Using Samba

by Robert Eckstein (Author), Jay Ts (Author), David Collier-Brown (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2003

  $5.46

  Samba is an open source suite of tools that provides seamless file and print services to SMB/CIFStools for connecting Windows and Unix systems, Samba is also a good tool for connecting Unix systems to other Unix systems. And now that Samba comes with Mac OS X, too, it's becoming a one source solution for networking all types of operating systems. This is a comprehensive guide to Samba administration. This second edition covers all versions of Samba from 2.0 to 2.2, including selected features from an alpha version of 3.0, as well as the SWAT graphical configuration tool. Updated for Windows 2000, ME, and XP, the book also explores Samba's new role as a secondary domain controller, its support for the use of Windows 2000 security on the host Unix system, and its integration with SSL security. The book begins with an introduction to Windows networking concepts that will help you quickly understand how it works, how it is similar to Unix networking, and how it differs. The first chapters will guide you through the process of installing Samba, configuring Windows clients, and implementing a Windows domain. Subsequent chapters show you how to configure additional services and fine-tune the operation of the Samba server. You'll learn how to: configure, compile, and install Samba from the latest source distribution; and printer sharing; set up Samba to operate in a Windows domain environment; access Windows file shares from Unix-Configure Samba to offer file sharing, printer sharing, Windows NT domain authentication, Microsoft Dfs service, network master browser service, WINS name service and SMB time service.

• New

  Paperback
  2007

  $35.87

  This book is the comprehensive guide to Samba administration, officially adopted by the Samba Team. Wondering how to integrate Samba's authentication with that of a Windows domain? How to get Samba to serve Microsoft Dfs shares? How to share files on Mac OS X? These and a dozen other issues of interest to system administrators are covered. A whole chapter is dedicated to troubleshooting! The range of this book knows few bounds. Using Samba takes you from basic installation and configuration - on both the client and server side, for a wide range of systems - to subtle details of security, cross-platform compatibility, and resource discovery that make the difference between whether users see the folder they expect or a cryptic error message. The current edition covers such advanced 3.x features as: integration with Active Directory and Open LDAP; migrating from Windows NT 4.0 domains to Samba; delegating administrative tasks to non-root users; central printer management; and, advanced file serving features, such as making use of Virtual File System (VFS) plugins. Samba is a cross-platform triumph: robust, flexible and fast, it turns a Unix or Linux system into a file and print server for Microsoft Windows network clients. This book will help you make your file and print sharing as powerful and efficient as possible. The authors delve into the internals of the Windows activities and protocols to an unprecedented degree, explaining the strengths and weaknesses of each feature in Windows domains and in Samba itself. Whether you're playing on your personal computer or an enterprise network, on one note or a full three-octave range, Using Samba will give you an efficient and secure server.