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<H2><A NAME="s1">1. Quick Reference Guides to Samba Documentation</A></H2>
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<P>
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<A NAME="quickref"></A>
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</P>
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<P>We are endeavouring to provide links here to every major class of
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information about Samba or things related to Samba. We cannot list every
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document, but we are aiming for all documents to be at most two
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referrals from those listed here. This needs constant maintaining, so
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please send the author your feedback.</P>
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<H2><A NAME="ss1.1">1.1 Samba for the Impatient</A></H2>
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<P>
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<A NAME="impatient"></A>
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</P>
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<P>You know you should read the documentation but can't wait to start? What
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you need to do then is follow the instructions in the following
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documents in the order given. This should be enough to get a fairly
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simple site going quickly. If you have any problems, refer back to this
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meta-FAQ and follow the links to find more reading material.</P>
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<P>
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<DL>
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<P>
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<A NAME="ImpGet"></A>
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</P>
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<DT><B>Getting Samba:</B><DD><P>The fastest way to get Samba
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going is and install it is to have an operating system for which the
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Samba team has put together an installation package. To see if your OS
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is included have a look at the directory
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/pub/samba/Binary_Packages/"OS_Vendor" on your nearest
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<A HREF="../MIRRORS">mirror site</A>. If it is included follow the
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installation instructions in the README file there and then do some
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<A HREF="#ImpTest">basic testing</A>. If you are not so fortunate, follow the normal
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<A HREF="Samba-meta-FAQ-2.html#WhereFrom">download instructions</A> and then continue with
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<A HREF="#ImpInst">building and installing Samba</A>.</P>
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<P>
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<A NAME="ImpInst"></A>
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<DT><B>Building and Installing Samba:</B><DD><P>At the moment
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there are two kinds of Samba server installs besides the prepackaged
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binaries mentioned in the previous step. You need to decide if you have a
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<A HREF="../UNIX_INSTALL.txt">Unix or close relative</A> or
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<A HREF="Samba-Server-FAQ.html#PortInfo">other supported operating system</A>.</P>
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<A NAME="ImpTest"></A>
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<DT><B>Basic Testing:</B><DD><P>Try to connect using the
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supplied smbclient command-line program. You need to know the IP
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hostname of your server. A service name must be defined in smb.conf, as
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given in the examples (under many operating systems if there is a
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<F>homes</F> service you can just use a valid username.) Then type
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<CODE>smbclient \\hostname\servicename</CODE>
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Under most Unixes you will need to put the parameters within quotation
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marks. If this works, try connecting from one of the SMB clients you
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were planning to use with Samba.</P>
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<P>
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<A NAME="ImpDebug"></A>
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</P>
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<DT><B>Debug sequence:</B><DD><P>If you think you have completed the
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previous step and things aren't working properly work through
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<A HREF="../DIAGNOSIS.txt">the diagnosis recipe.</A></P>
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<P>
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<A NAME="ImpExp"></A>
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<DT><B>Exporting files to SMB clients:</B><DD><P>You should read the manual pages
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for smb.conf, but here is a
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<A HREF="Samba-Server-FAQ.html#Exporting">quick answer guide.</A></P>
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<P>
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<A NAME="ImpControl"></A>
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</P>
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<DT><B>Controlling user access:</B><DD><P>the quickest and dirtiest way of sharing
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resources is to use
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<A HREF="Samba-meta-FAQ-4.html#ShareModeSecurity">share level security.</A> If you want to spend more time and have a proper username
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and password database you must read the paragraph on
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<A HREF="Samba-meta-FAQ-4.html#DomainModeSecurity">domain mode security.</A> If you want
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encryption (eg you are using Windows NT clients) follow the
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<A HREF="Samba-Server-FAQ.html#SMBEncryptionSteps">SMB encryption instructions.</A></P>
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<P>
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<A NAME="ImpBrowse"></A>
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<DT><B>Browsing:</B><DD><P>if you are happy to type in "\\samba-server\sharename"
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at the client end then do not read any further. Otherwise you need to
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understand the
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browsing terminology</A>
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and read
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<A HREF="Samba-Server-FAQ.html#NameBrowsing">Samba-Server-FAQ.html#NameBrowsing</A>. </P>
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<P>
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<A NAME="ImpPrint"></A>
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<DT><B>Printing:</B><DD><P>See the
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<A HREF="Samba-Server-FAQ.html#Printing">printing quick answer guide.</A></P>
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</DL>
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</P>
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<P>If you have got everything working to this point, you can expect Samba
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to be stable and secure: these are its greatest strengths. However Samba
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has a great deal to offer and to go further you must do some more
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reading. Speed and security optimisations, printer accounting, network
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logons, roving profiles, browsing across multiple subnets and so on are
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all covered either in this document or in those it refers to.</P>
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<H2><A NAME="ss1.2">1.2 All Samba Documentation</A></H2>
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<A NAME="AllDocs"></A>
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<LI> Meta-FAQ. This is the mother of all documents, and is the one you
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are reading now. The latest version is always at
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<A HREF="http://samba.org/[.....]">http://samba.org/[.....]</A> but there is probably a much
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nearer
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<A HREF="../MIRRORS">mirror site</A> which you should use
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instead.
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</LI>
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<LI>
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<A HREF="Samba-Server-FAQ.html">Samba-Server-FAQ.html</A> is the best starting point for
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information about server-side issues. Includes configuration tips and
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pointers for Samba on particular operating systems (with 40 to choose
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from...)
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</LI>
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<LI>
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<A HREF="Samba-Client-FAQ.html">Samba-Client-FAQ.html</A> is the best starting point for
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information about client-side issues, includes a list of all clients
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that are known to work with Samba.
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</LI>
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<LI>
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<A HREF="samba-man-index.html">manual pages</A> contains
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descriptions of and links to all the Samba manual pages, in Unix man and
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postscript format.
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</LI>
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<LI>
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<A HREF="samba-txt-index.html">samba-txt-index.html</A> has descriptions of and links to
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a large number of text files have been contributed to samba covering
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many topics. These are gradually being absorbed into the FAQs and HOWTOs
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but in the meantime you might find helpful answers here.
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</LI>
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