samba

NAME

     Samba - A Windows SMB/CIFS fileserver for UNIX

SYNOPSIS

     Samba

DESCRIPTION

     The Samba software suite is a collection  of  programs  that
     implements  the Server Message Block(commonly abbreviated as
     SMB) protocol for UNIX systems. This protocol  is  sometimes
     also  referred to as the Common Internet File System (CIFS),
     LanManager or NetBIOS protocol.

COMPONENTS

     The Samba suite is made up of several components. Each  com-
     ponent  is  described  in  a  separate  manual  page.  It is
     strongly recommended that you read  the  documentation  that
     comes  with  Samba  and the manual pages of those components
     that you use. If the manual pages aren't clear  enough  then
     please send a patch or bug report to samba-bugs@samba.org.

     smbd
          The smbd (8) daemon provides the file  and  print  ser-
          vices  to  SMB  clients, such as Windows 95/98, Windows
          NT, Windows for Workgroups or  LanManager.  The  confi-
          guration  file for this daemon is described in smb.conf
          (5).

     nmbd
          The nmbd (8) daemon provides  NetBIOS  nameserving  and
          browsing  support. The configuration file for this dae-
          mon is described in smb.conf (5).

     smbclient
          The smbclient (1) program implements a simple  ftp-like
          client.  This  is  useful  for  accessing SMB shares on
          other compatible servers (such as Windows NT), and  can
          also  be used to allow a UNIX box to print to a printer
          attached to any SMB server (such as a PC  running  Win-
          dows NT).

     testparm
          The testparm  (1)  utility  allows  you  to  test  your
          smb.conf (5) configuration file.

     testprns
          the  testprns  (1)  utility  allows  you  to  test  the
          printers defined in your printcap file.

     smbstatus
          The smbstatus (1) utility allows you list current  con-
          nections to the smbd (8) server.

     nmblookup
          the nmblookup (1) utility allows NetBIOS  name  queries
          to be made from the UNIX machine.

     make_smbcodepage
          The make_smbcodepage (1) utility allows you  to  create
          SMB  code  page  definition  files  for  your  smbd (8)
          server.

     smbpasswd
          The smbpasswd (8) utility  allows  you  to  change  SMB
          encrypted   passwords   on  Samba  and  Windows  NT(tm)
          servers.

AVAILABILITY

     The Samba software suite is licensed under  the  GNU  Public
     License  (GPL). A copy of that license should have come with
     the package in the file COPYING. You are encouraged to  dis-
     tribute copies of the Samba suite, but please obey the terms
     of this license.

     The latest version of the Samba suite can  be  obtained  via
     anonymous ftp from samba.org in the directory pub/samba/. It
     is also available on several mirror sites worldwide.

     You may also find useful  information  about  Samba  on  the
     newsgroup  comp.protocols.smb  and  the  Samba mailing list.
     Details on how to join the mailing list  are  given  in  the
     README file that comes with Samba.

     If you have access to a WWW  viewer  (such  as  Netscape  or
     Mosaic)  then you will also find lots of useful information,
     including  back  issues  of  the  Samba  mailing  list,   at
     http://samba.org/samba/.

VERSION

     This man page is correct for version 2.0 of the Samba suite.

CONTRIBUTIONS

     If you wish to contribute to the Samba project, then I  sug-
     gest you join the Samba mailing list at samba@samba.org. See
     the Web page at http://samba.org/listproc for details on how
     to do this.

     If you have patches to submit or bugs to report then you may
     mail  them  directly to samba-bugs@samba.org. Note, however,
     that due to the enormous  popularity  of  this  package  the
     Samba  Team may take some time to respond to mail. We prefer
     patches in diff -u format.

CREDITS

     Contributors to the project are now too numerous to  mention
     here but all deserve the thanks of all Samba users. To see a
     full list, look  at  ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/alpha/change-
     log      for      the     pre-CVS     changes     and     at
     ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/alpha/cvs.log for the contributors
     to  Samba  post-CVS. CVS is the Open Source source code con-
     trol system used by the Samba Team  to  develop  Samba.  The
     project would have been unmanageable without it.

     In addition, several commercial organizations now help  fund
     the Samba Team with money and equipment. For details see the
     Samba Web pages at http://samba.org/samba/samba-thanks.html.

AUTHOR

     The original  Samba  software  and  related  utilities  were
     created  by  Andrew  Tridgell samba-bugs@samba.org. Samba is
     now developed by the Samba Team as an  Open  Source  project
     similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed.

     The original Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer.  The
     man  page  sources  were  converted  to YODL format (another
     excellent  piece  of  Open  Source  software,  available  at
     ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/)   and   updated   for   the
     Samba2.0 release by Jeremy Allison.  samba-bugs@samba.org.