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7 <p>The documentation (and in particular the man pages) given on this web page
8 are taken from the latest development version of Samba. If you are using an
9 earlier version of Samba then you may find some differences.</p>
11 <h3>Documentation</h3>
13 <li><a href="man/manpages-3/">Samba man pages</a>. You can also download the
14 <a href="http://www.samba.org/~samba-bugs/docs/">tarball
15 of the daily docs build</a> which includes the HTML and PDF versions of both
16 the Samba3-HOWTO and Samba3-ByExample.</li>
17 <li><a href="/samba/docs/using_samba/toc.html">Using Samba, 2ed, O'Reilly
18 & Associates</a> (Feb. 2003). (Jan 2007: The 3rd edition
19 has been released and will be available online soon).</li>
20 <li><a href="http://www.oregontechsupport.com/samba/">The Unofficial
21 Samba HOWTO, by David Lechnyr</a></li>
22 <li>PDF version of the
23 <a href="/samba/docs/Samba24Hc13.pdf">Troubleshooting Techniques</a>
24 chapter from the second edition of Sam's Teach Yourself Samba in 24 Hours
26 <li><a href="/samba/ftp/slides/">Slide presentations</a> by Samba Team
28 <li><a href="http://www.atmarkit.co.jp/flinux/special/samba3/samba3a.html">Introduction
29 to Samba 3.0</a> by Motonobu Takahashi (written in Japanese).</li>
30 <li><a href="http://www.linux-mag.com/2001-05/smb_01.html">Understanding
31 the Network Neighborhood</a>, by team member Chris Hertel. This
32 article appeared in the May 2001 issue of <a
33 href="http://www.linux-mag.com/">Linux Magazine</a>.</li>
34 <li><a href="http://www.ubiqx.org/cifs/">Implementing CIFS</a>; an
35 on-line book describing the workings and implementation
36 of the CIFS protocol suite.</li>
37 <li><a href="ftp://ftp.stratus.com/pub/vos/customers/samba/">Samba 2.0.x
38 Troubleshooting guide</a> from
39 <a href="mailto:Paul_Green@alum.mit.edu">Paul Green</a></li>
40 <li>How to use <a href="swat_ssl.html">SWAT with SSL security (updated for OpenSSL)</a></li>
41 <li><a href="/samba/docs/10years.html">Ten Years of Samba</a></li>
42 <li><a href="GPL.html">Samba Licensing (GNU GPL)</a></li>
43 <li><a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Samba-Authenticated-Gateway-HOWTO.html">Samba
44 Authenticated Gateway HOWTO</a></li>
47 <h4>Older (but hopefully still valid) misc docs</h4>
49 <li><a href="SambaIntro.html">An Introduction to Samba</a></li>
50 <li><a href="http://www.samba.org/cifs/docs/what-is-smb.html">What is
52 <li><a href="http://www.samba.org/cifs/">What is CIFS?</a></li>
57 <li><a href="http://home.gna.org/sambadoc/">Samba HOWTO Collection in
59 <li><a href="http://gertranssmb3.berlios.de/">Samba HOWTO Collection in German
60 <li><a href="http://www.samba.gr.jp/project/translation/Samba3-HOWTO/
61 ">Samba HOWTO Collection in Japanese</a></li>
62 <li><a href="http://smb-conf.ru/">Samba 3 smb.conf man page in Russian</a></li>
66 <p>Contributions are always welcome to Samba documentation. Like everything
67 else concerning Samba, these docs are maintained by members of the Samba
68 community, and any help is much appreciated. Contributions can be simple
69 typo corrections or a write up of new or previously undocumented
72 <p>The documentation is located in the docs-xml directory in each release
73 branch. Please see the
74 <a href="http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Using_Git_for_Samba_Development">
75 Samba Wiki</a> for information about the release branches and a short
76 introduction into git.</p>
78 <p>Documentation "patches" can be reported through
79 <a href="https://bugzilla.samba.org/">bugzilla</a>. From the bugzilla home
80 page, select 'Enter a new bug report,' choose the appropriate Samba
81 branch, and finally, on the bug report form, specify 'Docs' in the
82 component menu. Don't forget to attach your documentation fixes
83 against the Docbook XML source files (not the generated man pages).</p>
87 <h3><a name="SambaBook">Samba Books</a></h3>
90 <a href="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/samba3/">
91 <img src="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/covers/0596007698_cat.gif"
92 alt="Using Samba, 3rd ed."/></a><em>Using Samba</em> has been updated to
93 cover recent Samba 3.0 features and expanded to address more
94 topics. The online version is not yet available in the Samba
95 releases. However, you can read a sample chapter and purchase hard copies
96 from <a href="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/samba3/">O'Reilly</a>.
