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Samba/iX Services

Overview of Samba/iX

Major Components of Samba/iX

Table 7-1 shows the major components of the Samba/iX suite.

The Samba/iX product contains:

• SMBD: This is the server that can provide most SMB services.

The SMB protocol section in the Samba/iX conﬁguration ﬁle

“SMB.CONF”, describes the role of SMB. The HP 3000 running SMBD

will act as a File and Print server for the clients using the SMB

protocol. This is compatible with the LanManager protocol, and can

service LanManager clients.

These clients include Windows for Workgroups, Windows 95 and

Windows NT.

A session is created whenever a client requests one. Each client gets

a child process for each session. This copy then services all

connections made by the client during that session. When all

connections from its client are closed, the copy of the server for that

client terminates.

• NMBD: This is a server that understands and can reply to NetBIOS

Name Service Requests on TCP port 137, like those sent by

LanManager clients.

NMBD also controls browsing (viewing the resources available on a

Windows network is called browsing). When they start up,

LanManager compatible clients such as Windows 95/Windows NT,

may wish to locate a LanManager server. That is, they wish to know

what IP address a speciﬁed host is using.

This program simply listens for such requests, and if its own name is

speciﬁed, it will respond with the IP address of the host on which it

is running. Its “own name” is by default the name of the host on

which it is running.

• SMBCLIENT: The SMBCLIENT is a client that can “talk” to an

SMB server.

Table 7-1 Major Components

SMBD The SMB server handles connections from clients, performing all the ﬁle,

permission, and username authentication.

NMBD The NetBIOS name server advertises Samba/iX on the network, and helps

clients locate servers.

SMBCLIENT Client program on MPE/iX host.

SMB.CONF Samba/iX runtime conﬁguration ﬁle.

TESTPARM A program to test the Samba/iX conﬁguration ﬁle.

TESTPRNS A program to test server access to printers.