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| 4 | <preface lang="en-US">
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| 5 | <title>Acknowledgments</title>
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <para>
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| 8 | <emphasis>Samba-3 by Example</emphasis> would not have been written except
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| 9 | as a result of feedback provided by reviewers and readers of the book <emphasis>The
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| 10 | Official Samba-3 HOWTO and Reference Guide.</emphasis> This second edition
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| 11 | was made possible by generous feedback from Samba users. I hope this book
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| 12 | more than answers the challenge and needs of many more networks that are
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| 13 | languishing for a better networking solution.
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| 14 | </para>
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| 15 |
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| 16 | <para>
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| 17 | I am deeply indebted to a large group of diligent people. Space prevents
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| 18 | me from listing all of them, but a few stand out as worthy of mention.
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| 19 | Jelmer Vernooij made the notable contribution of building the XML production
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| 20 | environment and thereby made possible the typesetting of this book.
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| 21 | </para>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <para>
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| 24 | Samba would not have come into existence if Andrew Tridgell had not taken
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| 25 | the first steps. He continues to lead the project. Under the shadow of his
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| 26 | mantle are some great folks who never give up and are always ready to help.
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| 27 | Thank you to: Jeremy Allison, Jerry Carter, Andrew Bartlett, Jelmer Vernooij,
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| 28 | Alexander Bokovoy, Volker Lendecke, and other team members who answered my
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| 29 | continuous stream of questions &smbmdash; all of which resulted in improved content
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| 30 | in this book.
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| 31 | </para>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <para>
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| 34 | My heartfelt thanks go out also to a small set of reviewers (alphabetically
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| 35 | listed) who gave substantial feedback and significant suggestions for improvement:
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| 36 | Tony Earnshaw, William Enestvedt, Eric Hines, Roland Gruber, Gavin Henry,
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| 37 | Steven Henry, Luke Howard, Tarjei Huse, Jon Johnston, Alan Munter, Mike MacIsaac,
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| 38 | Scott Mann, Ed Riddle, Geoff Scott, Santos Soler, Misty Stanley-Jones, Mark Taylor,
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| 39 | and Jérôme Tournier.
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| 40 | </para>
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| 41 |
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| 42 | <para>
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| 43 | My appreciation is extended to a team of more than 30 additional reviewers who
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| 44 | helped me to find my way around dark corners.
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| 45 | </para>
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| 46 |
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| 47 | <para>
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| 48 | Particular mention is due to Lyndell, Amos, and Melissa who gave me the
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| 49 | latitude necessary to spend nearly an entire year writing Samba documentation,
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| 50 | and then gave more so this second edition could be created.
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| 51 | </para>
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| 52 |
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| 53 | </preface>
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