Special Edition Using Samba

Advanced Topics include using Samba as a Primary Domain Controller, integration with LDAP, and a tour through the source code.

Samba helps over one million Linux/UNIX users share their files with Windows systems without laborious steps traditionally used in integrating systems.

Contents

Part I - Getting Started 9

• 1 What Is Samba? 11
  
• 2 Obtaining and installing Samba 21
  
• 3 An Introduction to Using Samba 33
  
• 4 An Introduction to the SMB Protocol 43
  

Part II - Configuring Samba 61

• 5 Configuring and Managing Samba 63
  
• 6 File Sharing Under Samba 87
  
• 7 Printer Sharing Under Samba 121
  
• 8 Samba and Password Management 145
  
• 9 Samba Automation 169
  

Part III - Client Configuration and Use 183

• 10 An Introduction to Microsoft Windows Networking 185
  
• 11 Samba as a Logon and Profiles Server 199
  
• 12 Accessing Samba from Windows for Workgroups and Windows 9x 219
  
• 13 Accessing Samba from Windows NT 249
  
• 14 Accessing Samba from OS/2 265
  
• 15 Accessing Samba from Windows 2000 279
  
• 16 Accessing Windows from UNIX Using Samba 297
  
• 17 Samba and Browsing 323
  

• 18 Samba and Other Operating Systems 351
  
• 19 Samba and Windows NT Domains 367
  
• 20 Samba and LDAP 389
  
• 21 Samba and Performance 413
  
• 22 Samba in the Enterprise 443
  
• 23 Troubleshooting Samba 469
  
• 24 A Tour Through the Samba Source Code 487
  
• 25 The Future of Samba 503
  

Part V - Appendixes 509

• All Samba Parameters and Their Meanings 511
  
• Glossary 621
  
• Index 629