Using Samba

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

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Gerald (Jerry) Carter received his Masters degree in Computer Science from Auburn University, where he continues to pursue his PhD. He has been a member of the Samba development Team since 1998 and his involvement with Unix systems and network administration of UNIX began in 1995. Jerry currently works for HP, working on embedded printing appliances. Having published articles with various web-based magazines, he teaches instructional courses as a consultant for several companies and conferences.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.Robert Eckstein has worked with Java since its first release. In aprevious life, he has been an editor for O'Reilly Media, Inc. and aprogrammer for Motorola's cellular technology division. He hasauthored, co-authored, or edited a number of books, including Java Swing, JavaEnterprise Best Practices, Using Samba, XML Pocket Reference, andWebmaster in a Nutshell. In his spare time he has been known to tinkerwith filmmaking and digital photography, as well as collecting vintagevideo game consoles. He currently lives in Austin, Texas with his wifeMichelle, his children Lauren and Nathan, and their talking dogGinger.