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| 8 | <H1>Samba Release Notes</H1>
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| 9 |
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| 10 | <P>
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| 11 | <HR></P>
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| 12 |
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| 13 | <H2>Table of Contents</H2>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <MENU>
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| 16 | <LI><B><A HREF="#WHATIS">What is Samba?</A></B> </LI>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <LI><B><A HREF="#Support">Support Policy</A> </B></LI>
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| 19 |
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| 20 | <LI><B><A HREF="#Installation">Installation Information</A> </B></LI>
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| 21 |
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| 22 | <LI><B><A HREF="legal_notice.html">Silicon
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| 23 | Graphics Legal Notice</A> </B></LI>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <LI><B><A HREF="#AUTHORNOTES">Author's Notice(s)</A> </B></LI>
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| 26 |
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| 27 | <LI><B><A HREF="#Documentation">Documentation Information</A> </B></LI>
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| 28 | </MENU>
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| 29 |
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| 30 | <P>
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| 31 | <HR></P>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <H2><A NAME="WHATIS"></A>What is Samba?</H2>
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| 34 |
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| 35 | <P>Samba is an SMB client and server for Unix. It makes it possible for
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| 36 | client machines running Windows 95 and Windows for Workgroups to access
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| 37 | files and/or print services on a Unix system. Samba includes an SMB server
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| 38 | to provide LanManager-style file and print services to PCs, a Netbios (RFC10001/1002)
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| 39 | name server, and an FTP-like client application for accessing PC resources
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| 40 | from Unix. </P>
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| 41 |
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| 42 | <P>To make Samba work you'll need to configure your server host to run
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| 43 | <B>smbd</B> and <B>nmbd</B> whenever you connect to a certain Internet
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| 44 | port from the client machine. <B>Smbd</B> and <B>nmbd</B> can be started
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| 45 | either as daemons or from inetd.</P>
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| 46 |
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| 47 | <P>By default <B>smbd</B> and <B>nmbd</B> are started as daemons by the
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| 48 | file <I>/etc/init.d/samba</I> in conjunction with the chkconfig variable
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| 49 | samba being set to on. If you set chkconfig samba off then the deamons
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| 50 | will not be automatically started on reboot. In this case you must type
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| 51 | the following at a shell prompt to start samba after a reboot: </P>
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| 52 |
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| 53 | <PRE><B> chkconfig samba on
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| 54 | /etc/init.d/samba start</B>
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| 55 | </PRE>
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| 56 |
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| 57 | <P>If you make changes to your configuration files, <B>smbd</B> and <B>nmbd</B>
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| 58 | may be restarted by typing the following at a shell prompt: </P>
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| 59 |
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| 60 | <PRE><B> /etc/init.d/samba start</B>
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| 61 | </PRE>
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| 62 |
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| 63 | <P><B>smbd</B> and <B>nmbd</B> may be killed by typing the following at
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| 64 | a shell prompt: </P>
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| 65 |
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| 66 | <PRE><B> /etc/init.d/samba stop</B>
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| 67 | </PRE>
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| 68 |
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| 69 | <P>To have <B>smbd</B> and <B>nmbd</B> started by inetd you can execute
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| 70 | the shell script <I>/usr/samba/inetd.sh</I> to automatically configure
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| 71 | the various files and start the processes. This shell script first kills
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| 72 | any running <B>smbd</B> and <B>nmbd</B> processes. It then removes any
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| 73 | existing entries for "netbios*" from <I>/etc/inetd.conf</I> and
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| 74 | adds the following lines </P>
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| 75 |
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| 76 | <PRE><B> netbios-ssn stream tcp nowait root /usr/samba/bin/smbd smbd
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| 77 | netbios-ns dgram udp wait root /usr/samba/bin/nmbd nmbd -S</B>
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| 78 | </PRE>
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| 79 |
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| 80 | <P>It then removes any existing entries for "netbios*" from <I>/etc/services</I>
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| 81 | and adds the following lines </P>
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| 82 |
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| 83 | <PRE><B> netbios-ns 137/udp # SAMBA
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| 84 | netbios-ssn 139/tcp # SAMBA</B>
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| 85 | </PRE>
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| 86 |
