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  74 >Chapter 1. General Information</H1
  75 ><DIV
  76 CLASS="SECT1"
  77 ><H1
  78 CLASS="SECT1"
  79 ><A
  80 NAME="AEN12"
  81 >1.1. Where can I get it?</A
  82 ></H1
  83 ><P
  84 >The Samba suite is available at the <A
  85 HREF="http://samba.org/"
  86 TARGET="_top"
  87 >samba website</A
  88 >.</P
  89 ></DIV
  90 ><DIV
  91 CLASS="SECT1"
  92 ><H1
  93 CLASS="SECT1"
  94 ><A
  95 NAME="AEN16"
  96 >1.2. What do the version numbers mean?</A
  97 ></H1
  98 ><P
  99 >It is not recommended that you run a version of Samba with the word
 100 "alpha" in its name unless you know what you are doing and are willing
 101 to do some debugging. Many, many people just get the latest
 102 recommended stable release version and are happy. If you are brave, by
 103 all means take the plunge and help with the testing and development -
 104 but don't install it on your departmental server. Samba is typically
 105 very stable and safe, and this is mostly due to the policy of many
 106 public releases.</P
 107 ><P
 108 >How the scheme works:
 109 <P
 110 ></P
 111 ><TABLE
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 113 ><TBODY
 114 ><TR
 115 ><TD
 116 >When major changes are made the version number is increased. For
 117 example, the transition from 1.9.15 to 1.9.16. However, this version
 118 number will not appear immediately and people should continue to use
 119 1.9.15 for production systems (see next point.)</TD
 120 ></TR
 121 ><TR
 122 ><TD
 123 >Just after major changes are made the software is considered
 124 unstable, and a series of alpha releases are distributed, for example
 125 1.9.16alpha1. These are for testing by those who know what they are
 126 doing.  The "alpha" in the filename will hopefully scare off those who
 127 are just looking for the latest version to install.</TD
 128 ></TR
 129 ><TR
 130 ><TD
 131 >When Andrew thinks that the alphas have stabilised to the point
 132 where he would recommend new users install it, he renames it to the
 133 same version number without the alpha, for example 1.9.16.</TD
 134 ></TR
 135 ><TR
 136 ><TD
 137 >Inevitably bugs are found in the "stable" releases and minor patch
 138 levels are released which give us the pXX series, for example 1.9.16p2.</TD
 139 ></TR
 140 ></TBODY
 141 ></TABLE
 142 ><P
 143 ></P
 144 ></P
 145 ><P
 146 >So the progression goes:
 147
 148 <PRE
 149 CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
 150 >1.9.15p7       (production)
 151 1.9.15p8        (production)
 152 1.9.16alpha1    (test sites only)
 153 :
 154 1.9.16alpha20   (test sites only)
 155 1.9.16          (production)
 156 1.9.16p1        (production)</PRE
 157 ></P
 158 ><P
 159 >The above system means that whenever someone looks at the samba ftp
 160 site they will be able to grab the highest numbered release without an
 161 alpha in the name and be sure of getting the current recommended
 162 version.</P
 163 ></DIV
 164 ><DIV
 165 CLASS="SECT1"
 166 ><H1
 167 CLASS="SECT1"
 168 ><A
 169 NAME="AEN28"
 170 >1.3. What platforms are supported?</A
 171 ></H1
 172 ><P
 173 >Many different platforms have run Samba successfully. The platforms
 174 most widely used and thus best tested are Linux and SunOS.</P
 175 ><P
 176 >At time of writing, there is support (or has been support for in earlier
 177 versions):</P
 178 ><P
 179 ></P
 180 ><TABLE
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 182 ><TBODY
 183 ><TR
 184 ><TD
 185 >A/UX 3.0</TD
 186 ></TR
 187 ><TR
 188 ><TD
 189 >AIX</TD
 190 ></TR
 191 ><TR
 192 ><TD
 193 >Altos Series 386/1000</TD
 194 ></TR
 195 ><TR
 196 ><TD
 197 >Amiga</TD
 198 ></TR
 199 ><TR
 200 ><TD
 201 >Apollo Domain/OS sr10.3</TD
 202 ></TR
 203 ><TR
 204 ><TD
 205 >BSDI </TD
 206 ></TR
 207 ><TR
 208 ><TD
 209 >B.O.S. (Bull Operating System)</TD
 210 ></TR
 211 ><TR
 212 ><TD
