1.1 Obtaining and Installing Samba

Binary packages of Samba are included in almost any Linux or UNIX distribution. There are also some packages available at the Samba homepage ^[1] . Refer to the manual of your operating system for details on installing packages for your specific operating system.

^[1] http://samba.org/

If you need to compile Samba from source, check Chapter 35, How to Compile Samba .