OES2 SP3: Samba Administration Guide

This guide describes the Novell implementation of Samba included in Open Enterprise Server (OES) 2 Linux, and includes instructions for performing basic configuration and setup tasks.

This guide includes the following sections:

Audience

This guide is intended for network administrators.

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Documentation Updates

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Additional Documentation

Samba is an Open Source initiative and has extensive documentation on the Web, including that found at Samba.org.

OES and SLES Platform References in This Guide

All references to OES 2 and SLES 10 in this guide refer to the versions of those products that are released with the version of OES 2 indicated in the guide title. For example, the release of OES 2 SP3 includes SLES 10 SP4, and the references to SLES 10 refer to SLES 10 SP4 unless otherwise indicated. The Support Pack version of a release is only mentioned in those cases where the distinction is important, for example, when a support pack has a new feature not available in earlier versions.