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Samba is a , "SMB" ( Server Message Block ). As of version 3, Samba not only provides File and Print Services for various Microsoft Windows Client s but can also integrate with a Windows Server Domain , either as a Primary Domain Controller (PDC) or as a Domain Member . It can also 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 and is commonly included as a basic System Service on other Unix-based operating systems as well. HISTORY of the protocol used by DEC PATHWORKS server software. "nbserver 1.5" was released in December 1993. Tridgell later discovered that the protocol was largely identical to that used by other network server systems, including Microsoft's LAN Manager software. He decided to focus on Microsoft Network Compatibility after that.
FEATURES Samba is an implementation of dozens of Service s and a dozen protocols, including NetBIOS over TCP/IP ( NBT ), SMB, CIFS (an enhanced version of SMB), DCE/RPC or more specifically, MSRPC , the Network Neighborhood suite of protocols, a WINS server also known as a NetBIOS Name Server (NBNS), 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 and more recently Active Directory Logon which involves a modified version of Kerberos and a modified version of LDAP . All these services and protocols are frequently incorrectly referred to as just NetBIOS and/or SMB. Samba can also see and share printers. Samba sets up share, typically distributed as a read only share from /etc/samba/netlogon, is the logon directory for user logon scripts. Configuration is achieved by editing a single file (typically installed as /etc/smb.conf or /etc/samba/smb.conf). Samba can also provide User Logon Scripts and group policy implementation through poledit. RELATED SOFTWARE
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