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About Samba
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Samba is the standard Windows interoperability suite of
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programs for Linux and Unix.
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Samba is Free Software licensed under the GNU General Public License and
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the Samba project is a member of the Software Freedom Conservancy.
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Since 1992, Samba has provided secure, stable and fast file and print services
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for all clients using the SMB/CIFS protocol, such as all versions of DOS
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and Windows, OS/2, Linux and many others.
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Samba is an important component to seamlessly integrate Linux/Unix Servers and
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Desktops into Active Directory environments. It can function both as a
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domain controller or as a regular domain member.
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For the AD DC implementation a full HOWTO is provided at:
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https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba4/HOWTO
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Community guidelines can be read at:
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https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/How_to_do_Samba:_Nicely
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This software is freely distributable under the GNU public license, a
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copy of which you should have received with this software (in a file
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called COPYING).
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CONTRIBUTIONS
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Please see https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Contribute
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for detailed set-by-step instructions on how to submit a patch
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for Samba via GitLab.
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Samba's GitLab mirror is at https://gitlab.com/samba-team/samba
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OUR CONTRIBUTORS
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See https://www.samba.org/samba/team/ for details of the Samba Team,
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as well as details of all those currently active in Samba development.
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If you like a particular feature then look through the git change-log
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(on the web at https://gitweb.samba.org/?p=samba.git;a=summary) and see
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who added it, then send them an email.
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Remember that free software of this kind lives or dies by the response
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we get. If no one tells us they like it then we'll probably move onto
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something else.
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MORE INFO
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DOCUMENTATION
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There is quite a bit of documentation included with the package,
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including man pages and the wiki at https://wiki.samba.org
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If you would like to help with our documentation, please contribute
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that improved content to the wiki, we are moving as much content there
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as possible.
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MAILING LIST
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Please do NOT send subscription/unsubscription requests to the lists!
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There is a mailing list for discussion of Samba. For details go to
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<https://lists.samba.org/> or send mail to <samba-subscribe@lists.samba.org>
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There is also an announcement mailing list where new versions are
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announced. To subscribe go to <https://lists.samba.org/> or send mail
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to <samba-announce-subscribe@lists.samba.org>. All announcements also
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go to the samba list, so you only need to be on one.
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For details of other Samba mailing lists and for access to archives, see
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<https://lists.samba.org/>
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MAILING LIST ETIQUETTE
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A few tips when submitting to this or any mailing list.
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1. Make your subject short and descriptive. Avoid the words "help" or
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"Samba" in the subject. The readers of this list already know that
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a) you need help, and b) you are writing about samba (of course,
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you may need to distinguish between Samba PDC and other file
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sharing software). Avoid phrases such as "what is" and "how do
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i". Some good subject lines might look like "Slow response with
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Excel files" or "Migrating from Samba PDC to NT PDC".
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2. If you include the original message in your reply, trim it so that
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only the relevant lines, enough to establish context, are
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included. Chances are (since this is a mailing list) we've already
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read the original message.
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3. Trim irrelevant headers from the original message in your
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reply. All we need to see is a) From, b) Date, and c) Subject. We
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don't even really need the Subject, if you haven't changed
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it. Better yet is to just preface the original message with "On
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[date] [someone] wrote:".
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4. Please don't reply to or argue about spam, spam filters or viruses
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on any Samba lists. We do have a spam filtering system that is
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working quite well thank you very much but occasionally unwanted
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messages slip through. Deal with it.
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5. Never say "Me too." It doesn't help anyone solve the
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problem. Instead, if you ARE having the same problem, give more
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information. Have you seen something that the other writer hasn't
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mentioned, which may be helpful?
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6. If you ask about a problem, then come up with the solution on your
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own or through another source, by all means post it. Someone else
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may have the same problem and is waiting for an answer, but never
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hears of it.
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7. Give as much *relevant* information as possible such as Samba
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release number, OS, kernel version, etc...
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8. RTFM. Google.
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WEBSITE
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A Samba website has been setup with lots of useful info. Connect to:
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https://www.samba.org/
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As well as general information and documentation, this also has searchable
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archives of the mailing list and links to other useful resources such as
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the wiki.
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