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This article is from the Amiga Networking FAQ, by Richard Norman with numerous contributions by others.
SAMBA is a suite of programs which work together to allow clients to access Unix
filespace and printers via the SMB (Session Message Block) protocol.
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 NT
clients and OS/2 clients. There is also a Unix client program supplied as part of
the suie which allows Unis users to use an ftp-like interface to access filespace
and printers on any other SMB servers.
Summary of SAMBA suite components:
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 acess to printers
testparms a program to test the SAMBA config file for corectness
smb.conf The SAMBA config file
smbprint a sample script to allow a Unix host to use smbclient to print
to an SMB server
Although this is the UNIX suite summary, the source code is available and SAMBA
has been ported to the Amiga. SAMBA is of particular use to Lightwave users to
move files between the Amiga and a PC.
Continue to:
amiga, pc, hardware, sotware, networking
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