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NAME="FAQ-GENERAL"
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>Chapter 1. General Information</H1
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NAME="AEN12"
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>1.1. Where can I get it?</A
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>The Samba suite is available at the <A
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HREF="http://samba.org/"
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>samba website</A
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NAME="AEN16"
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>1.2. What do the version numbers mean?</A
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>It is not recommended that you run a version of Samba with the word
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"alpha" in its name unless you know what you are doing and are willing
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to do some debugging. Many, many people just get the latest
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recommended stable release version and are happy. If you are brave, by
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all means take the plunge and help with the testing and development -
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but don't install it on your departmental server. Samba is typically
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very stable and safe, and this is mostly due to the policy of many
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public releases.</P
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>How the scheme works:
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>When major changes are made the version number is increased. For
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example, the transition from 1.9.15 to 1.9.16. However, this version
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number will not appear immediately and people should continue to use
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1.9.15 for production systems (see next point.)</TD
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>Just after major changes are made the software is considered
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unstable, and a series of alpha releases are distributed, for example
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1.9.16alpha1. These are for testing by those who know what they are
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doing. The "alpha" in the filename will hopefully scare off those who
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are just looking for the latest version to install.</TD
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>When Andrew thinks that the alphas have stabilised to the point
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where he would recommend new users install it, he renames it to the
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same version number without the alpha, for example 1.9.16.</TD
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>Inevitably bugs are found in the "stable" releases and minor patch
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levels are released which give us the pXX series, for example 1.9.16p2.</TD
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>So the progression goes:
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>1.9.15p7 (production)
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1.9.15p8 (production)
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1.9.16alpha1 (test sites only)
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:
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1.9.16alpha20 (test sites only)
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1.9.16 (production)
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1.9.16p1 (production)</PRE
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>The above system means that whenever someone looks at the samba ftp
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site they will be able to grab the highest numbered release without an
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alpha in the name and be sure of getting the current recommended
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version.</P
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>1.3. What platforms are supported?</A
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>Many different platforms have run Samba successfully. The platforms
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most widely used and thus best tested are Linux and SunOS.</P
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>At time of writing, there is support (or has been support for in earlier
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versions):</P
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>AIX</TD
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>Altos Series 386/1000</TD
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>BSDI </TD
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>Cray, Unicos 8.0</TD
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>NetBSD</TD
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>SEQUENT. </TD
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>SCO (including: 3.2v2, European dist., OpenServer 5)</TD
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>SMP_DC.OSx v1.1-94c079 on Pyramid S series</TD
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>1.4. How do I subscribe to the Samba Mailing Lists?</A
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>Look at <A
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>the samba mailing list page</A
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>Those who have registered in the Samba survey as "Pizza Factory" will
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already know this, but the rest may need some help. Andrew doesn't ask
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for payment, but he does appreciate it when people give him
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pizza. This calls for a little organisation when the pizza donor is
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twenty thousand kilometres away, but it has been done.</P
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><P
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>Method 1: Ring up your local branch of an international pizza chain
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and see if they honour their vouchers internationally. Pizza Hut do,
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which is how the entire Canberra Linux Users Group got to eat pizza
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one night, courtesy of someone in the US.</P
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><P
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>Method 2: Ring up a local pizza shop in Canberra and quote a credit
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card number for a certain amount, and tell them that Andrew will be
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collecting it (don't forget to tell him.) One kind soul from Germany
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did this.</P
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>Method 3: Purchase a pizza voucher from your local pizza shop that has
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no international affiliations and send it to Andrew. It is completely
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useless but he can hang it on the wall next to the one he already has
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from Germany :-)</P
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><P
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>Method 4: Air freight him a pizza with your favourite regional
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flavours. It will probably get stuck in customs or torn apart by
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hungry sniffer dogs but it will have been a noble gesture.</P
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