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Documentation / filesystems / smbfs.txt


Based on kernel version 2.6.36. Page generated on 2010-10-22 13:20 EST.

1	Smbfs is a filesystem that implements the SMB protocol, which is the
2	protocol used by Windows for Workgroups, Windows 95 and Windows NT.
3	Smbfs was inspired by Samba, the program written by Andrew Tridgell
4	that turns any Unix host into a file server for DOS or Windows clients.
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6	Smbfs is a SMB client, but uses parts of samba for its operation. For
7	more info on samba, including documentation, please go to
8	http://www.samba.org/ and then on to your nearest mirror.
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