Samba是一个能让你的Unix计算机和其它MS Windows计算机相互共享资源的软件。samba提供有关资源共享的三个功能，包括：smbd，执行它可以使Unix能够共享资源给其它的计算机；而smbclient就是让Unix去存取其它计算机的资源；最后一个smbmount，则是类似MS Windwos下“网络磁盘驱动器”的功能，可以让你把其它计算机的资源挂在自己的档案系统下。它们功能虽然简单，但没有samba，Unix和Windows的资源就很难共享。samba的功能十分实用，虽然没用亮丽的外表，但在局域网络中，它的确是一个很重要的工具。
Major enhancements in Samba 3.2.0 include:
File Serving:
o Use of IDL generated parsing layer for several DCE/RPC
interfaces.
o Removal of the 1024 byte limit on pathnames and 256 byte limit on
filename components to honor the MAX_PATH setting from the host OS.
o Introduction of a registry based configuration system.
o Improved CIFS Unix Extensions support.
o Experimental support for file serving clusters.
o Support for IPv6 in the server, and client tools and libraries.
o Support for storing alternate data streams in xattrs.
o Encrypted SMB transport in client tools and libraries, and server.
o Support for Vista clients authenticating via Kerberos.
Winbind and Active Directory Integration:
o Full support for Windows 2003 cross-forest, transitive trusts
and one-way domain trusts.
o Support for userPrincipalName logons via pam_winbind and NSS
lookups.
o Expansion of nested domain groups via NSS calls.
o Support for Active Directory LDAP Signing policy.
o New LGPL Winbind client library (libwbclient.so).
o Support for establishing interdomain trust relationships with
Windows 2008.
Joining:
o New NetApi library for domain join related queries (libnetapi.so)
and example GTK+ Domain join gui.
o New client and server support for remotely joining and unjoining
Domains.
o Support for joining into Windows 2008 domains.
Users & Groups:
o New ldb backend for local group mapping tables
o Raised level of security defaults for authentication operations.
o New NetApi library for user account related queries.
Documentation:
o Inclusion of an HTML version of the 3rd edition of "Using Samba"
from O'Reilly Publishing.
Download: Samba v3.2.0 RC1
http://us5.samba.org/samba/ftp/rc/samba-3.2.0rc1.tar.gz
Download: Samba v3.0.29
http://us1.samba.org/samba/ftp/stable/samba-3.0.29.tar.gz
Download: Samba v4.0.0 Alpha 3
http://us1.samba.org/samba/ftp/samba4/samba-4.0.0alpha3.tar.gz
Download: Samba v3.2.0 Preview Release
http://us5.samba.org/samba/ftp/pre/samba-3.2.0pre3.tar.gz
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