Samba is a suite of programs which work together to allow clients to access Unix filespace and printers via the SMB protocol (Seerver Message Block).
CAUTION: The samba daemons are started by the init script /sbin/init.d/samba, not by inetd. The entries for /usr/sbin/smbd and /usr/sbin/nmbd must be commented out in /etc/inetd.conf.
In practice, this means that you can redirect disks and printers to Unix disks and printers from LAN Manager clients, Windows for Workgroups 3.11 clients, Windows'95 clients, Windows NT clients and OS/2 clients. There is also a Unix client program supplied as part of the suite which allows Unix users to use an ftp-like interface to access filespace and printers on any other SMB server.
Samba includes the following programs (in summary):
* smbd, the SMB server. This handles actual connections from clients.
* nmbd, the Netbios name server, which helps clients locate servers.
* smbclient, the Unix-hosted client program.
* smbrun, a little 'glue' program to help the server run external programs.
* testprns, a program to test server access to printers.
* testparm, a program to test the Samba configuration file for correctness.
* smb.conf, the Samba configuration file.
* smbprint, a sample script to allow a Unix host to use smbclient
to print to an SMB server.
The suite is supplied with full source and is GPLed.
This package expects its config file under /etc/smb.conf .
Documentation: /usr/doc/packages/samba