Using Samba

by TS JAY

• ISBN13: 9780596002565
• ISBN10: 0596002564
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-02-01
• Publisher: Oreilly & Associates Inc

Summary

"Using Samba, Second Edition is a comprehensive guide to Samba administration. It covers all versions of Samba from 2.0 to 2.2, including selected features from an alpha version of 3.0, as well as the SWAT graphical configuration tool. Updated for Windows 2000, ME, and XP, the book also explores Samba's new role as a primary domain controller and domain member server, its support for the use of Windows NT/2000/XP authentication and filesystem security on the host Unix system, and accessing shared files and printers from Unix clients. In "Using Samba, you'll begin with an introduction to Windows networking concepts that will help you quickly understand how it works, how it is similar to Unix networking, and how it differs. The first chapters will guide you through the process of installing Samba, configuring Windows clients, and implementing a Windows domain. Subsequent chapters show you how to configure additional services and fine-tune the operation of the Samba server. Anyone who manages a network that has both Unix (including Mac OS X) and Windows systems will want to read this book.

Author Biography

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. When he is not busy reading the Samba mailing lists and learning about new computer technology, Jay might be analyzing stock market behavior, meditating, playing around in his recording studio, or hiking in the wilderness near his home.

Robert Eckstein worked as an editor at O'Reilly mostly on Java books (notably Java Swing) and was 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. 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.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Learning the Samba	1	(41)
What Is Samba?	2	(1)
What Can Samba Do for Me?	3	(6)
Getting Familiar with an SMB Network	9	(9)
An Introduction to the SMB Protocol	18	(8)
Windows Workgroups and Domains	26	(10)
What's New in Samba 2.2?	36	(2)
What's New in Samba 3.0?	38	(1)
What Can Samba Do?	38	(1)
An Overview of the Samba Distribution	39	(2)
How Can I Get Samba?	41	(1)
Installing Samba on a Unix System	42	(26)
Bundled Versions	42	(3)
Downloading the Samba Distribution	45	(1)
Configuring Samba	46	(3)
Compiling and Installing Samba	49	(3)
Enabling SWAT	52	(2)
A Basic Samba Configuration File	54	(6)
Firewall Configuration	60	(1)
Starting the Samba Daemons	61	(5)
Testing the Samba Daemons	66	(2)
Configuring Windows Clients	68	(52)
Windows Networking Concepts	68	(8)
Setting Up Windows 95/98/Me Computers	76	(11)
Setting Up Windows NT 4.0 Computers	87	(11)
Setting Up Windows 2000 Computers	98	(11)
Setting Up Windows XP Computers	109	(11)
Windows NT Domains	120	(41)
Samba as the Primary Domain Controller	121	(5)
Adding Computer Accounts	126	(2)
Configuring Windows Clients for Domain Logons	128	(9)
Logon Scripts	137	(3)
Roaming Profiles	140	(12)
System Policies	152	(4)
Samba as a Domain Member Server	156	(2)
Windows NT Domain Options	158	(3)
Unix Clients	161	(26)
Sharing Files on Windows 95/98/Me	162	(1)
Sharing Files on Windows NT/2000/XP	163	(2)
smbclient	165	(9)
smbfs	174	(5)
smbsh	179	(1)
smbutil and mount_smbfs	180	(7)
The Samba Configuration File	187	(29)
The Samba Configuration File	187	(6)
Special Sections	193	(2)
Configuration Options	195	(3)
Server Configuration	198	(3)
Disk Share Configuration	201	(3)
Networking Options with Samba	204	(4)
Virtual Servers	208	(2)
Logging Configuration Options	210	(6)
Name Resolution and Browsing	216	(24)
Name Resolution	217	(7)
Browsing	224	(16)
Advanced Disk Shares	240	(42)
Filesystem Differences	240	(5)
File Permissions and Attributes on MS-DOS and Unix	245	(8)
Windows NT/2000/XP ACLs	253	(9)
Name Mangling and Case	262	(6)
Locks and Oplocks	268	(6)
Connection Scripts	274	(3)
Microsoft Distributed Filesystems	277	(3)
Working with NIS	280	(2)
Users and Security	282	(38)
Users and Groups	282	(3)
Controlling Access to Shares	285	(5)
Authentication of Clients	290	(6)
Passwords	296	(11)
Authentication with winbind	307	(13)
Printing	320	(19)
Sending Print Jobs to Samba	320	(7)
Printing to Windows Printers	327	(12)
Additional Samba Information	339	(16)
Time Synchronization	339	(3)
Magic Scripts	342	(1)
Internationalization	343	(3)
Windows Messenger Service	346	(2)
Miscellaneous Options	348	(7)
Troubleshooting Samba	355	(40)
The Tool Box	355	(7)
The Fault Tree	362	(29)
Extra Resources	391	(4)
Example Configuration Files	395	(6)
Samba Configuration Option Quick Reference	401	(50)
Summary of Samba Daemons and Commands	451	(40)
Downloading Samba with CVS	491	(2)
Configure Options	493	(7)
Running Samba on Mac OS X Server	500	(11)
GNU Free Documentation License	511	(8)
Index	519