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Using Samba

By
Robert Eckstein, David Collier-Brown, Peter Kelly
Publisher:
O'Reilly Media
Released:
November 1999
Pages:
413

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

This book, which has been officially adopted by the Samba team under an open content license, is a comprehensive guide to Samba administration, including such recent additions as integration with Windows NT domains and the SWAT graphic configuration tool. Samba turns a Unix or Linux system into a file and print server for Microsoft Windows network clients. Whether you're playing on one note or a full three-octave range, this book will help you maintain an efficient and secure server. Includes CD-ROM containing sources and binaries.

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Table of Contents

  1. Chapter 1 Learning the Samba

    1. What is Samba?

    2. What Can Samba Do For Me?

    3. Getting Familiar with a SMB/CIFS Network

    4. Microsoft Implementations

    5. An Overview of the Samba Distribution

    6. How Can I Get Samba?

    7. What’s New in Samba 2.0?

    8. And That’s Not All...

  2. Chapter 2 Installing Samba on a Unix System

    1. Downloading the Samba Distribution

    2. Configuring Samba

    3. Compiling and Installing Samba

    4. A Basic Samba Configuration File

    5. Starting the Samba Daemons

    6. Testing the Samba Daemons

  3. Chapter 3 Configuring Windows Clients

    1. Setting Up Windows 95/98 Computers

    2. Setting Up Windows NT 4.0 Computers

    3. An Introduction to SMB/CIFS

  4. Chapter 4 Disk Shares

    1. Learning the Samba Configuration File

    2. Special Sections

    3. Configuration File Options

    4. Server Configuration

    5. Disk Share Configuration

    6. Networking Options with Samba

    7. Virtual Servers

    8. Logging Configuration Options

  5. Chapter 5 Browsing and Advanced Disk Shares

    1. Browsing

    2. Filesystem Differences

    3. File Permissions and Attributes on MS-DOS and Unix

    4. Name Mangling and Case

    5. Locks and Oplocks

  6. Chapter 6 Users, Security, and Domains

    1. Users and Groups

    2. Controlling Access to Shares

    3. Authentication Security

    4. Passwords

    5. Windows Domains

    6. Logon Scripts

  7. Chapter 7 Printing and Name Resolution

    1. Sending Print Jobs to Samba

    2. Printing to Windows Client Printers

    3. Name Resolution with Samba

  8. Chapter 8 Additional Samba Information

    1. Supporting Programmers

    2. Magic Scripts

    3. Internationalization

    4. WinPopup Messages

    5. Recently Added Options

    6. Miscellaneous Options

    7. Backups with smbtar

  9. Chapter 9 Troubleshooting Samba

    1. The Tool Bag

    2. The Fault Tree

    3. Extra Resources

  1. Appendix Configuring Samba with SSL

    1. About Certificates

    2. Requirements

    3. Installing SSLeay

    4. Setting Up SSL Proxy

    5. SSL Configuration Options

  2. Appendix Samba Performance Tuning

    1. A Simple Benchmark

    2. Samba Tuning

    3. Sizing Samba Servers

  3. Appendix Samba Configuration Option Quick Reference

    1. Configuration Options

    2. Glossary of Configuration Values

    3. Configuration File Variables

  4. Appendix Summary of Samba Daemons and Commands

    1. Samba Distribution Programs

  5. Appendix Downloading Samba with CVS

  6. Appendix Sample Configuration File

  7. Colophon

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Product Details
Title:
Using Samba
By:
Robert Eckstein, David Collier-Brown, Peter Kelly
Publisher:
O'Reilly Media
Formats:
  • Print
  • Safari Books Online
Print Release:
November 1999
Pages:
413
Print ISBN:
978-1-56592-449-9
| ISBN 10:
1-56592-449-5
Customer Reviews
About the Authors

  1. Robert Eckstein

    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. He is the co-author of Using Samba.

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  2. David Collier-Brown

    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.

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  3. Peter Kelly

    Peter Kelly works on his own as a Systems Consultant in Toronto, Canada specializing in Internet and network security. Peter is currently finishing exams to be an MCSE, but prefers to work with Linux when he can. When Peter is not working, he enjoys playing golf and reading about security, networking, and Calvin & Hobbes.

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Colophon

Our look is the result of reader comments, our own experimentation, and feedback from distribution channels. Distinctive covers complement our distinctive approach to technical topics, breathing personality and life into potentially dry subjects. The animal on the cover of Using Samba is a African ground hornbill (Bucorvus cafer). This type of bird is one of fifty hornbill species. The African ground hornbill is a medium to large sized 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 to be sacred by many Africans, and as such this bird is part of many legends and superstitions. Sarah Jane Shangraw was the production editor and proofreader for Using Samba. Sarah Lemaire copyedited the text. Maureen Dempsey and Claire Cloutier LeBlanc provided quality control. Brenda Miller wrote the index.

Edie Freedman designed the cover of this book based on her own series design. The cover image of an African ground hornbill is a 19th-century engraving from the Dover Pictorial Archive. Kathleen Wilson produced the cover layout with QuarkXPress 3.32 using Adobe's ITC Garamond font. Kathleen Wilson also created the CD design.

Alicia Cech designed the interior layout based on a series design by Nancy Priest. Mike Sierra implemented the design in FrameMaker 5.5. The text and heading fonts are ITC Garamond Light and Garamond Book. The illustrations that appear in the book were produced by Robert Romano and Rhon Porter using Macromedia FreeHand 8 and Adobe Photoshop 5. Interior composition was done by Sarah Jane Shangraw, Sebastian Banker, Jeff Holcolmb, and Abigail Myers. This colophon was written by Nicole Arigo.

Whenever possible, our books use RepKover™, a durable and flexible lay-flat binding. If the page count exceeds RepKover™'s limit, perfect binding is used.

  • Book cover of Using Samba
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