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| author | jlam <jlam@pkgsrc.org> | 2004-01-11 00:41:12 +0000 |
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| committer | jlam <jlam@pkgsrc.org> | 2004-01-11 00:41:12 +0000 |
| commit | 1fc97f0df8b8e610c7253b4216e12211ceeb07c4 (patch) | |
| tree | d0930d3abc3d71cb10ffc2c18b000cbd8a027e59 /net/samba2/DESCR | |
| parent | 0e60357705fe8253c532f99d1bbd6b85871ef377 (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-1fc97f0df8b8e610c7253b4216e12211ceeb07c4.tar.gz | |
Reimport net/samba as net/samba2. net/samba2 will continue to track the
2.x release of Samba, which net/samba will track post-2.x releases of
Samba.
Diffstat (limited to 'net/samba2/DESCR')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/samba2/DESCR | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/samba2/DESCR b/net/samba2/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..2d8f2e0a13c --- /dev/null +++ b/net/samba2/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +Samba is a suite of programs which work together to allow clients to +access to a server's filespace and printers via the SMB (Server +Message Block) protocol. + +In practice, this means that you can redirect disks and printers to +Unix disks and printers from Lan Manager clients, Windows for +Workgroups 3.11 clients, Windows NT clients, Linux clients and OS/2 +clients. There is also a generic Unix client program supplied as part +of the suite which allows Unix users to use an ftp-like interface to +access filespace and printers on any other SMB servers. This gives the +capability for these operating systems to behave much like a LAN +Server or Windows NT Server machine, only with added functionality and +flexibility designed to make life easier for administrators. |