1 This is version 1.9 of Samba, the free SMB client and server for unix.
3 >>>> Please read THE WHOLE of this file as it gives important information
4 >>>> about the configuration and use of Samba.
6 This software is freely distributable under the GNU public license, a
7 copy of which you should have received with this software (in a file
13 Here is a very short list of what samba includes, and what it does
15 - a SMB server, to provide LanManager style file and print services to PCs
17 - a Netbios (rfc1001/1002) nameserver
19 - a ftp-like SMB client so you can access PC resources (disks and
22 - a tar extension to the client for backing up PCs
24 Related packages include:
26 - ksmbfs, a linux-only filesystem allowing you to mount remote SMB
27 filesystems from PCs on your linux box
29 - tcpdump-smb, a extension to tcpdump to allow you to investigate SMB
30 networking problems over netbeui and tcp/ip
36 If you want to contribute to the development of the software then
37 please join the mailing list. I accept patches (preferably in
38 "diff -u" format, see docs/BUGS.txt for more details) and am always glad to
39 receive feedback or suggestions.
41 You could also send hardware/software/money/jewelry or pizza
42 vouchers directly to me. The pizza vouchers would be especially
45 If you like a particular feature then look through the change-log and
46 see who added it, then send them an email.
48 Remember that free software of this kind lives or dies by the response
49 we get. If noone tells us they like it then we'll probably move onto
53 Email: samba-bugs@samba.anu.edu.au
66 There is quite a bit of documentation included with the package,
67 including man pages, and lots of .txt files with hints and useful
73 The main anonymous ftp distribution site for this software is
74 samba.anu.edu.au in the directory pub/samba/.
79 There is a mailing list for discussion of Samba. To subscribe send
80 mail to listproc@samba.anu.edu.au with a body of "subscribe samba Your Name"
82 To send mail to everyone on the list mail to samba@listproc.anu.edu.au
84 There is also an announcement mailing list where I announce new
85 versions. To subscribe send mail to listproc@samba.anu.edu.au with a body
86 of "subscribe samba-announce Your Name". All announcements also go to
93 You might also like to look at the usenet news group
94 comp.protocols.smb as it often contains lots of useful info and is
95 frequented by lots of Samba users. The newsgroup was initially setup
96 by people on the Samba mailing list. It is not, however, exclusive to
97 Samba, it is a forum for discussing the SMB protocol (which Samba
104 A Samba WWW site has been setup with lots of useful info. Connect to:
106 http://samba.canberra.edu.au/pub/samba/
108 As well as general information and documentation, this also has searchable
109 archives of the mailing list and a user survey that shows who else is using
110 this package. Have you registered with the survey yet? :-)
112 It is maintained by Paul Blackman (thanks Paul!). You can contact him
113 at ictinus@lake.canberra.edu.au.