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- Announcing Samba version 1.9
- ============================
-
- What is Samba?
- --------------
-
- Samba is a SMB file server that runs on Unix and other operating systems.
- It allows these operating systems (currently Unix, Netware, OS/2 and
- AmigaDOS) to act as a file and print server for SMB clients. There are many
- Lan-Manager compatible clients such as LanManager for DOS, Windows for
- Workgroups, Windows NT, Windows 95, OS/2, Pathworks and many more.
-
- The package also includes a SMB client for accessing other SMB servers
- and a netbios nameserver for browsing support.
-
- What can it do for me?
- ----------------------
-
- If you have any PCs running SMB clients, such as a PC running Windows
- for Workgroups, then you can mount file space or printers on a Samba
- host, so that directories, files and printers on the host are
- available on the PC.
-
- The client part of the package will also allow you to attach to other
- SMB-based servers (such as windows NT and windows for workgroups) so
- that you can copy files to and from your unix host. The client also
- allows you to access a SMB printer (such as one attached to an OS/2 or
- WfWg server) from Unix, using an entry in /etc/printcap, or by
- explicitly specifying the command used to print files.
-
- What are it's features?
- ------------------------
-
- Samba supports many features that are not supported in other SMB
- implementations (all of which are commercial). Some of it's features
- include host as well as username/password security, a client,
- automatic home directory exporting, automatic printer exporting, dead
- connection timeouts, umask support, guest connections, name mangling
- and hidden and system attribute mapping. Look at the man pages
- included with the package for a full list of features.
-
- What's new since 1.8?
- ---------------------
-
- Lots of stuff. See the change log and man pages for details.
-
- Where can I get a client for my PC?
- -----------------------------------
-
- There is a free client for MS-DOS based PCs available from
- ftp.microsoft.com in the directory bussys/Clients/MSCLIENT/. Please
- read the licencing information before downloading. The built in
- Windows for Workgroups client is also very good.
-
- What network protocols are supported?
- -------------------------------------
-
- Currently only TCP/IP is supported. There has been some discussion
- about ports to other protocols but nothing is yet available.
-
- There is a free TCP/IP implementation for Windows for Workgroups
- available from ftp.microsoft.com (it's small, fast and quite reliable).
-
- How much does it cost?
- ----------------------
-
- Samba software is free software. It is available under the
- GNU Public licence in source code form at no cost. Please read the
- file COPYING that comes with the package for more information.
-
- What operating systems does it support?
- ---------------------------------------
-
- The code has been written to be as portable as possible. It has been
- "ported" to many unixes, which mostly required changing only a few
- lines of code. It has been run (to my knowledge) on at least these
- unixes:
-
- Linux, SunOS, Solaris, SVR4, Ultrix, OSF1, AIX, BSDI, NetBSD,
- Sequent, HP-UX, SGI, FreeBSD, NeXT, ISC, A/UX, SCO, Intergraph,
- Silicon Graphics Inc., Domain/OS and DGUX.
-
- Some of these have received more testing than others. If it doesn't
- work with your unix then it should be easy to fix. It has also been ported
- to Netware, OS/2 and the Amiga. A VMS port is available too. See the web site
- for more details.
-
- Who wrote it?
- -------------
-
- Many people on the internet have contributed to the development of
- Samba. The maintainer and original author is Andrew Tridgell, but
- large parts of the package were contributed by several people from all
- over the world. Please look at the file `change-log' for information
- on who did what bits.
-
- Where can I get it?
- -------------------
-
- The package is available via anonymous ftp from samba.anu.edu.au in
- the directory pub/samba/.
-
- What about SMBServer?
- ---------------------
-
- Samba used to be known as SMBServer, until it was pointed out that
- Syntax, who make a commercial Unix SMB based server, have trademarked
- that name. The name was then changed to Samba. Also, in 1992 a very
- early incarnation of Samba was distributed as nbserver.
-
- If you see any copies of nbserver or smbserver on ftp sites please let
- me or the ftp archive maintainer know, as I want to get them deleted.
-
- Where can I get more info?
- ---------------------------
-
- Please join the mailing list if you want to discuss the development or
- use of Samba. To join the mailing list send mail to
- listproc@listproc.anu.edu.au with a body of "subscribe samba Your
- Name".
-
- There is also an announcement mailing list for new version
- announcements. Subscribe as above but with "subscribe samba-announce
- Your Name".
-
- There is also often quite a bit of discussion about Samba on the
- newsgroup comp.protocols.smb.
-
- A WWW site with lots of Samba info can be found at
- http://samba.canberra.edu.au/pub/samba/
-
- The Samba Team (Contact: samba-bugs@samba.anu.edu.au)
- June 1996
-