Using Samba

by Kelly, Peter; Collier-Brown, David; Eckstein, Robert

• ISBN13: 9781565924499
• ISBN10: 1565924495
• Edition: CD
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-07-01
• Publisher: Oreilly & Associates Inc

Summary

This book, which has been officially adopted by the Samba team under an open content license, is a comprehensive guide to Samba administration, including such recent additions as integration with Windows NT domains and the SWAT graphic configuration tool.Samba is a cross-platform triumph: it turns a Unix or Linux system into a file and print server for Microsoft Windows network clients. Now you can let users store their files (and even important executables) in a single place for easy sharing and backup, protected by Unix or NT security mechanisms, and still offer such transparent access that PC users don't even realize they're going to another system. The magic behind Samba is that it recognizes and speaks the SMB protocol developed by Microsoft for file and printer sharing on its own systems.Basic Samba configuration is simple, but you'll want to make sure your security settings are just right and find out about the full range of options (how do you like your filenames mangled?). Trouble-shooting, security, connectivity, performance, and logging are thoroughly covered with examples in this book.Samba is so robust, flexible, and secure that many people are choosing it over Windows NT for their file and print services. Furthermore, Samba is proving to be a necessity for the many organizations that have an existing Unix or Linux system and want to tie in PCs running Microsoft software. Samba is also open source software, licensed under the GNU General Public License.The authors present the most common configurations and problems in an easy-to-follow manner, along with instructions for getting the most out of Samba. Whether you're playing on one note or a full three-octaverange, this book will give you an efficient and secure server. The included CD-ROM holds sources and ready-to-install binaries, plus other useful information.

Author Biography

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.

Peter Kelly works on his own as a Systems Consultant in Toronto, Canada specializing in Internet and network security. Peter is currently finishing exams to be an MCSE, but prefers to work with Linux when he can. When Peter is not working, he enjoys playing golf and reading about security, networking, and Calvin & Hobbes.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Learning the Samba	1	(30)
What is Samba?	2	(1)
What Can Samba Do For Me?	3	(6)
Getting Familiar with a SMB/CIFS Network	9	(9)
Microsoft Implementations	18	(9)
An Overview of the Samba Distribution	27	(1)
How Can I Get Samba?	28	(1)
What's New in Samba 2.0?	28	(2)
And That's Not All	30	(1)
Installing Samba on a Unix System	31	(19)
Downloading the Samba Distribution	32	(2)
Configuring Samba	34	(4)
Compiling and Installing Samba	38	(3)
A Basic Samba Configuration File	41	(5)
Starting the Samba Daemons	46	(3)
Testing the Samba Daemons	49	(1)
Configuring Windows Clients	50	(32)
Setting Up Windows 95/98 Computers	50	(13)
Setting Up Windows NT 4.0 Computers	63	(11)
An Introduction to SMB/CIFS	74	(8)
Disk Shares	82	(32)
Learning the Samba Configuration File	82	(6)
Special Sections	88	(3)
Configuration File Options	91	(2)
Server Configuration	93	(3)
Disk Share Configuration	96	(5)
Networking Options with Samba	101	(5)
Virtual Servers	106	(2)
Logging Configuration Options	108	(6)
Browsing and Advanced Disk Shares	114	(41)
Browsing	114	(13)
Filesystem Differences	127	(8)
File Permissions and Attributes on MS-DOS and Unix	135	(8)
Name Mangling and Case	143	(6)
Locks and Oplocks	149	(6)
Users, Security, and Domains	155	(46)
Users and Groups	155	(3)
Controlling Access to Shares	158	(6)
Authentication Security	164	(7)
Passwords	171	(13)
Windows Domains	184	(8)
Logon Scripts	192	(9)
Printing and Name Resolution	201	(29)
Sending Print Jobs to Samba	201	(12)
Printing to Windows Client Printers	213	(11)
Name Resolution with Samba	224	(6)
Additional Samba Information	230	(20)
Supporting Programmers	230	(3)
Magic Scripts	233	(1)
Internationalization	234	(3)
WinPopup Messages	237	(1)
Recently Added Options	238	(2)
Miscellaneous Options	240	(5)
Backups with smbtar	245	(5)
Troubleshooting Samba	250	(45)
The Tool Bag	250	(7)
The Fault Tree	257	(34)
Extra Resources	291	(4)
Configuring Samba with SSL	295	(17)
Samba Performance Tuning	312	(17)
Samba Configuration Option Quick Reference	329	(30)
Summary of Samba Daemons and Commands	359	(19)
Downloading Samba with CVS	378	(1)
Sample Configuration File	379	(6)
Index	385