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authorJeremy Allison <jra@samba.org>2002-06-19 19:24:35 +0000
committerJeremy Allison <jra@samba.org>2002-06-19 19:24:35 +0000
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Merge over from 2.2.5 to app-head.
Jeremy
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Copyright (C) 1997-1998 - Samba-Team
+Copyright (C) 1997-2001 - Samba-Team
The Samba package you have just unpacked contains the following:
@@ -8,27 +8,28 @@ Directory Notes:
docs (Samba Documentation):
---- ----------------------
- The Samba documentation for the 2.0 release has had all the man pages
- converted to YODL source format. Because of this the man pages
+ The Samba documentation for the 2.2 release has had all the man pages
+ converted to DocBook v4.1 source format. Because of this the man pages
are now available in both traditional man page format (in
the doc/manpages directory) and in HTML format (in the
docs/htmldocs directory).
The text documentation files have been moved into a
docs/textdocs directory and are in the (slow) process
- of being converted to YODL source format to allow them
- to be easily converted to HTML/SGML.
+ of being converted to DocBook source format to allow them
+ to be easily converted to HTML.
Note in particular two files - docs/textdocs/<your OS>_INSTALL.txt
and docs/textdocs/DIAGNOSIS.txt.
There is the potential for there to be many *INSTALL.txt files, one
for each OS that Samba supports. However we are moving all this into
- the new structure. For now, most people will be using UNIX_INSTALL.txt.
+ the new structure. For now, most people will be using
+ htmldocs/UNIX_INSTALL.txt
Please pay close attention to all the files with a .txt extension
- in the docs/textdocs directory. Most problems can be solved by reference
- to the two files mentioned.
+ in the docs/textdocs directory and the htmldocs/* files. Most problems
+ can be solved by reference to the two files mentioned.
The FAQ documentation can be accessed starting from Samba-meta-FAQ.html,
in the docs/faq directory. This is incomplete, but to quote from the
@@ -49,15 +50,39 @@ examples (Example configuration files):
Do read the smb.conf manual page in considering what settings are
appropriate for your site.
+ There are lots of interesting examples of how people have been able
+ to implement Samba for their use. Users may also be interested in
+ the VFS (Virtual File System) modules under this directory.
+
+SWAT: The Samba Web Administration Tool
+----- ---------------------------------
+
+ SWAT is a web based tool for configuring and optimising the smb.conf
+ file. To use it, you need to have SWAT enabled in your inetd control
+ file (for more information check the packaging directories for examples
+ of how this can be done). Then you connect to SWAT using your favourite
+ web browser - point it at http://hostname:901, then log on as "root"
+ using the root password. If you log on using a non-root account SWAT
+ will not allow the smb.conf file to be changed.
+
packaging (Only for those wishing to build binary distributions):
--------- -------------------------------------------------------
Currently support is included for the following Linux Distributions :
- Pacfic HiTech, RedHat and SuSE.
+ Caldera, RedHat, SuSE, Mandrake, and TurboLinux.
+
+ Packaging support for TuboLinux is under ~samba/packaging/PHT - the
+ previous name of the company was Pacific HiTech, hence the PHT.
In addition, packaging support is available for SGI and Solaris systems.
+
+ SCO OpenServer and SCO UnixWare have been acquired by Caldera. We expect
+ that Caldera will in future integrate Samba into the above operating
+ systems. UnixWare has been renamed to OpenUnix. Look under the directory
+ ~samba/packaging/Caldera for packaging support for these platforms.
+
We hope that other Unix OS vendors will contribute their binary
distribution packaging control files - and we hope to make their binary
packages available on the master ftp site under:
@@ -71,7 +96,7 @@ source (The official Samba source files - expect more of these!):
To build your own binary files you will need a suitable ansi C
compiler.
- For Samba 2.0 the GNU autoconf system has been adopted. In
+ For Samba 2.2 the GNU autoconf system has been adopted. In
order to build a default Samba for your platform cd into
the source/ directory and then type :