 213 >Cray, Unicos 8.0</TD
 214 ></TR
 215 ><TR
 216 ><TD
 217 >Convex</TD
 218 ></TR
 219 ><TR
 220 ><TD
 221 >DGUX. </TD
 222 ></TR
 223 ><TR
 224 ><TD
 225 >DNIX.</TD
 226 ></TR
 227 ><TR
 228 ><TD
 229 >FreeBSD</TD
 230 ></TR
 231 ><TR
 232 ><TD
 233 >HP-UX</TD
 234 ></TR
 235 ><TR
 236 ><TD
 237 >Intergraph. </TD
 238 ></TR
 239 ><TR
 240 ><TD
 241 >Linux with/without shadow passwords and quota</TD
 242 ></TR
 243 ><TR
 244 ><TD
 245 >LYNX 2.3.0</TD
 246 ></TR
 247 ><TR
 248 ><TD
 249 >MachTen (a unix like system for Macintoshes)</TD
 250 ></TR
 251 ><TR
 252 ><TD
 253 >Motorola 88xxx/9xx range of machines</TD
 254 ></TR
 255 ><TR
 256 ><TD
 257 >NetBSD</TD
 258 ></TR
 259 ><TR
 260 ><TD
 261 >NEXTSTEP Release 2.X, 3.0 and greater (including OPENSTEP for Mach).</TD
 262 ></TR
 263 ><TR
 264 ><TD
 265 >OS/2 using EMX 0.9b</TD
 266 ></TR
 267 ><TR
 268 ><TD
 269 >OSF1</TD
 270 ></TR
 271 ><TR
 272 ><TD
 273 >QNX 4.22</TD
 274 ></TR
 275 ><TR
 276 ><TD
 277 >RiscIX. </TD
 278 ></TR
 279 ><TR
 280 ><TD
 281 >RISCOs 5.0B</TD
 282 ></TR
 283 ><TR
 284 ><TD
 285 >SEQUENT. </TD
 286 ></TR
 287 ><TR
 288 ><TD
 289 >SCO (including: 3.2v2, European dist., OpenServer 5)</TD
 290 ></TR
 291 ><TR
 292 ><TD
 293 >SGI.</TD
 294 ></TR
 295 ><TR
 296 ><TD
 297 >SMP_DC.OSx v1.1-94c079 on Pyramid S series</TD
 298 ></TR
 299 ><TR
 300 ><TD
 301 >SONY NEWS, NEWS-OS (4.2.x and 6.1.x)</TD
 302 ></TR
 303 ><TR
 304 ><TD
 305 >SUNOS 4</TD
 306 ></TR
 307 ><TR
 308 ><TD
 309 >SUNOS 5.2, 5.3, and 5.4 (Solaris 2.2, 2.3, and '2.4 and later')</TD
 310 ></TR
 311 ><TR
 312 ><TD
 313 >Sunsoft ISC SVR3V4</TD
 314 ></TR
 315 ><TR
 316 ><TD
 317 >SVR4</TD
 318 ></TR
 319 ><TR
 320 ><TD
 321 >System V with some berkely extensions (Motorola 88k R32V3.2).</TD
 322 ></TR
 323 ><TR
 324 ><TD
 325 >ULTRIX.</TD
 326 ></TR
 327 ><TR
 328 ><TD
 329 >UNIXWARE</TD
 330 ></TR
 331 ><TR
 332 ><TD
 333 >UXP/DS</TD
 334 ></TR
 335 ></TBODY
 336 ></TABLE
 337 ><P
 338 ></P
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 342 ><H1
 343 CLASS="SECT1"
 344 ><A
 345 NAME="AEN71"
 346 >1.4. How do I subscribe to the Samba Mailing Lists?</A
 347 ></H1
 348 ><P
 349 >Look at <A
 350 HREF="http://samba.org/samba/archives.html"
 351 TARGET="_top"
 352 >the samba mailing list page</A
 353 ></P
 354 ></DIV
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 356 CLASS="SECT1"
 357 ><H1
 358 CLASS="SECT1"
 359 ><A
 360 NAME="AEN75"
 361 >1.5. Pizza supply details</A
 362 ></H1
 363 ><P
 364 >Those who have registered in the Samba survey as "Pizza Factory" will
 365 already know this, but the rest may need some help. Andrew doesn't ask
 366 for payment, but he does appreciate it when people give him
 367 pizza. This calls for a little organisation when the pizza donor is
 368 twenty thousand kilometres away, but it has been done.</P
 369 ><P
 370 >Method 1: Ring up your local branch of an international pizza chain
 371 and see if they honour their vouchers internationally. Pizza Hut do,
 372 which is how the entire Canberra Linux Users Group got to eat pizza
 373 one night, courtesy of someone in the US.</P
 374 ><P
 375 >Method 2: Ring up a local pizza shop in Canberra and quote a credit
 376 card number for a certain amount, and tell them that Andrew will be
 377 collecting it (don't forget to tell him.) One kind soul from Germany
 378 did this.</P
 379 ><P
 380 >Method 3: Purchase a pizza voucher from your local pizza shop that has
 381 no international affiliations and send it to Andrew. It is completely
 382 useless but he can hang it on the wall next to the one he already has
 383 from Germany :-)</P
 384 ><P
 385 >Method 4: Air freight him a pizza with your favourite regional
 386 flavours. It will probably get stuck in customs or torn apart by
 387 hungry sniffer dogs but it will have been a noble gesture.</P
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