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Samba is a powerful suite of applications that provides an open source implementation of the Server Message Block/Common Internet File System (SMB/CIFS) protocol. Among other things, Samba helps Linux-based systems interoperate with Windows-based operating systems.
Samba transparently provides file and print sharing services to Windows clients as well as other networked clients running other operating systems. It does this through the use of the native Microsoft networking protocols SMB/CIFS. From a system administrator’s point of view, this means you can deploy a Linux-based server and use it to provide file-sharing, authentication, print, and other services to other non-native Linux clients such as Microsoft Windows ...
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