Package "samba"


Samba is a file server for Unix, similar to LanManager.

Samba is a suite of programs which work together to allow clients to access Unix filespace and printers via the SMB protocol (Seerver Message Block).

CAUTION: The samba daemons are started by the init script /sbin/init.d/samba, not by inetd. The entries for /usr/sbin/smbd and /usr/sbin/nmbd must be commented out in /etc/inetd.conf.

In practice, this means that you can redirect disks and printers to Unix disks and printers from LAN Manager clients, Windows for Workgroups 3.11 clients, Windows'95 clients, Windows NT clients and OS/2 clients. There is also a Unix client program supplied as part of the suite which allows Unix users to use an ftp-like interface to access filespace and printers on any other SMB server.

Samba includes the following programs (in summary):

* smbd, the SMB server. This handles actual connections from clients.

* nmbd, the Netbios name server, which helps clients locate servers.

* smbclient, the Unix-hosted client program.

* smbrun, a little 'glue' program to help the server run external programs.

* testprns, a program to test server access to printers.

* testparm, a program to test the Samba configuration file for correctness.

* smb.conf, the Samba configuration file.

* smbprint, a sample script to allow a Unix host to use smbclient

to print to an SMB server.

The suite is supplied with full source and is GPLed.

This package expects its config file under /etc/smb.conf .

Documentation: /usr/doc/packages/samba


Autor: Andrew Tridgell <Andrew.Tridgell@anu.edu.au>, Karl Auer <Karl.Auer@anu.edu.au>, Jeremy Allison <jeremy@netcom.com>
Copyright: (C) 1992-95 Andrew Tridgell, Karl Auer, Jeremy Allison
Version: 2.0.6-62

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