Samba

Introduction Below you will find documentation, HowTos and information, about the administration of Samba and related tasks. For development topics, see the developer documentation page. For downloads and release notes of the latest Samba versions, visit http://www.samba.org.
Samba AD Setup/Migration HowTos Since version 4, Samba can act, beside the function as NT4 domain controller, as an Active Directory Domain Controller, as well. Samba Active Directory Setup HowTo Migrating a Samba NT4 domain to AD Joining Samba as additional DC to the AD Joining a Windows DC as an additional DC to the AD SysVol Replication
Samba AD related documentation
Domain membership and management Samba as Member Server in an AD Configuring a windows client for AD Samba AD management from windows Delegating administrative jobs to non-admin-accounts Samba 3 Member Server in an AD (outdated!)		Samba AD DNS backend Information on the internal DNS and the BIND DLZ module Setup BIND as DNS backend for Samba AD DNS administration and client configuration
User management / authentication against AD Local user management and authentication sssd and pam_sss nslcd (via LDAP) and pam_ldap Winbind and pam_winbind Authenticating other services against AD Samba Smart Card Login HowTo Single Sign-On VPN with Samba AD		Miscellaneous Restoring deleted AD objects Raising the functional levels Change the IP address of the DC Configuring LDAP over SSL on a DC Altering Samba 4 KDC token settings Samba AD schema extensions Samba 4 demonstration videos
General Samba documentation
Typical Samba administration tasks Backup and Recovery Setup and configure file shares Setting up a home share Samba as a Print Server Samba and Windows Profiles Improve performance with server-side copy Enhancing Samba with VFS modules Samba port usage Client specific logging Setup FreeDOS to access a Samba share		Getting help Samba mailing list Commercial support
Clustered Samba Documentation
Clustered Samba Information Understanding Samba Clustering (a little outdated but still useful) Clustering Samba - The CTDB Project CTDB Setup Information		Clustered Samba HowTos Samba CTDB GPFS Cluster HowTo Samba CTDB GFS HowTo
Other
Miscellaneous Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Samba release planning Samba Features added/changed (by release) Building Samba 4		Samba NT4-style domain documentation Registry changes for NT4-style domains
Developing Samba See the developer documentation page.