1. Samba http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samba_%28software%29

2. Samba A free software re-implementation of SMB/CIFS networking protocolfree software  Released under the GNU General Public LicenseGNU General Public License  The name Samba comes from inserting one vowel, two times, into the name of the standard protocol used by the Microsoft Windows network file system, "SMB" (Server Message Block).Microsoft Windowsnetwork file systemServer Message Block

3. Samba As of version 3  Samba provides file and print services for various Microsoft Windows clients  Can integrate with a Windows Server domain Either as a Primary Domain Controller (PDC) Or as a Domain Member  Can be part of an Active Directory domain  Samba runs on most Unix and Unix-like systems, such as Linux, Solaris, and the BSD variants, including Apple's Mac OS X Server (which was added to the Mac OS X client in version 10.2).  Samba is standard on nearly all distributions of Linux Commonly included as a basic system service on other Unix- based operating systems as well

4. History

5. Andrew Tridgell developed the first version of Samba Unix in 1992, at the Australian National University, Andrew Tridgell  Used a packet sniffer to do network analysis of the protocol used by DEC PATHWORKS server software "nbserver 1.5" was released in December 1993  Later discovered that the protocol was largely identical to that used by other network server systems Including Microsoft's LAN Manager software  Decided to focus on Microsoft network compatibility after that.

6. History Originally called smbserver  The name was changed because of a trademark notice from the company "Syntax“ Sold a product named TotalNet Advanced Server, and also owned the trademark for "SMBserver"  Name "Samba" was arrived at by running the Unix command grep through the system dictionary looking for words that contained the letters S, M, and B in that order i.e. grep -i 's.*m.*b.*' /usr/share/dict/words

7. Features

8. Samba is an implementation  Dozens of services and a dozen protocols, includingservices NetBIOS over TCP/IP (NBT) NetBIOSTCP/IPNBT SMB CIFS (an enhanced version of SMB) CIFS DCE/RPC  More specifically, MSRPC,MSRPC The Network Neighborhood suite of protocols A WINS server also known as a NetBIOS Name Server (NBNS)WINS The NT Domain suite of protocols which includes NT Domain Logons Secure Accounts Manager (SAM) database Local Security Authority (LSA) service NT-style printing service (SPOOLSS) NTLM Active Directory Logon  involves a modified version of KerberosKerberos A modified version of LDAPLDAP  These services and protocols are incorrectly referred to as NetBIOS and/or SMB Samba can also see and share printers

9. Features Samba sets up network shares for chosen Unix directories (including all contained subdirectories)  Appear to Microsoft Windows users as normal Windows folders accessible via the network  Unix users can either mount the sharesmount Directly as part of their file structure Use a utility, smbclient (libsmb) installed with Samba to read the shares with a similar interface to a standard command line FTP programsmbclientlibsmbFTP  Each directory can have different access privileges overlayed on top of the normal Unix file protections For example: home directories would have read/write access for all known users, allowing each to access their own files Would still not have access to the files of others unless that permission would normally exist  Note that the netlogon share is the logon directory for user logon scriptsnetlogon Typically distributed as a read only share from /etc/samba/netlogon

10. Features Configuration is achieved by editing a single file  Usually installed as /etc/smb.conf or /etc/samba/smb.conf Using poledit Samba can also provide:  User logon scripts  Group policy implementation