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<H1>Samba Release Notes</H1>
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<H2>Table of Contents</H2>
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<LI><B><A HREF="#WHATIS">What is Samba?</A></B> </LI>
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<LI><B><A HREF="#Support">Support Policy</A> </B></LI>
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<LI><B><A HREF="#Installation">Installation Information</A> </B></LI>
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<LI><B><A HREF="legal_notice.html">Silicon
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Graphics Legal Notice</A> </B></LI>
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<LI><B><A HREF="#AUTHORNOTES">Author's Notice(s)</A> </B></LI>
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<LI><B><A HREF="#Documentation">Documentation Information</A> </B></LI>
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<HR></P>
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<H2><A NAME="WHATIS"></A>What is Samba?</H2>
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<P>Samba is an SMB client and server for Unix. It makes it possible for
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client machines running Windows 95 and Windows for Workgroups to access
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files and/or print services on a Unix system. Samba includes an SMB server
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to provide LanManager-style file and print services to PCs, a Netbios (RFC10001/1002)
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name server, and an FTP-like client application for accessing PC resources
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from Unix. </P>
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<P>To make Samba work you'll need to configure your server host to run
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<B>smbd</B> and <B>nmbd</B> whenever you connect to a certain Internet
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port from the client machine. <B>Smbd</B> and <B>nmbd</B> can be started
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either as daemons or from inetd.</P>
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<P>By default <B>smbd</B> and <B>nmbd</B> are started as daemons by the
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file <I>/etc/init.d/samba</I> in conjunction with the chkconfig variable
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samba being set to on. If you set chkconfig samba off then the deamons
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will not be automatically started on reboot. In this case you must type
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the following at a shell prompt to start samba after a reboot: </P>
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<PRE><B> chkconfig samba on
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/etc/init.d/samba start</B>
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</PRE>
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<P>If you make changes to your configuration files, <B>smbd</B> and <B>nmbd</B>
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may be restarted by typing the following at a shell prompt: </P>
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<PRE><B> /etc/init.d/samba start</B>
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</PRE>
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<P><B>smbd</B> and <B>nmbd</B> may be killed by typing the following at
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a shell prompt: </P>
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<PRE><B> /etc/init.d/samba stop</B>
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</PRE>
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<P>To have <B>smbd</B> and <B>nmbd</B> started by inetd you can execute
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the shell script <I>/usr/samba/inetd.sh</I> to automatically configure
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the various files and start the processes. This shell script first kills
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any running <B>smbd</B> and <B>nmbd</B> processes. It then removes any
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existing entries for "netbios*" from <I>/etc/inetd.conf</I> and
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adds the following lines </P>
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<PRE><B> netbios-ssn stream tcp nowait root /usr/samba/bin/smbd smbd
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netbios-ns dgram udp wait root /usr/samba/bin/nmbd nmbd -S</B>
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</PRE>
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<P>It then removes any existing entries for "netbios*" from <I>/etc/services</I>
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and adds the following lines </P>
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<PRE><B> netbios-ns 137/udp # SAMBA
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netbios-ssn 139/tcp # SAMBA</B>
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</PRE>
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<P><I>Inetd</I> is then restarted by executing:</P>
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<PRE><B> /etc/killall -HUP inetd</B>
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</PRE>
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<P>If you make changes to your configuration files, <B>smbd</B> and <B>nmbd</B>
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may be restarted by typing the following at a shell prompt: </P>
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<PRE><B> /etc/killall smbd nmbd
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/etc/killall -HUP inetd</B>
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</PRE>
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<H3><A NAME="AUTHORNOTES"></A>Author's Notice(s):</H3>
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<P>The author of this product is: Andrew Tridgell </P>
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<P>Samba is distributed freely under the <A HREF="COPYING">GNU
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public license</A>. </P>
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<H3><A NAME="Support"></A>Support:</H3>
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<P>The software in this package is considered unsupported by Silicon Graphics.
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Neither the authors or Silicon Graphics are compelled to help resolve problems
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you may encounter in the installation, setup, or execution of this software.
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To be more to the point, if you call us with an issue regarding products
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in the Freeware package, we'll have to gracefully terminate the call. The
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<A HREF="http://samba.org/pub/samba/">
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Samba Web Page</A> has a listing of companies and individuals that offer
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commercial support for a fee.