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| 87 | <P><I>Inetd</I> is then restarted by executing:</P>
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| 88 |
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| 89 | <PRE><B> /etc/killall -HUP inetd</B>
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| 90 | </PRE>
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| 91 |
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| 92 | <P>If you make changes to your configuration files, <B>smbd</B> and <B>nmbd</B>
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| 93 | may be restarted by typing the following at a shell prompt: </P>
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| 94 |
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| 95 | <PRE><B> /etc/killall smbd nmbd
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| 96 | /etc/killall -HUP inetd</B>
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| 97 | </PRE>
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| 98 |
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| 99 | <H3><A NAME="AUTHORNOTES"></A>Author's Notice(s):</H3>
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| 100 |
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| 101 | <P>The author of this product is: Andrew Tridgell </P>
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| 102 |
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| 103 | <P>Samba is distributed freely under the <A HREF="COPYING">GNU
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| 104 | public license</A>. </P>
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| 105 |
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| 106 | <H3><A NAME="Support"></A>Support:</H3>
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| 107 |
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| 108 | <P>The software in this package is considered unsupported by Silicon Graphics.
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| 109 | Neither the authors or Silicon Graphics are compelled to help resolve problems
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| 110 | you may encounter in the installation, setup, or execution of this software.
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| 111 | To be more to the point, if you call us with an issue regarding products
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| 112 | in the Freeware package, we'll have to gracefully terminate the call. The
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| 113 | <A HREF="http://samba.org/pub/samba/">
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| 114 | Samba Web Page</A> has a listing of companies and individuals that offer
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| 115 | commercial support for a fee.
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| 116 | </P>
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| 117 |
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| 118 | <H2><A NAME="Installation"></A>Installation Information</H2>
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| 119 |
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| 120 | <P>Samba includes these subsystems: </P>
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| 121 |
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| 122 | <TABLE>
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| 123 | <TR>
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| 124 | <TD ALIGN=LEFT><B>samba.sw.base</B> (<I>default</I>)</TD>
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| 125 |
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| 126 | <TD>Execution environment for Samba.</TD>
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| 127 | </TR>
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| 128 |
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| 129 | <TR>
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| 130 | <TD ALIGN=left><B>samba.man.manpages</B>(<I>default</I>)</TD>
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| 131 |
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| 132 | <TD>Samba's online manual pages (preformatted).</TD>
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| 133 | </TR>
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| 134 |
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| 135 | <TR>
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| 136 | <TD ALIGN=LEFT VALIGN=TOP><B>samba.man.doc</B> (<I>default</I>)</TD>
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| 137 |
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| 138 | <TD>Samba documentation: hints on installation and configuration, an FAQ
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| 139 | (Frequently Asked Questions), help in diagnosing problems, etc..</TD>
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| 140 | </TR>
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| 141 |
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| 142 | <TR>
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| 143 | <TD ALIGN=left><B>samba.man.relnotes</B> (<I>default</I>) </TD>
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| 144 |
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| 145 | <TD>Samba online release notes.</TD>
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| 146 | </TR>
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| 147 |
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| 148 | <TR>
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| 149 | <TD ALIGN=LEFT VALIGN=TOP><B>samba.src.samba</B> </TD>
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| 150 |
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| 151 | <TD>The Samba software distribution from which this product was
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| 152 | built (including the packaging/SGI directory which will allow this distribution
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| 153 | to be rebuilt).</TD>
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| 154 | </TR>
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| 155 | </TABLE>
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| 156 |
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| 157 | <H3>Installation Method</H3>
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| 158 |
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| 159 | <P>All of the subsystems for Samba can be installed using IRIX. You do
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| 160 | not need to use the miniroot. Refer to the <I>Software Installation Administrator's
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| 161 | Guide</I> for complete installation instructions. </P>
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| 162 |
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| 163 | <H3>Prerequisites</H3>
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| 164 |
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| 165 | <P>Your workstation must be running IRIX 5.3 or later in order to use this