100 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0131453556/qid=1066665885/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-7153927-8348145?v=glance&s=books">
101 <img src="http://images.pearsoned-ema.com/jpeg/small/0131453556.jpg" alt="Official Samba 3 HOWTO" /></a>
102 <p>The current Samba-3 release version of the <a href="/samba/docs/man/Samba3-HOWTO/">Samba3-HOWTO</a>
103 is available in <a href="/samba/docs/Samba3-HOWTO.pdf">PDF</a> and <a href="/samba/docs/man/Samba3-HOWTO/">HTML</a>
104 formats. Hard copy of this document be purchased from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0131882228">
105 Amazon.com (title: The Official Samba-3 HOWTO and Reference Guide, Second Edition).</a></p>
109 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0131472216/qid=1081554032/sr=8-3/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i3_zgl14/002-4578714-9739259?v=glance&s=books&n=507846">
110 <img src="http://images.pearsoned-ema.com/jpeg/small/0131472216.jpg" alt="Samba 3 By Example" /></a>
111 <p>The current Samba-3 release version of the <a href="/samba/docs/man/Samba3-ByExample/">Samba3-ByExample</a> may be found here in
112 <a href="/samba/docs/Samba3-ByExample.pdf">PDF</a> and <a href="/samba/docs/man/Samba3-ByExample/">HTML</a>
113 formats. Hard copy (which includes a CDROM with all Example files) may purchased from
114 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/013188221X">Amazon.com (title: Samba-3 by Example, Second Edition).</a></p>
119 <p>Team member Chris Hertel has written a book titled <b>Implementing CIFS</b>,
120 which explores the workings and quirks of the SMB/CIFS
121 protocol suite. It is aimed at network managers, security analysts, and
122 SMB/CIFS implementors. In the spirit of Open Source, the entire
123 content of the book is available <a href="http://ubiqx.org/cifs/">online</a>!</p>
126 <p class="plugs">More Samba Books on the <a href="/samba/books.html">Samba
129 <h3>Further Online Resources</h3>
132 <dt><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/mind/1196/cifs.asp">CIFS: A Common
133 Internet File System</a></dt>
134 <dd>Paul Leach and Dan Perry. Microsoft Interactive Developer magazine,
139 <dt><a href="http://ubiqx.org/cifs/rfc-draft/rfc1001.html">IETF RFC 1001:
140 Protocol Standard for a NetBIOS Service on a TCP/UDP Transport:
141 Concepts and Methods</a></dt>
142 <dd>IETF STD #19, March, 1987</dd>
146 <dt><a href="http://ubiqx.org/cifs/rfc-draft/rfc1002.html">IETF RFC 1002:
147 Protocol Standard for a NetBIOS Service on a TCP/UDP Transport:
148 Detailed Specifications</a></dt>
149 <dd>IETF STD #19, March, 1987</dd>
153 <dt><a href="http://ubiqx.org/cifs/References.html">Implementing CIFS:
155 <dd>Christopher R. Hertel</dd>
160 href="http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/timothydevans/contents.htm">NetBIOS
161 NetBEUI NBF Networking</a></dt>
162 <dd>Timothy D. Evans</dd>
166 <dt><a href="http://members.tripod.com/~Gavin_Winston/NETBIOS.HTM">NetBIOS
167 Specification</a></dt>
168 <dd>Gavin Winston</dd>
172 <dt><a href="http://www.snia.org/tech_activities/CIFS/">SNIA CIFS
173 specification</a></dt>
174 <dd>Storage Network Industry Association</dd>
178 <dt><a href="http://czyborra.com/">Unicode in the Unix Environment</a></dt>
179 <dd>Roman Czyborra</dd>
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