Samba for Debian
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This package was built by Eloy Paris <peloy@debian.org>, Steve
Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>, Noèl Köthe <noel@debian.org> and
Christian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org>, current maintainers of the
Samba packages for Debian, based on previous work from Peter
Eisentraut <petere@debian.org>, Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>, Andrew
Howell <andrew@it.com.au>, Klee Dienes <klee@debian.org> and Michael
Meskes <meskes@topsystem.de>, all previous maintainers of the packages
samba and sambades (merged together for longer than we can remember.)

Contents of this README file:

1. Packages Generated from the Samba Sources
2. Reporting bugs


1. Packages Generated from the Samba Sources
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Currently, the Samba sources produce the following binary packages:

samba:		A LanManager like file and printer server for Unix.
samba-common:	Samba common configuration/data files used by both Samba 3 and Samba 4.
samba-common-bin:	Samba common binaries used by both the server and the client.
smbclient:	A LanManager like simple client for Unix.
swat:		Samba Web Administration Tool
samba-doc:	Samba documentation.
samba-doc-pdf:	Samba documentation (PDF format).
samba-tools:	Tools provided by the Samba suite
libsmbclient:	Shared library that allows applications to talk to SMB servers.
libsmbclient-dev: libsmbclient shared libraries.
winbind:	Service to resolve user and group information from a Windows NT server.
samba-dbg:	binaries with debugging symbols


2. Reporting Bugs
-----------------

If you believe you have found a bug please make sure the possible bug
also exists in the latest version of Samba that is available for the
unstable Debian distribution. If you are running Debian stable this
means that you will probably have to build your own packages. And if the
problem does not exist in the latest version of Samba we have packaged it
means that you will have to run the version of Samba you built yourself
since it is not easy to upload new packages to the stable distribution,
unless they fix critical security problems.

If you can reproduce the problem in the latest version of Samba then
it is likely to be a real bug. Your best shot is to search the Samba
mailing lists to see if it is something that has already been reported
and fixed - if it is a simple fix we can add the patch to our packages
without waiting for a new Samba release.

If you decide that your problem deserves to be submitted to the Debian
Bug Tracking System (BTS) we expect you to be responsive if we request
more information. If we request more information and do not receive
any in a reasonable time frame expect to see your bug closed without
explanation - we can't fix bugs we can't reproduce, and most of the
time we need more information to be able to reproduce them.

When submitting a bug to the Debian BTS please include the version of
the Debian package you are using as well as the Debian distribution you
are using. Think _twice_ about the severity you assign to the bug: we
are _very_ sensitive about bug severities; the fact that it doesn't
work for you doesn't mean that the severity must be such that it holds
a major Debian release. In fact, that it doesn't work for you it
doesn't mean that it doesn't work for others. So again: think _twice_.


Eloy A. Paris <peloy@debian.org>
Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
Noèl Köthe <noel@debian.org>
Christian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org>
