Samba Essentials For Windows Administrators

• Deploy Samba file and print services--step by step!
• Choose your configuration: "easy" or "100% customizable!"
• Save money and improve network reliability!
• Includes advanced techniques: PDCs, security, WANs, fax, and more
• No Linux/UNIX knowledge required!

Using Samba for file and print sharing can save you a fortune--and it can dramatically improve your network's reliability and performance! But most Samba documentation is written for UNIX/Linux experts--not the Windows administrators who need it most. In this book, expert Windows sysadmin Gary Wilson walks you step by step through Samba planning, deployment, configuration, and management, showing Windows users exactly how to achieve the best results with the fewest problems.

• Choose your approach--"easy" or "totally customizable!"
• Learn basic Linux administration from a Windows user's point of view
• Use Samba as a Primary Domain Controller and replace expensive Windows NT/2000 Servers!
• Manage file services using the Web-based SWAT tool
• Maximize security in both LAN and WAN environments
• Provide fax services for your entire organization
• Contains expert tips and troubleshooting guidance throughout!

Finally, someone's explained Samba so Windows administrators can understand it--and use it!

This book teaches Windows 2000 and Windows NT system administrators how to set up and manage a Samba server running on Linux, similar to the way they run on Window. The author introduces the additional capabilities made possible by a Linux server. The book starts with a basic guide to installing and configuring Samba on a Linux server. Next it takes up more advanced subjects including complex networking issues and security. The final part of this book includes tricks and techniques that can be used to optimize Samba performance. The primary new feature for version 2.2 covered in this book is support for Windows NT/2000 printing procedures, including automatic printer driver downloads. The other new feature is support for Windows Access Control Lists (ACLs), Linux/Unix uses a different method for access control. Version 3.0 will introduce full emulation of a Windows NT4 primary domain controller. Samba 3.0 will also introduce Winbind, a new technology for unifying user information between NT domains and Linux/Unix user accounts for any purpose not just Samba. This book will touch upon these issues as well.