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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Preface and Introduction</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="samba.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.64.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="The Official Samba-3 HOWTO and Reference Guide"><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="The Official Samba-3 HOWTO and Reference Guide"><link rel="previous" href="pr03.html" title="Foreword"><link rel="next" href="introduction.html" title="Part�I.�General Installation"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Preface and Introduction</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="pr03.html">Prev</a>�</td><th width="60%" align="center">�</th><td width="20%" align="right">�<a accesskey="n" href="introduction.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="preface" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="IntroSMB"></a>Preface and Introduction</h2></div></div><div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="IntroSMB.html#id2507468">What Is Samba?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="IntroSMB.html#id2507525">Why This Book?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="IntroSMB.html#id2507627">Book Structure and Layout</a></span></dt></dl></div><p>“<span class="quote"><span class="emphasis"><em>

<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Preface and Introduction</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="samba.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.66.1"><link rel="start" href="index.html" title="The Official Samba-3 HOWTO and Reference Guide"><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="The Official Samba-3 HOWTO and Reference Guide"><link rel="prev" href="pr03.html" title="Foreword"><link rel="next" href="introduction.html" title="Part�I.�General Installation"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Preface and Introduction</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="pr03.html">Prev</a>�</td><th width="60%" align="center">�</th><td width="20%" align="right">�<a accesskey="n" href="introduction.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="preface" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="IntroSMB"></a>Preface and Introduction</h2></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">John</span> <span class="othername">H.</span> <span class="surname">Terpstra</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><span class="orgname">Samba Team<br></span><div class="address"><p><tt class="email"><<a href="mailto:jht@samba.org">jht@samba.org</a>></tt></p></div></div></div></div><div><p class="pubdate">June 29, 2003</p></div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="IntroSMB.html#id2527309">What Is Samba?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="IntroSMB.html#id2527366">Why This Book?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="IntroSMB.html#id2527474">Book Structure and Layout</a></span></dt></dl></div><p>“<span class="quote"><span class="emphasis"><em>

A man's gift makes room for him before great men. Gifts are like hooks that can catch

hold of the mind taking it beyond the reach of forces that otherwise might constrain it.

</em></span></span>” --- Anon.

Microsoft certified specialist, this book should meet your needs rather well.

If you are a UNIX or Linux administrator, there is no need to feel badly you

should have no difficulty finding answers to your current concerns also.

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</p><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2527309"></a>What Is Samba?</h2></div></div></div><p>

Samba is a big, complex project. The Samba project is ambitious and exciting.

The team behind Samba is a group of some thirty individuals who are spread

the world over and come from an interesting range of backgrounds. This team

be done. User feedback drives Samba development. Samba-3 in particular incorporates

a huge amount of work done as a result of user requests, suggestions and direct

code contributions.

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</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2527366"></a>Why This Book?</h2></div></div></div><p>

There is admittedly a large number of Samba books on the market today and

each book has its place. Despite the apparent plethora of books, Samba

as a project continues to receive much criticism for failing to provide

are very different from that of the UNIX administrator. This book has been

arranged and the information presented from the perspective of someone with previous

Microsoft Windows network administrative training and experience.

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This book is presented in six parts:

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Designed to help you get Samba-3 running quickly.

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