
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| 68 |
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| 69 | <varlistentry>
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| 70 | <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>testparm</refentrytitle>
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| 71 | <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
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| 72 | <listitem><para>The <command>testparm</command>
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| 73 | utility is a simple syntax checker for Samba's <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
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| 74 | <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> configuration file.</para>
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| 75 | </listitem>
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| 76 | </varlistentry>
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| 77 |
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| 78 | <varlistentry>
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| 79 | <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>testprns</refentrytitle>
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| 80 | <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
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| 81 | <listitem><para>The <command>testprns</command>
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| 82 | utility supports testing printer names defined
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| 83 | in your <filename>printcap</filename> file used
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| 84 | by Samba.</para>
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| 85 | </listitem>
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| 86 | </varlistentry>
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| 87 |
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| 88 | <varlistentry>
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| 89 | <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbstatus</refentrytitle>
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| 90 | <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
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| 91 | <listitem><para>The <command>smbstatus</command>
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| 92 | tool provides access to information about the
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| 93 | current connections to <command>smbd</command>.</para>
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| 94 | </listitem>
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| 95 | </varlistentry>
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| 96 |
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| 97 | <varlistentry>
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| 98 | <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>nmblookup</refentrytitle>
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| 99 | <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
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| 100 | <listitem><para>The <command>nmblookup</command>
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| 101 | tools allows NetBIOS name queries to be made
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| 102 | from a UNIX host.</para>
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| 103 | </listitem>
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| 104 | </varlistentry>
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| 105 |
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| 106 | <varlistentry>
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| 107 | <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbpasswd</refentrytitle>
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| 108 | <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
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| 109 | <listitem><para>The <command>smbpasswd</command>
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| 110 | command is a tool for changing LanMan and Windows NT
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| 111 | password hashes on Samba and Windows NT servers.</para>
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| 112 | </listitem>
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| 113 | </varlistentry>
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| 114 |
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| 115 | <varlistentry>
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| 116 | <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbcacls</refentrytitle>
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| 117 | <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
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| 118 | <listitem><para>The <command>smbcacls</command> command is
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| 119 | a tool to set ACL's on remote CIFS servers. </para>
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| 120 | </listitem>
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| 121 | </varlistentry>
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| 122 |
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| 123 | <varlistentry>
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| 124 | <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbsh</refentrytitle>
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| 125 | <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
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| 126 | <listitem><para>The <command>smbsh</command> command is
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| 127 | a program that allows you to run a unix shell with
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| 128 | with an overloaded VFS.</para></listitem>
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| 129 | </varlistentry>
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| 130 |
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| 131 | <varlistentry>
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| 132 | <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbtree</refentrytitle>
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| 133 | <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
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| 134 | <listitem><para>The <command>smbtree</command> command
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| 135 | is a text-based network neighborhood tool.</para></listitem>
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| 136 | </varlistentry>
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| 137 |
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| 138 | <varlistentry>
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| 139 | <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbtar</refentrytitle>
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| 140 | <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
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| 141 | <listitem><para>The <command>smbtar</command> can make
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| 142 | backups of data on CIFS/SMB servers.</para></listitem>
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| 143 | </varlistentry>
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| 144 |
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| 145 | <varlistentry>
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| 146 | <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbspool</refentrytitle>
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| 147 | <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
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| 148 | <listitem><para><command>smbspool</command> is a
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| 149 | helper utility for printing on printers connected
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| 150 | to CIFS servers. </para></listitem>
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| 151 | </varlistentry>
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| 152 |
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| 153 | <varlistentry>
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| 154 | <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbcontrol</refentrytitle>
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| 155 | <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
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| 156 | <listitem><para><command>smbcontrol</command> is a utility
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| 157 | that can change the behaviour of running samba daemons.
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| 158 | </para></listitem>
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| 159 | </varlistentry>
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| 160 |
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| 161 | <varlistentry>
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| 162 | <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>rpcclient</refentrytitle>
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| 163 | <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
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| 164 | <listitem><para><command>rpcclient</command> is a utility
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| 165 | that can be used to execute RPC commands on remote
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| 166 | CIFS servers.</para></listitem>
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| 167 | </varlistentry>
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| 168 |
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| 169 | <varlistentry>
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| 170 | <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>pdbedit</refentrytitle>
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| 171 | <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
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| 172 | <listitem><para>The <command>pdbedit</command> command
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| 173 | can be used to maintain the local user database on
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| 174 | a samba server.</para></listitem></varlistentry>
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| 175 |
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| 176 | <varlistentry>
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| 177 | <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>findsmb</refentrytitle>
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| 178 | <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
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| 179 | <listitem><para>The <command>findsmb</command> command
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| 180 | can be used to find SMB servers on the local network.
