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Using Samba, Third Edition

A File & Print Server for Linux, Unix & Mac OS X

By
Gerald Carter, Jay Ts, Robert Eckstein
Publisher:
O'Reilly Media
Released:
January 2007
Pages:
448

Product Editions

  1. Using Samba, Third Edition - January 2007
  2. Using Samba, Second Edition - February 2003
  3. Using Samba - November 1999
Description

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!


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Table of Contents

  1. Chapter 1 An Introduction to Samba

    1. What Is Samba?

    2. What Can Samba Do for Me?

    3. The Common Internet File System

    4. Connecting to a CIFS File Share

    5. Browsing

    6. Authentication: Peer-to-Peer Versus Domains

    7. What's in Samba 3.0?

    8. Future Research in Samba 4.0

    9. What Can Samba Do?

    10. An Overview of the Samba Distribution

    11. How Can I Get Samba?

  2. Chapter 2 Installing Samba on a Unix System

    1. Binary Packages

    2. Compiling from Source

    3. Compiling and Installing Samba

    4. Enabling the Samba Web Administration Tool (SWAT)

    5. A Basic Samba Configuration File

    6. Firewall Configuration

    7. Starting the Samba Daemons

  3. Chapter 3 Configuring Windows Clients

    1. Windows Networking Concepts

    2. Windows Setup

  4. Chapter 4 The Samba Configuration File

    1. Basic Syntax and Rules

    2. Special Sections

    3. Configuration File Options

    4. Basic Server Configuration

    5. Disk Share Configuration

    6. Networking Options with Samba

    7. Virtual Servers

    8. Logging Configuration Options

  5. Chapter 5 Accounts, Authentication, and Authorization

    1. Security Modes

    2. User Management

    3. Group Mapping

    4. User Privilege Management

    5. Controlling Authorization for File Shares

  6. Chapter 6 Advanced Disk Shares

    1. Special Share Names

    2. Filesystem Differences

    3. Access Control Lists

    4. Microsoft Distributed File Systems

    5. Virtual File Systems

    6. Executing Server Scripts

  7. Chapter 7 Printing

    1. Print Shares

    2. A Usable Print Share

    3. Samba and CUPS

    4. The [printers] Service

    5. Enabling SMB Printer Sharing in OS X

    6. Creating a PDF Printer

    7. Managing Windows Print Drivers

    8. Printers and Security

    9. Disabling Point and Print

    10. Printing, Queue Lists, and tdb Files

    11. Printing to Windows Printers

    12. Printing Parameters

  8. Chapter 8 Name Resolution and Network Browsing

    1. Name Resolution

    2. Network Browsing

  9. Chapter 9 Domain Controllers

    1. Samba Domains: NT 4.0 or Active Directory?

    2. Configuring a Samba PDC

    3. Configuring a Samba BDC

    4. passdb Recommendations

    5. Migrating an NT 4.0 Domain to Samba

    6. Domain Trusts

    7. Remote Server Management

  10. Chapter 10 Domain Member Servers

    1. Joining a Domain

    2. Domain and ADS Security Modes

    3. Matching Domain Users to Local Accounts

    4. Winbind

    5. Additional Winbind Features

  11. Chapter 11 Unix Clients

    1. The Linux CIFS Filesystem

    2. FreeBSD's smbfs

    3. Mac OS X

    4. smbclient

    5. Remote Administration with net

  12. Chapter 12 Troubleshooting Samba

    1. The Tool Box

    2. Samba Logs

    3. Unix Utilities

    4. The Fault Tree

    5. Troubleshooting Browsing

    6. Troubleshooting Name Services

    7. Troubleshooting Network Addresses

    8. Troubleshooting NetBIOS Names

    9. Extra Resources

  1. Appendix A Summary of Samba Daemons and Commands

    1. SMB URI Syntax

    2. Samba Daemons

    3. Samba Client Programs

  2. Appendix B Downloading Samba with Subversion

  3. Appendix C Configure Options

    1. Install Directory and Library Options

    2. Developer Options

    3. Authentication Options

    4. File Serving Features

    5. Printing Options

    6. Clients and Libraries

  4. Colophon

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Product Details
Title:
Using Samba, Third Edition
By:
Gerald Carter, Jay Ts, Robert Eckstein
Publisher:
O'Reilly Media
Formats:
  • Print
  • Ebook
  • Safari Books Online
Print Release:
January 2007
Ebook Release:
June 2009
Pages:
448
Print ISBN:
978-0-596-00769-0
| ISBN 10:
0-596-00769-8
Ebook ISBN:
978-0-596-10506-8
| ISBN 10:
0-596-10506-1
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About the Authors

  1. Gerald Carter

    Gerald (Jerry) Carter received his Masters degree in Computer Science from Auburn University, where he continues to pursue his PhD. He has been a member of the Samba development Team since 1998 and his involvement with Unix systems and network administration of UNIX began in 1995. Jerry currently works for HP, working on embedded printing appliances. Having published articles with various web-based magazines, he teaches instructional courses as a consultant for several companies and conferences.

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  2. Jay Ts

    Jay Ts is a system administrator and programmer with many years of experience working with several versions of Unix and other operating systems. Nowadays he works as an independent consultant out of his home in Sedona, Arizona.

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  3. Robert Eckstein

    Robert Eckstein has worked with Java since its first release. In a previous life, he has been an editor for O'Reilly Media, Inc. and a programmer for Motorola's cellular technology division. He has authored, co-authored, or edited a number of books, including Java Swing, Java Enterprise Best Practices, Using Samba, XML Pocket Reference, and Webmaster in a Nutshell. In his spare time he has been known to tinker with filmmaking and digital photography, as well as collecting vintage video game consoles. He currently lives in Austin, Texas with his wife Michelle, his children Lauren and Nathan, and their talking dog Ginger.

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Colophon

The animal on the cover of Using Samba, Third Edition, is an African ground hornbill (Bucorvus cafer). This type of bird is one of 50 hornbill species. The African ground hornbill is a medium- to large-size bird characterized by a bright red waddle under a very long beak, dark-colored body and wings, long eyelashes, and short legs. Like all hornbills, it has a casque, a large but lightweight growth on the top of its beak, which grows more folds as the bird ages. It is the only ground-dwelling species of hornbill, though it is able to fly when necessary. It lives in the grasslands of southern and eastern Africa and nests in the foliage of dense trees, not in nest holes in the ground as other hornbills do. Its diet includes mostly fruit, as well as large insects and small mammals. The African ground hornbill is considered sacred by many Africans, and, as such, this bird is part of many legends and superstitions.

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