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| 166 | product. </P>
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| 167 |
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| 168 | <H3>Configuration Files</H3>
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| 169 |
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| 170 | <P>Because configuration files often contain modifications, inst treats
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| 171 | them specially during the installation process. If they have not been modified,
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| 172 | inst removes the old file and installs the new version during software
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| 173 | updates. For configuration files that have been modified, the new version
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| 174 | is installed and the old version is renamed by adding the suffix .O (for
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| 175 | older) to the name. The no-suffix version contains changes that are required
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| 176 | for compatibility with the rest of the newly installed software, that increase
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| 177 | functionality, or that fix bugs. You should use diff(1) or gdiff(1) to
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| 178 | compare the two versions of the files and transfer information that you
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| 179 | recognize as machine or site-specific from the .O version to the no-suffix
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| 180 | version. </P>
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| 181 |
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| 182 | <DL>
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| 183 | <DT><B>/usr/samba/lib/smb.conf</B> </DT>
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| 184 |
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| 185 | <DD>Configuration definitions for the <B>smbd</B> program; the SMB server
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| 186 | process. The default configuration sets up password-based access to home
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| 187 | directories on a machine as well as open access to to all printers and
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| 188 | /tmp. The workgroup is set by default to "workgroup". It is highly
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| 189 | recommended that administrators review the content of this file when installing
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| 190 | Samba for the first time.</DD>
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| 191 |
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| 192 | <DT><B>/usr/samba/printcap</B> </DT>
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| 193 |
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| 194 | <DD>A file that specifies the available printers on a system. It is included
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| 195 | as an example; administrators may want to replace it or override the reference
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| 196 | to it in the <B>smb.conf</B> file. The script <B>/usr/samba/mkprintcap.sh</B>
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| 197 | was used by inst to create a printcap file that contains all printers on
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| 198 | your system. You may wish to remove some printers or add a comment to each
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| 199 | printer name to describe its location.</DD>
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| 200 | </DL>
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| 201 |
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| 202 | <H2><A NAME="Documentation"></A>Documentation Information</H2>
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| 203 |
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| 204 | <P>Preformatted manual pages are installed by default as are the contents
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| 205 | of the <B>docs</B> directory from the Samba distribution; consult <I>samba</I>(7)
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| 206 | for an introduction. </P>
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| 207 |
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| 208 | <P>There is a mailing list for discussion of Samba. To subscribe send mail
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| 209 | to <A HREF="mailto:listproc@samba.org">listproc@samba.org</A>
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| 210 | with a body of "subscribe samba Your Name" </P>
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| 211 |
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| 212 | <P>To send mail to everyone on the list mail to <A HREF="mailto:samba@samba.org">samba@samba.org</A>.
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| 213 | </P>
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| 214 |
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| 215 | <P>There is also an announcement mailing list where new versions are announced.
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| 216 | To subscribe send mail to <A HREF="mailto:listproc@samba.org">listproc@samba.org</A>
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| 217 | with a body of "subscribe samba-announce Your Name". All announcements
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| 218 | also go to the samba list. </P>
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| 219 |
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| 220 | <P>You might also like to look at the Usenet news group <A HREF="news:comp.protocols.smb">comp.protocols.smb</A>
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| 221 | as it often contains lots of useful info and is frequented by lots of Samba
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| 222 | users. The newsgroup was initially setup by people on the Samba mailing
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| 223 | list. It is not, however, exclusive to Samba, it is a forum for discussing
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| 224 | the SMB protocol (which Samba implements). </P>
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| 225 |
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| 226 | <P>A Samba WWW site has been setup with lots of useful info. Connect to:
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| 227 | <A HREF="http://samba.org/pub/samba/">http://samba.org/pub/samba/</A>.
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| 228 | It is maintained by Paul Blackman (thanks Paul!). You can contact him at
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| 229 | <A HREF="mailto:ictinus@lake.canberra.edu.au">ictinus@lake.canberra.edu.au</A>.
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