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LinuxHelp.net: Dancing with Samba

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 25, 2000

[ Thanks to Joey for
this link. ]

“SAMBA is a ritualized, stylized, combat-dance, having its own
music, and practiced primarily in the city of Salvador, Bahia, is a
characteristically Brazilian expression of both dance and martial
arts.”

SAMBA is also a program that is used for filesharing and
printing to Windows clients on your network. The SMB (Server
Message Block (SMB) protocol provides filespace and printer
services using the SMB or CIFS protocol.
It can run across the
LanManager protocol and can also service LanManager clients In
other words, “Windows” Clients.”

“This includes, Windows 3.1, MSCLIENT 3.0 for DOS, WFW (Windows
for Workgroups), 95, NT and OS/2. For you MAC Junkies, you’re not
out of luck, you can run DAVE for Macintosh; and of course, Linux,
BSD, and other *NIXs.”

Complete
Story

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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