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:
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Integration with Active Directory and OpenLDAP
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Migrating from Windows NT 4.0 domains to Samba
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Delegating administrative tasks to non-root users
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Central printer management
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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.
