Using Samba
2nd Edition
Published on 1. April 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
560 pages
978-0-596-00256-5 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
Reviews / Votes
"This is an extensive manual on Samba and the definitive work on the subject." "This book is an essential reference for the Samba administrator, novice or expert as all possible options for each type of configuration are covered in great detail, and Samba has a great many options!" - Steven Ashley Woltering, Ping, March 2006More details
Edition
2., Aufl.
Language
English
Place of publication
Sebastopol
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 232 mm
Width: 179 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
796 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-596-00256-5 (9780596002565)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
New editions
Gerald Carter | Jay Ts | Robert Eckstein
Using Samba
A File & Print Server for Linux, Unix & Mac OS X
Book
02/2007
3rd Edition
O'Reilly
€42.50
Shipment within 10-20 days
Previous edition
Robert Eckstein | David Collier-Brown | Peter Kelly
Using Samba
Book
12/1999
O'Reilly
€29.00
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Persons
Jay Ts is a consultant who has been responsible for administering both Unix and Windows systems for many years. He has experience with the entire range of Windows systems supported by Samba. Robert Eckstein, an editor at O'Reilly, works mostly on Java books (notably Java Swing) and is also responsible for the XML Pocket Reference and Webmaster in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition. In his spare time he has been known to provide online coverage for popular conferences. He also writes articles for JavaWorld magazine. Robert holds bachelor's degrees in computer science and communications from Trinity University. In the past, he has worked for the USAA insurance company and more recently spent four years with Motorola's cellular software division. David Collier-Brown is a consulting systems integrator, currently working for the performance and engineering group at Sun Opcom in Toronto. He is also co-author of the first edition of Using Samba. In his spare time he reads assiduously, keeps score for his wife's baseball team and, in the two weeks of the local summer, sails from Toronto's outer harbor.
Content
Preface 1. Learning the Samba What Is Samba? What Can Samba Do for Me? Getting Familiar with an SMB Network An Introduction to the SMB Protocol Windows Workgroups and Domains What's New in Samba 2.2? What's New in Samba 3.0? What Can Samba Do? An Overview of the Samba Distribution How Can I Get Samba? 2. Installing Samba on a Unix System Bundled Versions Downloading the Samba Distribution Configuring Samba Compiling and Installing Samba Enabling SWAT A Basic Samba Configuration File Firewall Configuration Starting the Samba Daemons Testing the Samba Daemons 3. Configuring Windows Clients Windows Networking Concepts Setting Up Windows 95/98/Me Computers Setting Up Windows NT 4.0 Computers Setting Up Windows 2000 Computers Setting Up Windows XP Computers 4. Windows NT Domains Samba as the Primary Domain Controller Adding Computer Accounts Configuring Windows Clients for Domain Logons Logon Scripts Roaming Profiles System Policies Samba as a Domain Member Server Windows NT Domain Options 5. Unix Clients Sharing Files on Windows 95/98/Me Sharing Files on Windows NT/2000/XP smbclient smbfs smbsh smbutil and mount_smbfs 6. The Samba Configuration File The Samba Configuration File Special Sections Configuration Options Server Configuration Disk Share Configuration Networking Options with Samba Virtual Servers Logging Configuration Options 7. Name Resolution and Browsing Name Resolution Browsing 8. Advanced Disk Shares Filesystem Differences File Permissions and Attributes on MS-DOS and Unix Windows NT/2000/XP ACLs Name Mangling and Case Locks and Oplocks Connection Scripts Microsoft Distributed Filesystems Working with NIS 9. Users and Security Users and Groups Controlling Access to Shares Authentication of Clients Passwords Authentication with winbind 10. Printing Sending Print Jobs to Samba Printing to Windows Printers 11. Additional Samba Information Time Synchronization Magic Scripts Internationalization Windows Messenger Service Miscellaneous Options 12. Troubleshooting Samba The Tool Box The Fault Tree Extra Resources A. Example Configuration Files B. Samba Configuration Option Quick Reference C. Summary of Samba Daemons and Commands D. Downloading Samba with CVS E. Configure Options F. Running Samba on Mac OS X Server G. GNU Free Documentation License Index