Special Edition Using Samba - Softcover

Sharpe, Richard; Turner, Glen; Potter, Tim

 
9780789723192: Special Edition Using Samba

Synopsis

Special Edition Using Samba is a complete reference and resource for using the increasingly popular Samba package. Samba provides an easy and seamless link between servers running Linux or UNIX and other operating systems. Learn to obtain, install, and configure Samba with examples and protocol traces where necessary. Sections of the smb.conf file are covered in detail, as well as the notion of automation via macros. Information on accessing Samba from various clients is provided, including Windows for Workgroups, Windows 9x, Windows NT, Windows 2000, OS2, and the UNIX clients, smbclient and rpcclient. Also covered are the various password options and issues along with handling roaming profiles for both Windows 9X and Windows NT clients. An appendix provides information on each smb.conf parameter including which version of Samba the parameter has been introduced in or removed from, along with its description.

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About the Author

As well as being a member of the Samba team, Richard Sharpe is a Linux consultant and a courseware developer and trainer who lives in Adelaide, South Australia. Prior to writing Special Edition Using Samba, he contributed about a third of the material in SAMS Teach Yourself Samba in 24 Hours.

From the Back Cover

Special Edition Using Samba is a complete reference and resource for using the increasingly popular Samba package. Samba provides an easy and seamless link between servers running Linux or UNIX and other operating systems. Learn to obtain, install, and configure Samba with examples and protocol traces where necessary. Sections of the smb.conf file are covered in detail, as well as the notion of automation via macros. Information on accessing Samba from various clients is provided, including Windows for Workgroups, Windows 9x, Windows NT, Windows 2000, OS2, and the UNIX clients, smbclient and rpcclient. Also covered are the various password options and issues along with handling roaming profiles for both Windows 9X and Windows NT clients. An appendix provides information on each smb.conf parameter including which version of Samba the parameter has been introduced in or removed from, along with its description.

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