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</P>
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<H2><A NAME="Installation"></A>Installation Information</H2>
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<P>Samba includes these subsystems: </P>
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<TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN=LEFT><B>samba.sw.base</B> (<I>default</I>)</TD>
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<TD>Execution environment for Samba.</TD>
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</TR>
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<TR>
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<TD ALIGN=left><B>samba.man.manpages</B>(<I>default</I>)</TD>
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<TD>Samba's online manual pages (preformatted).</TD>
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</TR>
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<TR>
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<TD ALIGN=LEFT VALIGN=TOP><B>samba.man.doc</B> (<I>default</I>)</TD>
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<TD>Samba documentation: hints on installation and configuration, an FAQ
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(Frequently Asked Questions), help in diagnosing problems, etc..</TD>
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</TR>
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<TR>
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<TD ALIGN=left><B>samba.man.relnotes</B> (<I>default</I>) </TD>
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<TD>Samba online release notes.</TD>
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</TR>
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<TR>
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<TD ALIGN=LEFT VALIGN=TOP><B>samba.src.samba</B> </TD>
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<TD>The Samba software distribution from which this product was
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built (including the packaging/SGI directory which will allow this distribution
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to be rebuilt).</TD>
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</TR>
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</TABLE>
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<H3>Installation Method</H3>
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<P>All of the subsystems for Samba can be installed using IRIX. You do
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not need to use the miniroot. Refer to the <I>Software Installation Administrator's
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Guide</I> for complete installation instructions. </P>
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<H3>Prerequisites</H3>
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<P>Your workstation must be running IRIX 5.3 or later in order to use this
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product. </P>
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<H3>Configuration Files</H3>
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<P>Because configuration files often contain modifications, inst treats
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them specially during the installation process. If they have not been modified,
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inst removes the old file and installs the new version during software
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updates. For configuration files that have been modified, the new version
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is installed and the old version is renamed by adding the suffix .O (for
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older) to the name. The no-suffix version contains changes that are required
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for compatibility with the rest of the newly installed software, that increase
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functionality, or that fix bugs. You should use diff(1) or gdiff(1) to
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compare the two versions of the files and transfer information that you
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recognize as machine or site-specific from the .O version to the no-suffix
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version. </P>
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<DL>
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<DT><B>/usr/samba/lib/smb.conf</B> </DT>
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<DD>Configuration definitions for the <B>smbd</B> program; the SMB server
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process. The default configuration sets up password-based access to home
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directories on a machine as well as open access to to all printers and
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/tmp. The workgroup is set by default to "workgroup". It is highly
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recommended that administrators review the content of this file when installing
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Samba for the first time.</DD>
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<DT><B>/usr/samba/printcap</B> </DT>
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<DD>A file that specifies the available printers on a system. It is included
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as an example; administrators may want to replace it or override the reference
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to it in the <B>smb.conf</B> file. The script <B>/usr/samba/mkprintcap.sh</B>
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was used by inst to create a printcap file that contains all printers on
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your system. You may wish to remove some printers or add a comment to each
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printer name to describe its location.</DD>
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</DL>
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<H2><A NAME="Documentation"></A>Documentation Information</H2>
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<P>Preformatted manual pages are installed by default as are the contents
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of the <B>docs</B> directory from the Samba distribution; consult <I>samba</I>(7)
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for an introduction. </P>
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<P>There is a mailing list for discussion of Samba. To subscribe send mail
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to <A HREF="mailto:listproc@samba.org">listproc@samba.org</A>
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with a body of "subscribe samba Your Name" </P>
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<P>To send mail to everyone on the list mail to <A HREF="mailto:samba@samba.org">samba@samba.org</A>.
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</P>
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<P>There is also an announcement mailing list where new versions are announced.
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To subscribe send mail to <A HREF="mailto:listproc@samba.org">listproc@samba.org</A>
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with a body of "subscribe samba-announce Your Name". All announcements
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also go to the samba list. </P>
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<P>You might also like to look at the Usenet news group <A HREF="news:comp.protocols.smb">comp.protocols.smb</A>
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as it often contains lots of useful info and is frequented by lots of Samba
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users. The newsgroup was initially setup by people on the Samba mailing
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list. It is not, however, exclusive to Samba, it is a forum for discussing
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the SMB protocol (which Samba implements). </P>
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<P>A Samba WWW site has been setup with lots of useful info. Connect to:
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<A HREF="http://samba.org/pub/samba/">http://samba.org/pub/samba/</A>.
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It is maintained by Paul Blackman (thanks Paul!). You can contact him at
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<A HREF="mailto:ictinus@lake.canberra.edu.au">ictinus@lake.canberra.edu.au</A>.
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