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add_domain_logon_names() - adds <1c> names on WINS and broadcast.
add_domain_master_wins() - adds <1b> name only with WINS server
add_domain_master_bcast() - adds <1b> names only by bcast.
: made add_domain_names() add <1c> names, unconditionally, and
add <1b> name with the WINS server if using a WINS server, or
add <1b> name by broadcast if _not_ using a WINS server, but
_not_ both.
: removed the direct parameter from remove_name_entry() and
add_my_name_entry().
nameelect.c: made become_domain_master(), on successful registration of
the <1b> name with the WINS server, go ahead and register
the <1b> names by broadcast. if the <1b> name is _not_
successfully registered with the WINS server, the broadcast
registration of <1b> names will _not_ proceed.
namedbsubnet.c: sorted out calls to add_my_name_entry() and remove_my_name()
which no longer has a direct parameter.
this is all added because...
in order to fix a compatibility bug with 1.9.16p2->p11, jeremy had added a
feature that got the <1b> broadcast registered names _directly_ into the nmbd
netbios lists, undefended. the aim was to get round the aggressive netbios
registration of <1b> names of 1.9.16p2->p11.
however, because 1.9.16p2->p11 don't properly _provide_ netlogon services,
it is better that an error message appears in 1.9.17 logs, and that
administrators are made aware of the problems with 1.9.16p2->p11, and replace
1.9.16p2->p11 servers, rather than attempt to run 1.9.16 alonside 1.9.17.
(these warning messages will need to be added...)
in _addition_, they shouldn't _be_ getting two samba servers to provide
domain logon / domain master services for the same workgroup in the same
WINS scope!
lkcl
(This used to be commit 5a668ff7ba83433b5eaa9f7d03a42573ee26caf9)
This is version 1.9.17 of Samba, the free SMB client and server for unix and other operating systems. Samba is maintained by the Samba Team, who support the original author, Andrew Tridgell. >>>> Please read THE WHOLE of this file as it gives important information >>>> about the configuration and use of Samba. This software is freely distributable under the GNU public license, a copy of which you should have received with this software (in a file called COPYING). WHAT IS SMB? ============ This is a big question. The very short answer is that it is the protocol by which a lot of PC-related machines share files and printers and other informatiuon such as lists of available files and printers. Operating systems that support this natively include Windows NT, OS/2, and Linux and add on packages that achieve the same thing are available for DOS, Windows, VMS, Unix of all kinds, MVS, and more. There is no reason why Apple Macs and indeed any Web browser should not be able to speak this protocol, and current development (in which the Samba team is heavily involved) is aimed at exactly that. Alternatives to SMB include Netware, NFS, Appletalk, Banyan Vines, Decnet etc; many of these have advantages but none are both public specifications and widely implemented in desktop machines by default. The Common Internet Filesystem is what the new SMB initiative is called. For details watch http://samba.anu.edu.au/cifs. WHAT CAN SAMBA DO? ================== Here is a very short list of what samba includes, and what it does. - a SMB server, to provide Windows NT and LAN Manager-style file and print services to SMB clients such as Windows 95, Warp Server, smbfs and others. - a Netbios (rfc1001/1002) nameserver, which among other things gives browsing support. Samba can be the master browser on your LAN if you wish. - a ftp-like SMB client so you can access PC resources (disks and printers) from unix, Netware and other operating systems - a tar extension to the client for backing up PCs For a much better overview have a look at the web site at http://samba.canberra.edu.au/pub/samba, and browse the user survey. Related packages include: - smbfs, a linux-only filesystem allowing you to mount remote SMB filesystems from PCs on your linux box. This is included as standard with Linux 2.0 and later. - tcpdump-smb, a extension to tcpdump to allow you to investigate SMB networking problems over netbeui and tcp/ip. - smblib, a library of smb functions which are designed to make it easy to smb-ise any particular application. See ftp://samba.anu.edu.au/pub/samba/smblib. CONTRIBUTIONS ============= If you want to contribute to the development of the software then please join the mailing list. The Samba team accepts patches (preferably in "diff -u" format, see docs/BUGS.txt for more details) and are always glad to receive feedback or suggestions to the address samba-bugs@samba.anu.edu.au. You could also send hardware/software/money/jewelry or pizza vouchers directly to Andrew. The pizza vouchers would be especially welcome, in fact there is a special field in the survey for people who have paid up their pizza :-) If you like a particular feature then look through the change-log and see who added it, then send them an email. Remember that free software of this kind lives or dies by the response we get. If noone tells us they like it then we'll probably move onto something else. However, as you can see from the user survey quite a lot of people do seem to like it at the moment :-) Andrew Tridgell Email: samba-bugs@samba.anu.edu.au 3 Ballow Crescent Macgregor, A.C.T. 2615 Australia Samba Team Email: samba-team@samba.anu.edu.au MORE INFO ========= DOCUMENTATION ------------- There is quite a bit of documentation included with the package, including man pages, and lots of .txt files with hints and useful info. This is also available from the web page. FTP SITE -------- The main anonymous ftp distribution site for this software is samba.anu.edu.au in the directory pub/samba/. MAILING LIST ------------ There is a mailing list for discussion of Samba. To subscribe send mail to listproc@samba.anu.edu.au with a body of "subscribe samba Your Name" To send mail to everyone on the list mail to samba@listproc.anu.edu.au There is also an announcement mailing list where new versions are announced. 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