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  16 ><A
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  18 >samba</A
  19 ></H1
  20 ><DIV
  21 CLASS="REFNAMEDIV"
  22 ><A
  23 NAME="AEN5"
  24 ></A
  25 ><H2
  26 >Name</H2
  27 >SAMBA&nbsp;--&nbsp;A Windows SMB/CIFS fileserver for UNIX</DIV
  28 ><DIV
  29 CLASS="REFSYNOPSISDIV"
  30 ><A
  31 NAME="AEN8"
  32 ></A
  33 ><H2
  34 >Synopsis</H2
  35 ><P
  36 ><B
  37 CLASS="COMMAND"
  38 >Samba</B
  39 > </P
  40 ></DIV
  41 ><DIV
  42 CLASS="REFSECT1"
  43 ><A
  44 NAME="AEN11"
  45 ></A
  46 ><H2
  47 >DESCRIPTION</H2
  48 ><P
  49 >The Samba software suite is a collection of programs
  50         that implements the Server Message Block (commonly abbreviated
  51         as SMB) protocol for UNIX systems. This protocol is sometimes
  52         also referred to as the Common Internet File System (CIFS),
  53         LanManager or NetBIOS protocol.</P
  54 ><P
  55 ></P
  56 ><DIV
  57 CLASS="VARIABLELIST"
  58 ><DL
  59 ><DT
  60 ><B
  61 CLASS="COMMAND"
  62 >smbd</B
  63 ></DT
  64 ><DD
  65 ><P
  66 >The <B
  67 CLASS="COMMAND"
  68 >smbd </B
  69 >
  70                 daemon provides the file and print services to
  71                 SMB clients, such as Windows 95/98, Windows NT, Windows
  72                 for Workgroups or LanManager. The configuration file
  73                 for this daemon is described in <TT
  74 CLASS="FILENAME"
  75 >smb.conf</TT
  76 >
  77                 </P
  78 ></DD
  79 ><DT
  80 ><B
  81 CLASS="COMMAND"
  82 >nmbd</B
  83 ></DT
  84 ><DD
  85 ><P
  86 >The <B
  87 CLASS="COMMAND"
  88 >nmbd</B
  89 >
  90                 daemon provides NetBIOS nameserving and browsing
  91                 support. The configuration file for this daemon
  92                 is described in <TT
  93 CLASS="FILENAME"
  94 >smb.conf</TT
  95 ></P
  96 ></DD
  97 ><DT
  98 ><B
  99 CLASS="COMMAND"
 100 >smbclient</B
 101 ></DT
 102 ><DD
 103 ><P
 104 >The <B
 105 CLASS="COMMAND"
 106 >smbclient</B
 107 >
 108                 program implements a simple ftp-like client. This
 109                 is useful for accessing SMB shares on other compatible
 110                 servers (such as Windows NT), and can also be used
 111                 to allow a UNIX box to print to a printer attached to
 112                 any SMB server (such as a PC running Windows NT).</P
 113 ></DD
 114 ><DT
 115 ><B
 116 CLASS="COMMAND"
 117 >testparm</B
 118 ></DT
 119 ><DD
 120 ><P
 121 >The <B
 122 CLASS="COMMAND"
 123 >testparm</B
 124 >
 125                 utility is a simple syntax checker for Samba's
 126                 <TT
 127 CLASS="FILENAME"
 128 >smb.conf</TT
 129 >configuration file.</P
 130 ></DD
 131 ><DT
 132 ><B
 133 CLASS="COMMAND"
 134 >testprns</B
 135 ></DT
 136 ><DD
 137 ><P
 138 >The <B
 139 CLASS="COMMAND"
 140 >testprns</B
 141 >
 142                 utility supports testing printer names defined
 143                 in your <TT
 144 CLASS="FILENAME"
 145 >printcap&#62;</TT
 146 > file used
 147                 by Samba.</P
 148 ></DD
 149 ><DT
 150 ><B
 151 CLASS="COMMAND"
 152 >smbstatus</B
 153 ></DT
 154 ><DD
 155 ><P
 156 >The <B
 157 CLASS="COMMAND"
 158 >smbstatus</B
 159 >
 160                 tool provides access to information about the
 161                 current connections to <B
 162 CLASS="COMMAND"
 163 >smbd</B
 164 >.</P
 165 ></DD
 166 ><DT
 167 ><B
 168 CLASS="COMMAND"
 169 >nmblookup</B
 170 ></DT
 171 ><DD
 172 ><P
 173 >The <B
 174 CLASS="COMMAND"
 175 >nmblookup</B
 176 >
 177                 tools allows NetBIOS name queries to be made
 178                 from a UNIX host.</P
 179 ></DD
 180 ><DT
 181 ><B
 182 CLASS="COMMAND"
 183 >make_smbcodepage</B
 184 ></DT
 185 ><DD
 186 ><P
 187 >The <B
 188 CLASS="COMMAND"
 189 >make_smbcodepage</B
 190 >
 191                 utility provides a means of creating SMB code page
 192                 definition files for your <B
 193 CLASS="COMMAND"
 194 >smbd</B
 195 > server.</P
 196 ></DD
 197 ><DT
 198 ><B
 199 CLASS="COMMAND"
 200 >smbpasswd</B
 201 ></DT
 202 ><DD
 203 ><P
 204 >The <B
 205 CLASS="COMMAND"
 206 >smbpasswd</B
 207 >
 208                 command is a tool for changing LanMan and Windows NT
 209                 password hashes on Samba and Windows NT servers.</P
 210 ></DD
 211 ></DL
 212 ></DIV
 213 ></DIV
 214 ><DIV
 215 CLASS="REFSECT1"
 216 ><A
 217 NAME="AEN75"
 218 ></A
 219 ><H2
 220 >COMPONENTS</H2
 221 ><P
 222 >The Samba suite is made up of several components. Each
 223         component is described in a separate manual page. It is strongly
 224         recommended that you read the documentation that comes with Samba
 225         and the manual pages of those components that you use. If the
