Samba Pocket Reference: A Unix-to-Windows File & Print Server

Samba Pocket Reference: A Unix-to-Windows File & Print Server

Samba Pocket Reference: A Unix-to-Windows File & Print Server

Samba Pocket Reference: A Unix-to-Windows File & Print Server

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Overview

Samba is a cross-platform triumph: it turns a Unix or Linux system into a file and print server for Microsoft Windows network clients.This book describes all the options for Samba's configuration file in quick-reference format. It also contains command-line options and related information on the use of the Samba daemons (smbd, nmbd, and winbindd) and the utilities in the Samba distribution.

The current edition covers Samba 2.x and the most important features of 3.0, which was under development as this book went to print. New options pertain to Samba's acting as a primary domain controller and as a domain member server, its support for the use of Windows NT/2000/XP authentication and filesystem security on the host Unix system, and access to shared files and printers from Unix clients.

System administrators who are familiar with Samba and want a handy reminder of how to administer it without the bulk of a full-sized book will find this pocket reference invaluable.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780596005467
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date: 06/09/2003
Edition description: Second Edition
Pages: 139
Product dimensions: 4.25(w) x 7.00(h) x 0.42(d)

About the Author

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. When he is not busy reading the Samba mailing lists and learning about new computer technology, Jay might be analyzing stock market behavior, meditating, playing around in his recording studio, or hiking in the wilderness near his home.

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.

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction1
Configuration File Options3
Glossary of Configuration Value Types58
Configuration File Variables60
Samba Daemons61
smbd62
nmbd64
winbindd66
Samba Distribution Programs67
findsmb67
make_smbcodepage68
make_unicodemap68
net69
nmblookup77
pdbedit79
rpcclient80
rpcclient commands82
smbcacls87
smbclient89
smbcontrol97
smbgroupedit99
smbmnt100
smbmount101
smbpasswd103
smbsh106
smbspool107
smbstatus108
smbtar109
smbumount111
testparm111
testprns111
wbinfo112
Example Configuration Files113
Samba in a Workgroup114
Samba in a Windows NT Domain116
Index121
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