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Move section yet again authored by Tim Beale's avatar Tim Beale
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access and install the correct driver for available printers.
This can be used to create a central print server.
## [Netbios Name server](https://www.samba.org/samba/docs/current/man-html/nmbd.8.html)
Samba can announce its name and accept name resolution requests via
`NetBIOS` broadcasts and maintain the database of names in the
`Network Neigbourhood` (the browse list). It also supports the
centralised WINS protocol allowing a single server to maintain the
registrations.
Samba has two implementations of these protocols, the one in `source3`
is the original implementation and includes browsing support, the one
in source4 is a newer implementation and includes multi-master WINS
replication support.
* [source3/nmbd](https://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git;a=tree;f=source3/nmbd)
* [source4/nbt_server](https://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git;a=tree;f=source4/nbt_server)
## [Active Directory Domain Controller](https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Setting_up_Samba_as_an_Active_Directory_Domain_Controller)
Active Directory (AD) is a set of network services that run on a Domain Controller (DC).
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Note that it is critical for client security that access to this share only be made
over a SMB signed connection, and clients need to enforce this.
## [Netbios Name server](https://www.samba.org/samba/docs/current/man-html/nmbd.8.html)
Samba can announce its name and accept name resolution requests via
`NetBIOS` broadcasts and maintain the database of names in the
`Network Neigbourhood` (the browse list). It also supports the
centralised WINS protocol allowing a single server to maintain the
registrations.
Samba has two implementations of these protocols, the one in `source3`
is the original implementation and includes browsing support, the one
in source4 is a newer implementation and includes multi-master WINS
replication support.
* [source3/nmbd](https://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git;a=tree;f=source3/nmbd)
* [source4/nbt_server](https://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git;a=tree;f=source4/nbt_server)
## [Domain member](https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Setting_up_Samba_as_a_Domain_Member)
A _domain member_ is essentially a machine that forwards authentication requests to an AD DC.
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