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1 | About Samba |
2 | =========== | |
3 | ||
4 | Samba is the standard Windows interoperability suite of | |
5 | programs for Linux and Unix. | |
6 | Samba is Free Software licensed under the GNU General Public License and | |
7 | the Samba project is a member of the Software Freedom Conservancy. | |
8 | Since 1992, Samba has provided secure, stable and fast file and print services | |
9 | for all clients using the SMB/CIFS protocol, such as all versions of DOS | |
10 | and Windows, OS/2, Linux and many others. | |
11 | Samba is an important component to seamlessly integrate Linux/Unix Servers and | |
12 | Desktops into Active Directory environments. It can function both as a | |
13 | domain controller or as a regular domain member. | |
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af03523c | 15 | |
f03392a0 | 16 | For the AD DC implementation a full HOWTO is provided at: |
fb047b3d | 17 | https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba4/HOWTO |
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19 | Community guidelines can be read at: |
20 | https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/How_to_do_Samba:_Nicely | |
21 | ||
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22 | This software is freely distributable under the GNU public license, a |
23 | copy of which you should have received with this software (in a file | |
f03392a0 | 24 | called COPYING). |
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26 | ||
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27 | |
28 | CONTRIBUTIONS | |
29 | ============= | |
30 | ||
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31 | Please see https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Contribute |
32 | for detailed set-by-step instructions on how to submit a patch | |
33 | for Samba via GitLab. | |
34 | ||
35 | Samba's GitLab mirror is at https://gitlab.com/samba-team/samba | |
36 | ||
37 | OUR CONTRIBUTORS | |
38 | ================ | |
39 | ||
40 | See https://www.samba.org/samba/team/ for details of the Samba Team, | |
41 | as well as details of all those currently active in Samba development. | |
af03523c | 42 | |
e3e34c9a | 43 | If you like a particular feature then look through the git change-log |
fb047b3d | 44 | (on the web at https://gitweb.samba.org/?p=samba.git;a=summary) and see |
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45 | who added it, then send them an email. |
46 | ||
47 | Remember that free software of this kind lives or dies by the response | |
48 | we get. If no one tells us they like it then we'll probably move onto | |
60925179 | 49 | something else. |
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52 | MORE INFO |
53 | ========= | |
54 | ||
55 | DOCUMENTATION | |
56 | ------------- | |
57 | ||
58 | There is quite a bit of documentation included with the package, | |
8a08dc00 | 59 | including man pages and the wiki at https://wiki.samba.org |
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61 | If you would like to help with our documentation, please contribute |
62 | that improved content to the wiki, we are moving as much content there | |
63 | as possible. | |
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64 | |
65 | ||
66 | MAILING LIST | |
67 | ------------ | |
68 | ||
69 | Please do NOT send subscription/unsubscription requests to the lists! | |
70 | ||
71 | There is a mailing list for discussion of Samba. For details go to | |
fb047b3d | 72 | <https://lists.samba.org/> or send mail to <samba-subscribe@lists.samba.org> |
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73 | |
74 | There is also an announcement mailing list where new versions are | |
fb047b3d | 75 | announced. To subscribe go to <https://lists.samba.org/> or send mail |
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76 | to <samba-announce-subscribe@lists.samba.org>. All announcements also |
77 | go to the samba list, so you only need to be on one. | |
78 | ||
79 | For details of other Samba mailing lists and for access to archives, see | |
fb047b3d | 80 | <https://lists.samba.org/> |
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81 | |
82 | ||
83 | MAILING LIST ETIQUETTE | |
84 | ---------------------- | |
85 | ||
86 | A few tips when submitting to this or any mailing list. | |
87 | ||
88 | 1. Make your subject short and descriptive. Avoid the words "help" or | |
89 | "Samba" in the subject. The readers of this list already know that | |
90 | a) you need help, and b) you are writing about samba (of course, | |
91 | you may need to distinguish between Samba PDC and other file | |
92 | sharing software). Avoid phrases such as "what is" and "how do | |
93 | i". Some good subject lines might look like "Slow response with | |
94 | Excel files" or "Migrating from Samba PDC to NT PDC". | |
95 | ||
96 | 2. If you include the original message in your reply, trim it so that | |
97 | only the relevant lines, enough to establish context, are | |
98 | included. Chances are (since this is a mailing list) we've already | |
99 | read the original message. | |
100 | ||
101 | 3. Trim irrelevant headers from the original message in your | |
102 | reply. All we need to see is a) From, b) Date, and c) Subject. We | |
103 | don't even really need the Subject, if you haven't changed | |
104 | it. Better yet is to just preface the original message with "On | |
105 | [date] [someone] wrote:". | |
106 | ||
107 | 4. Please don't reply to or argue about spam, spam filters or viruses | |
108 | on any Samba lists. We do have a spam filtering system that is | |
109 | working quite well thank you very much but occasionally unwanted | |
110 | messages slip through. Deal with it. | |
111 | ||
112 | 5. Never say "Me too." It doesn't help anyone solve the | |
113 | problem. Instead, if you ARE having the same problem, give more | |
114 | information. Have you seen something that the other writer hasn't | |
115 | mentioned, which may be helpful? | |
116 | ||
117 | 6. If you ask about a problem, then come up with the solution on your | |
118 | own or through another source, by all means post it. Someone else | |
119 | may have the same problem and is waiting for an answer, but never | |
120 | hears of it. | |
121 | ||
122 | 7. Give as much *relevant* information as possible such as Samba | |
123 | release number, OS, kernel version, etc... | |
124 | ||
d5f9bc45 | 125 | 8. RTFM. Google. |
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128 | WEBSITE |
129 | ------- | |
af03523c | 130 | |
2ba30ee2 | 131 | A Samba website has been setup with lots of useful info. Connect to: |
af03523c | 132 | |
fb047b3d | 133 | https://www.samba.org/ |
af03523c | 134 | |
f03392a0 | 135 | As well as general information and documentation, this also has searchable |
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136 | archives of the mailing list and links to other useful resources such as |
137 | the wiki. |