Samba tools package

The files are are contained in Samba's official git repository and are subject to Samba's Code Review and testing. Naturally, you should still check them before running them as root. They may contain more packages than you strictly need, because some items required by Samba's GitLab CI and autobuild tooling are not needed in production. This list is for older Samba versions 4.

However, you require the package containing the nsupdate utility to enable dynamic DNS support. See Building Samba on Gentoo. If the domain member should act as a print server with CUPS back end, additionally install the following package:.

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Note: This list is also available as a photo gallery. When working within a business environment, you will more than likely come across the need for Samba. But Samba isn't your average tool that can be easily configured by anyone. You need a certain amount of skill to understand how Samba works. Even so, that doesn't mean you have to deal with overly complicated tools to set up those shares.

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Delivered Thursdays. He's covered a variety of topics for over twenty years and is an avid promoter of open source. The Samba distribution GPG public key can be used to verify that current releases have not been tampered with.

Using GnuPG, simply download the Samba source distribution, the tarball signature, and the Samba distribution public key. Then run. It is recommended that you also review the list of patches for current releases. For information on Samba security releases, please see our security page. All major Linux and Free Unix distributions have Samba as a native package.