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2 This is the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document for
3 Samba, the free and very popular SMB server product. An SMB server
4 allows file and printer connections from clients such as Windows,
5 OS/
2, Linux and others. Current to version
3.0. Please send any
6 corrections to the samba documentation mailinglist at
7 <a href=
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8 This FAQ was based on the old Samba FAQ by Dan Shearer and Paul Blackman,
9 and the old samba text documents which were mostly written by John Terpstra.
10 </p></div><div class=
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<a href=
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</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href=
"FAQ-general.html#id2867959">What do the version numbers mean?
</a></dt><dt><a href=
"FAQ-general.html#id2814202">What platforms are supported?
</a></dt><dt><a href=
"FAQ-general.html#id2817406">How do I subscribe to the Samba Mailing Lists?
</a></dt></dl></dd><dt>2.
<a href=
"FAQ-Install.html">Compiling and installing Samba on a Unix host
</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href=
"FAQ-Install.html#id2818371">My client reports
"cannot locate specified share name" or similar
</a></dt><dt><a href=
"FAQ-Install.html#id2818279">Why are my file's timestamps off by an hour, or by a few hours?
</a></dt></dl></dd><dt>3.
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</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href=
"FAQ-ClientApp.html#id2817020">MS Office Setup reports
"Cannot change properties of '\\MSOFFICE\\SETUP.INI'"</a></dt><dt><a href=
"FAQ-ClientApp.html#id2817052">How to use a Samba share as an administrative share for MS Office, etc.
</a></dt><dt><a href=
"FAQ-ClientApp.html#id2817147">Microsoft Access database opening errors
</a></dt></dl></dd><dt>4.
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</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href=
"FAQ-errors.html#id2816927">Not listening for calling name
</a></dt><dt><a href=
"FAQ-errors.html#id2816969">System Error
1240</a></dt><dt><a href=
"FAQ-errors.html#id2816308">smbclient ignores -N !
</a></dt><dt><a href=
"FAQ-errors.html#id2816362">The data on the CD-Drive I've shared seems to be corrupted!
</a></dt></dl></dd><dt>5.
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</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href=
"FAQ-features.html#id2816162">How can I use samba as a fax server?
</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href=
"FAQ-features.html#id2816214">Tools for printing faxes
</a></dt><dt><a href=
"FAQ-features.html#id2816267">Making the fax-server
</a></dt><dt><a href=
"FAQ-features.html#id2882870">Installing the client drivers
</a></dt><dt><a href=
"FAQ-features.html#id2882954">Example smb.conf
</a></dt></dl></dd><dt><a href=
"FAQ-features.html#id2882979">Samba doesn't work well together with DHCP!
</a></dt><dt><a href=
"FAQ-features.html#id2883105">How can I assign NetBIOS names to clients with DHCP?
</a></dt><dt><a href=
"FAQ-features.html#id2883153">How do I convert between unix and dos text formats?
</a></dt><dt><a href=
"FAQ-features.html#id2883182">Does samba have wins replication support?
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