samba是一个工具套件，在Unix上实现SMB(Server Message Block)协议，或者称之为NETBIOS/LanManager协议。SMB协议通常是被windows系列用来实现磁盘和打印机共享。需要注意的是，NetBIOS是基于以太网广播机制的，没有透明网桥是不能跨越网段的，也许用WINS和LMHOSTS可以，但我没试过。我感觉samba是把SMB绑定到">TCP/IP上实现的，samba只在IP子网内广播(很多时候我不得不指定IP地址：-()。所以在win95上与samba通讯既要装NetBEUI协议，也要装tcp/ip协议。
Samba 3.5.8更新如下：
Major enhancements in Samba 3.5.8 include:
o Fix Winbind crash bug when no DC is available (bug #7730).
o Fix finding users on domain members (bug #7743).
o Fix memory leaks in Winbind (bug #7879).
o Fix printing with Windows 7 clients (bug #7567).
Changes since 3.5.7:
o Michael Adam <obnox@samba.org>
* BUG 7594: Fix "log=>ndr_pull_error" in 'wbinfo -u' and 'wbinfo -g'.
* BUG 7871: Fix 'net ads dns register' in cluster setups.
* BUG 7894: Fix sporadic Winbind panic in rpc query_user_list.
o Jeremy Allison <jra@samba.org>
* BUG 7409: Raise debug level for "reduce_name: couldn't get realpath"
messages.
* BUG 7716: Store unmodified copies of security descriptors in acl_xattr and
acl_tdb modules.
* BUG 7733: Fix incorrect unix mode_t caused by invalid client DOS
attributes on create.
* BUG 7734: Apply appropriate create masks when creating files with "inherit
ACLs" set to true.
* BUG 7743: Fix finding users on domain members.
* BUG 7744: Fix "dfree cache time" parameter.
* BUG 7777: Fix requesting lookups for BUILTIN sids.
* BUG 7785: Fix atime limit.
* BUG 7791: Fix copying files from a SMB share using Gnome vfs and SMB
signing.
* BUG 7812: ACL inheritance cannot be disabled in vfs_acl_xattr/vfs_acl_tdb.
* BUG 7835: vfs_fill_sparse() doesn't use posix_fallocate when strict
allocate is on.
* BUG 7843: Expand the local SAMs aliases.
* BUG 7892: Fix stale lock in open_file_fchmod().
* BUG 7950: Revalidate the pathname once re-constructed from a root fsp.
o Andrew Bartlett <abartlet@samba.org>
* BUG 7356: Fix 'net ads dns register' in Windows 2008 R2 domains.
o Björn Baumbach <bb@sernet.de>
* BUG 7875: Fix 'nmbd --port'.
* BUG 7880: Make 'rpcclient deldriver' delete drivers for all architectures.
o Günther Deschner <gd@samba.org>
* BUG 7567: Fix printing with Windows 7 clients.
* BUG 7641: Handle Windows 9x adddriver calls without config file.
* BUG 7945: Let Winbind try to use samlogon validation level 6.
o Holger Hetterich <hhetter@novell.com>
* BUG 3185: Fix 'testparm' return code when EOF in encountered in param
name.
o Björn Jacke <bj@sernet.de>
* BUG 7821: Fix build of shared libraries on Tru64.
o Volker Lendecke <vl@samba.org>
* BUG 7066: Fix "Your Password expires today" message for users of trusted
domains.
* BUG 7262: Fix maintaining of users' groups via UsrMgr.
* BUG 7656: Fix scalability problem with hundreds of printers.
* BUG 7665: Fix memory leak in the netapi routines.
* BUG 7730: Fix Winbind crash bug when no DC is available.
* BUG 7774: Fix a getgrent crash with many groups.
* BUG 7779: Fix smbd crash caused by expand_msdfs.
* BUG 7800: Make Winbind recover from a signing error.
* BUG 7817: Fix "force group" with ntlmssp guest session setup.
* BUG 7841: Make WINBINDD_LOOKUPRIDS asking the right domain.
* BUG 7842: Make WINBINDD_LOOKUPRIDS returning the domain name.
* BUG 7855: ntlm_auth: Support clients which offer a spnego mechs we don't
support.
* BUG 7879: Fix memory leaks in Winbind.
* BUG 7881: Fix flaky Winbind against Windows 2008.
* BUG 7917: Fix connections from WinCE.
* BUG 7940: Fix opening MS Powerpoint files.
o Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
* BUG 7567: Fix printing with Windows 7 clients.
* BUG 7855: ntlm_auth: Support clients which offer a spnego mechs we don't
support.
* BUG 7883: Fix SMB session setups with Kerberos against some closed source
SMB servers.
* BUG 7896: Don't set SAMR_FIELD_FULL_NAME if we just want to set the
account name.
* BUG 7899: Don't return "-1" on success in 'net rpc vampire keytab'.
* BUG 7942: Fix endless loops caused by inotify.
* BUG 7944: Catch lookup_names/sids schannel errors over ncacn_ip_tcp.
o Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
* BUG 6837: Make "rlimit_max below minimum Windows limit" notification less
scary.
o olivier <olivier@virtscano.fakenet>
* BUG 7789: vfs_scannedonly: Switch from mtime to ctime which is more reliable.
o Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
* BUG 7498: Fix updating the time on close in vfs_gpfs.
下载地址：http://www.samba.org/samba/ftp/stable/samba-3.5.8.tar.gz