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

by Jay Ts, Robert Eckstein, David Collier-Brown

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

	Introduction	1
	Configuration File Options	3
	Glossary of Configuration Value Types	58
	Configuration File Variables	60
	Samba Daemons	61
	smbd	62
	nmbd	64
	winbindd	66
	Samba Distribution Programs	67
	findsmb	67
	make_smbcodepage	68
	make_unicodemap	68
	net	69
	nmblookup	77
	pdbedit	79
	rpcclient	80
	rpcclient commands	82
	smbcacls	87
	smbclient	89
	smbcontrol	97
	smbgroupedit	99
	smbmnt	100
	smbmount	101
	smbpasswd	103
	smbsh	106
	smbspool	107
	smbstatus	108
	smbtar	109
	smbumount	111
	testparm	111
	testprns	111
	wbinfo	112
	Example Configuration Files	113
	Samba in a Workgroup	114
	Samba in a Windows NT Domain	116
	Index	121