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Using Samba 3rd Edition
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 OpenLDAP
Migrating from Windows NT 4.0 domains to Samba
Delegating administrative tasks to non-root users
Central printer management
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.
Preface
1. An Introduction to Samba
What Is Samba?
What Can Samba Do for Me?
The Common Internet File System
Connecting to a CIFS File Share
Browsing
Authentication: Peer-to-Peer Versus Domains
What's in Samba 3.0?
Future Research in Samba 4.0
What Can Samba Do?
An Overview of the Samba Distribution
How Can I Get Samba?
2. Installing Samba on a Unix System
Binary Packages
Compiling from Source
Compiling and Installing Samba
Enabling the Samba Web Administration Tool (SWAT)
A Basic Samba Configuration File
Firewall Configuration
Starting the Samba Daemons
3. Configuring Windows Clients
Windows Networking Concepts
Windows Setup
4. The Samba Configuration File
Basic Syntax and Rules
Special Sections
Configuration File Options
Basic Server Configuration
Disk Share Configuration
Networking Options with Samba
Virtual Servers
Logging Configuration Options
5. Accounts, Authentication, and Authorization
Security Modes
User Management
Group Mapping
User Privilege Management
Controlling Authorization for File Shares
6. Advanced Disk Shares
Special Share Names
Filesystem Differences
Access Control Lists
Microsoft Distributed File Systems
Virtual File Systems
Executing Server Scripts
7. Printing
Print Shares
A Usable Print Share
Samba and CUPS
The [printers] Service
Enabling SMB Printer Sharing in OS X
Creating a PDF Printer
Managing Windows Print Drivers
Printers and Security
Disabling Point and Print
Printing, Queue Lists, and tdb Files
Printing to Windows Printers
Printing Parameters
8. Name Resolution and Network Browsing
Name Resolution
Network Browsing
9. Domain Controllers
Samba Domains: NT 4.0 or Active Directory?
Configuring a Samba PDC
Configuring a Samba BDC
passdb Recommendations
Migrating an NT 4.0 Domain to Samba
Domain Trusts
Remote Server Management
10. Domain Member Servers
Joining a Domain
Domain and ADS Security Modes
Matching Domain Users to Local Accounts
Winbind
Additional Winbind Features
11. Unix Clients
The Linux CIFS Filesystem
FreeBSD's smbfs
Mac OS X
smbclient
Remote Administration with net
12. Troubleshooting Samba
The Tool Box
Samba Logs
Unix Utilities
The Fault Tree
Troubleshooting Browsing
Troubleshooting Name Services
Troubleshooting Network Addresses
Troubleshooting NetBIOS Names
Extra Resources
A. Summary of Samba Daemons and Commands
B. Downloading Samba with Subversion
C. Configure Options
Index
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