 226         manual pages aren't clear enough then please send a patch or
 227         bug report to <A
 228 HREF="mailto:samba@samba.org"
 229 TARGET="_top"
 230 >       samba@samba.org</A
 231 ></P
 232 ></DIV
 233 ><DIV
 234 CLASS="REFSECT1"
 235 ><A
 236 NAME="AEN79"
 237 ></A
 238 ><H2
 239 >AVAILABILITY</H2
 240 ><P
 241 >The Samba software suite is licensed under the
 242         GNU Public License(GPL). A copy of that license should
 243         have come with the package in the file COPYING. You are
 244         encouraged to distribute copies of the Samba suite, but
 245         please obey the terms of this license.</P
 246 ><P
 247 >The latest version of the Samba suite can be
 248         obtained via anonymous ftp from samba.org in the
 249         directory pub/samba/. It is also available on several
 250         mirror sites worldwide.</P
 251 ><P
 252 >You may also find useful information about Samba
 253         on the newsgroup <A
 254 HREF="news:comp.protocols.smb"
 255 TARGET="_top"
 256 >       comp.protocol.smb</A
 257 > and the Samba mailing
 258         list. Details on how to join the mailing list are given in
 259         the README file that comes with Samba.</P
 260 ><P
 261 >If you have access to a WWW viewer (such as Netscape
 262         or Mosaic) then you will also find lots of useful information,
 263         including back issues of the Samba mailing list, at
 264         <A
 265 HREF="http://lists.samba.org/"
 266 TARGET="_top"
 267 >http://lists.samba.org</A
 268 >.</P
 269 ></DIV
 270 ><DIV
 271 CLASS="REFSECT1"
 272 ><A
 273 NAME="AEN87"
 274 ></A
 275 ><H2
 276 >VERSION</H2
 277 ><P
 278 >This man page is correct for version 2.2 of the
 279         Samba suite. </P
 280 ></DIV
 281 ><DIV
 282 CLASS="REFSECT1"
 283 ><A
 284 NAME="AEN90"
 285 ></A
 286 ><H2
 287 >CONTRIBUTIONS</H2
 288 ><P
 289 >If you wish to contribute to the Samba project,
 290         then I suggest you join the Samba mailing list at
 291         <A
 292 HREF="http://lists.samba.org/"
 293 TARGET="_top"
 294 >http://lists.samba.org</A
 295 >.
 296         </P
 297 ><P
 298 >If you have patches to submit or bugs to report
 299         then you may mail them directly to samba-patches@samba.org.
 300         Note, however, that due to the enormous popularity of this
 301         package the Samba Team may take some time to respond to mail. We
 302         prefer patches in <B
 303 CLASS="COMMAND"
 304 >diff -u</B
 305 > format.</P
 306 ></DIV
 307 ><DIV
 308 CLASS="REFSECT1"
 309 ><A
 310 NAME="AEN96"
 311 ></A
 312 ><H2
 313 >CONTRIBUTORS</H2
 314 ><P
 315 >Contributors to the project are now too numerous
 316         to mention here but all deserve the thanks of all Samba
 317         users. To see a full list, look at <A
 318 HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/alpha/change-log"
 319 TARGET="_top"
 320 >       ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/alpha/change-log</A
 321 >
 322         for the pre-CVS changes and at <A
 323 HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/alpha/cvs.log"
 324 TARGET="_top"
 325 >       ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/alpha/cvs.log</A
 326 >
 327         for the contributors to Samba post-CVS. CVS is the Open Source
 328         source code control system used by the Samba Team to develop
 329         Samba. The project would have been unmanageable without it.</P
 330 ><P
 331 >In addition, several commercial organizations now help
 332         fund the Samba Team with money and equipment. For details see
 333         the Samba Web pages at <A
 334 HREF="http://samba.org/samba/samba-thanks.html"
 335 TARGET="_top"
 336 >       http://samba.org/samba/samba-thanks.html</A
 337 >.</P
 338 ></DIV
 339 ><DIV
 340 CLASS="REFSECT1"
 341 ><A
 342 NAME="AEN103"
 343 ></A
 344 ><H2
 345 >AUTHOR</H2
 346 ><P
 347 >The original Samba software and related utilities
 348         were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed
 349         by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar
 350         to the way the Linux kernel is developed.</P
 351 ><P
 352 >The original Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer.
 353         The man page sources were converted to YODL format (another
 354         excellent piece of Open Source software, available at
 355         <A
 356 HREF="ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/"
 357 TARGET="_top"
 358 >       ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/</A
 359 >) and updated for the Samba 2.0
 360         release by Jeremy Allison.  The conversion to DocBook for
 361         Samba 2.2 was done by Gerald Carter</P
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