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| 181 | </para></listitem></varlistentry>
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| 182 |
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| 183 | <varlistentry>
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| 184 | <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>net</refentrytitle>
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| 185 | <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
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| 186 | <listitem><para>The <command>net</command> command
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| 187 | is supposed to work similar to the DOS/Windows
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| 188 | NET.EXE command.</para></listitem>
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| 189 | </varlistentry>
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| 190 |
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| 191 | <varlistentry>
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| 192 | <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>swat</refentrytitle>
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| 193 | <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
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| 194 | <listitem><para><command>swat</command> is a web-based
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| 195 | interface to configuring <filename>smb.conf</filename>.
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| 196 | </para></listitem>
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| 197 | </varlistentry>
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| 198 |
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| 199 | <varlistentry>
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| 200 | <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle>
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| 201 | <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
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| 202 | <listitem><para><command>winbindd</command> is a daemon
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| 203 | that is used for integrating authentication and
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| 204 | the user database into unix.</para></listitem>
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| 205 | </varlistentry>
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| 206 |
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| 207 | <varlistentry>
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| 208 | <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>wbinfo</refentrytitle>
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| 209 | <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
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| 210 | <listitem><para><command>wbinfo</command> is a utility
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| 211 | that retrieves and stores information related to winbind.
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| 212 | </para></listitem>
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| 213 | </varlistentry>
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| 214 |
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| 215 | <varlistentry>
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| 216 | <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>profiles</refentrytitle>
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| 217 | <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
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| 218 | <listitem><para><command>profiles</command> is a command-line
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| 219 | utility that can be used to replace all occurences of
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| 220 | a certain SID with another SID.
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| 221 | </para></listitem>
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| 222 | </varlistentry>
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| 223 |
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| 224 | <varlistentry>
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| 225 | <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>log2pcap</refentrytitle>
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| 226 | <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
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| 227 | <listitem><para><command>log2pcap</command> is a utility
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| 228 | for generating pcap trace files from Samba log
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| 229 | files.</para></listitem>
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| 230 | </varlistentry>
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| 231 |
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| 232 | <varlistentry>
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| 233 | <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>vfstest</refentrytitle>
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| 234 | <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
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| 235 | <listitem><para><command>vfstest</command> is a utility
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| 236 | that can be used to test vfs modules.</para></listitem>
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| 237 | </varlistentry>
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| 238 |
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| 239 | <varlistentry>
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| 240 | <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>ntlm_auth</refentrytitle>
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| 241 | <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
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| 242 | <listitem><para><command>ntlm_auth</command> is a helper-utility
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| 243 | for external programs wanting to do NTLM-authentication.
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| 244 | </para></listitem></varlistentry>
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| 245 |
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| 246 | <varlistentry>
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| 247 | <term>
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| 248 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbmount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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| 249 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbumount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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| 250 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbmnt</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
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| 251 | <listitem><para><command>smbmount</command>,<command>smbumount</command> and <command>smbmnt</command> are commands that can be used to
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| 252 | mount CIFS/SMB shares on Linux.
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| 253 | </para></listitem>
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| 254 | </varlistentry>
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| 255 |
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| 256 | <varlistentry>
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| 257 | <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbcquotas</refentrytitle>
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| 258 | <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
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| 259 | <listitem><para><command>smbcquotas</command> is a tool that
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| 260 | can set remote QUOTA's on server with NTFS 5. </para>
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| 261 | </listitem>
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| 262 | </varlistentry>
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| 263 | </variablelist>
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| 264 | </refsect1>
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| 265 |
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| 266 | <refsect1>
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| 267 | <title>COMPONENTS</title>
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| 268 |
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| 269 | <para>The Samba suite is made up of several components. Each
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| 270 | component is described in a separate manual page. It is strongly
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| 271 | recommended that you read the documentation that comes with Samba
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| 272 | and the manual pages of those components that you use. If the
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| 273 | manual pages and documents aren't clear enough then please visit
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| 274 | <ulink url="http://devel.samba.org/">http://devel.samba.org</ulink>
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| 275 | for information on how to file a bug report or submit a patch.</para>
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| 276 |
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| 277 | <para>If you require help, visit the Samba webpage at
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| 278 | <ulink url="http://samba.org/">http://www.samba.org/</ulink> and
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| 279 | explore the many option available to you.
