Samba 1.9.15p8 Release Notes

Table of Contents

  • What is Samba?
  • Support Policy
  • Installation Information
  • Silicon Graphics Legal Notice
  • Author's Notice(s)
  • Documentation Information

    • What is Samba?

    Samba is an SMB client and server for Unix. It makes it possible for client machines running Windows 95 and Windows for Workgroups to access files and/or print services on a Unix system. Samba includes an SMB server to provide LanManager-style file and print services to PCs, a Netbios (RFC10001/1002) name server, and an FTP-like client application for accessing PC resources from Unix.

    Author's Notice(s):

    The author of this product is: Andrew Tridgell

    Samba is distributed freely under the GNU public license.

    Installation Information

    Samba includes these subsystems:
    fw_samba.sw.samba (default) Execution environment for Samba.
    fw_samba.man.samba (default) Samba 1.9.15p8's online manual pages (preformatted).
    fw_samba.man.doc (default) Samba documentation: hints on installation and configuration, an FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions), help in diagnosing problems, etc..
    fw_samba.man.relnotes (default) Samba online release notes.
    fw_samba.src The Samba 1.9.15p8 software distribution from which this product was built (including SGI modifications); except for materials in <>B>fw_samba.man.doc.

    Installation Method

    All of the subsystems for Samba can be installed using IRIX. You do not need to use the miniroot. Refer to the Software Installation Administrator's Guide for complete installation instructions.

    Prerequisites

    Your workstation must be running IRIX 5.3 or later in order to use this product.

    Configuration Files

    The following files are considered private to the target system and are not overwritten during the installation procedure; you may want to tailor them to your system's needs.
    /usr/freeware/lib/samba/smb.conf
    Configuration definitions for the smbd program; the SMB server process. The default configuration sets up password-based access to all printers and home directories on a machine. It is highly recommended that administrators review the content of this file when installing Samba for the first time.
    /usr/freeware/lib/samba/printcap
    A file that specifies the available printers on a system. This file is included as an example; administrators will want to replace it or override the reference to it in the smb.conf file.

    Documentation Information

    Preformatted manual pages are installed by default as are the contents of the docs directory from the Samba distribution; consult samba(7) for an introduction.

    There is a mailing list for discussion of Samba. To subscribe send mail to listproc@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. To subscribe send mail to listproc@anu.edu.au with a body of "subscribe samba-announce Your Name". All announcements also go to the samba list.

    You might also like to look at the Usenet news group comp.protocols.smb as it often contains lots of useful info and is frequented by lots of Samba users. The newsgroup was initially setup by people on the Samba mailing list. It is not, however, exclusive to Samba, it is a forum for discussing the SMB protocol (which Samba implements).

    A Samba WWW site has been setup with lots of useful info. Connect to: http://lake.canberra.edu.au/pub/samba/. It is maintained by Paul Blackman (thanks Paul!). You can contact him at ictinus@lake.canberra.edu.au.