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| 280 | </para>
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| 281 | </refsect1>
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| 282 |
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| 283 | <refsect1>
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| 284 | <title>AVAILABILITY</title>
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| 285 |
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| 286 | <para>The Samba software suite is licensed under the
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| 287 | GNU Public License(GPL). A copy of that license should
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| 288 | have come with the package in the file COPYING. You are
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| 289 | encouraged to distribute copies of the Samba suite, but
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| 290 | please obey the terms of this license.</para>
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| 291 |
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| 292 | <para>The latest version of the Samba suite can be
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| 293 | obtained via anonymous ftp from samba.org in the
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| 294 | directory pub/samba/. It is also available on several
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| 295 | mirror sites worldwide.</para>
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| 296 |
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| 297 | <para>You may also find useful information about Samba
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| 298 | on the newsgroup <ulink url="news:comp.protocols.smb">
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| 299 | comp.protocol.smb</ulink> and the Samba mailing
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| 300 | list. Details on how to join the mailing list are given in
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| 301 | the README file that comes with Samba.</para>
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| 302 |
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| 303 | <para>If you have access to a WWW viewer (such as Mozilla
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| 304 | or Konqueror) then you will also find lots of useful information,
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| 305 | including back issues of the Samba mailing list, at
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| 306 | <ulink url="http://lists.samba.org/">http://lists.samba.org</ulink>.</para>
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| 307 | </refsect1>
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| 308 |
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| 309 | <refsect1>
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| 310 | <title>VERSION</title>
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| 311 |
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| 312 | <para>This man page is correct for version 3 of the
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| 313 | Samba suite. </para>
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| 314 | </refsect1>
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| 315 |
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| 316 | <refsect1>
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| 317 | <title>CONTRIBUTIONS</title>
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| 318 |
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| 319 | <para>If you wish to contribute to the Samba project,
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| 320 | then I suggest you join the Samba mailing list at
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| 321 | <ulink url="http://lists.samba.org/">http://lists.samba.org</ulink>.
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| 322 | </para>
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| 323 |
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| 324 | <para>If you have patches to submit, visit
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| 325 | <ulink url="http://devel.samba.org/">http://devel.samba.org/</ulink>
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| 326 | for information on how to do it properly. We prefer patches
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| 327 | in <command>diff -u</command> format.</para>
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| 328 | </refsect1>
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| 329 |
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| 330 | <refsect1>
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| 331 | <title>CONTRIBUTORS</title>
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| 332 |
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| 333 | <para>Contributors to the project are now too numerous
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| 334 | to mention here but all deserve the thanks of all Samba
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| 335 | users. To see a full list, look at the
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| 336 | <filename>change-log</filename> in the source package
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| 337 | for the pre-CVS changes and at <ulink
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| 338 | url="http://cvs.samba.org/">
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| 339 | http://cvs.samba.org/</ulink>
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| 340 | for the contributors to Samba post-CVS. CVS is the Open Source
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| 341 | source code control system used by the Samba Team to develop
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| 342 | Samba. The project would have been unmanageable without it.</para>
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| 343 | </refsect1>
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| 344 |
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| 345 | <refsect1>
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| 346 | <title>AUTHOR</title>
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| 347 |
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| 348 | <para>The original Samba software and related utilities
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| 349 | were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed
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| 350 | by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar
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| 351 | to the way the Linux kernel is developed.</para>
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| 352 |
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| 353 | <para>The original Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer.
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| 354 | The man page sources were converted to YODL format (another
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| 355 | excellent piece of Open Source software, available at <ulink url="ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/">
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| 356 | ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/</ulink>) and updated for the Samba 2.0
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| 357 | release by Jeremy Allison. The conversion to DocBook for
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| 358 | Samba 2.2 was done by Gerald Carter. The conversion to DocBook XML
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| 359 | 4.2 for Samba 3.0 was done by Alexander Bokovoy.</para>
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| 360 | </refsect1>
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| 361 |
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