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Fully Updated to Reflect Major Improvements and Configuration Changes in Samba-3.0.11 through 3.0.20+! You’ve deployed Samba: Now get the most out of it with today’s definitive guide to maximizing Samba performance, stability, reliability, and power in your production environment. Direct from members of the Samba Team, The Official Samba-3 HOWTO and Reference Guide, Second Edition, offers the most systematic and authoritative coverage of Samba’s advanced features and capabilities. It has been extensively updated to reflect major improvements in the Samba-3.0 series of releases and additional performance enhancements in Samba-3.0.20 and later. Use this book to go far beyond basic deployment, leveraging all of Samba’s components, from directory services to remote administration. Use it to find practical optimization techniques for any environment, from the workgroup to the enterprise. Use it to find detailed guidance and best practices for troubleshooting and problem solving. And, if your background is in Windows networking, use this book to get up to speed rapidly with Samba network administration in Linux/UNIX environments. Coverage includes NEW! User Rights and Privileges features and their impact on default system behavior NEW! Expanded LDAP capabilities, the new Winbind subsystem, and Samba’s improved ACL handling NEW! Detailed coverage of the powerful Samba-3.x net local/remote administration utility NEW! Comprehensive documentation of IDMAP functionality NEW! Proven techniques for improving performance with large directories NEW! Samba integration with Windows Server 2003 and the latest versions of Active Directory Advanced techniques: interdomain trusts, loadable VFS file system drivers, distributed authentication, desktop profile management, CUPS printing, high availability, and more Contains a dramatically improved, more-detailed index

Table of Contents:
List of Examples. List of Figures. List of Tables. Foreword. Preface. Introduction. I. GENERAL INSTALLATION: PREPARING SAMBA FOR CONFIGURATION. 1. How to Install and Test Samba.     1.1 Obtaining and Installing Samba     1.2 Configuring Samba (smb.conf)     1.3 List Shares Available on the Server     1.4 Connect with a UNIX Client     1.5 Connect from a Remote SMB Client     1.6 Common Errors 2. Fast Start: Cure for Impatience.     2.1 Features and Benefits     2.2 Description of Example Sites     2.3 Worked Examples II. SERVER CONFIGURATION BASICS: FIRST STEPS IN SERVER CONFIGURATION. 3. Server Types and Security Modes.     3.1 Features and Benefits     3.2 Server Types     3.3 Samba Security Modes     3.4 Password Checking     3.5 Common Errors 4. Domain Control.     4.1 Features and Benefits     4.2 Single Sign-On and Domain Security     4.3 Basics of Domain Control     4.4 Domain Control: Example Configuration     4.5 Samba ADS Domain Control     4.6 Domain and Network Logon Configuration     4.7 Common Errors 5. Backup Domain Control.     5.1 Features and Benefits     5.2 Essential Background Information     5.3 Backup Domain Controller Configuration     5.4 Common Errors 6. Domain Membership.     6.1 Features and Benefits     6.2 MS Windows Workstation/Server Machine Trust Accounts     6.3 Domain Member Server     6.4 Samba ADS Domain Membership     6.5 Sharing User ID Mappings between Samba Domain Members     6.6 Common Errors 7. Standalone Servers.     7.1 Features and Benefits     7.2 Background     7.3 Example Configuration     7.4 Common Errors 8. MS Windows Network Configuration Guide.     8.1 Features and Benefits     8.2 Technical Details     8.3 Common Errors III. ADVANCED CONFIGURATION: VALUABLE NUTS AND BOLTS INFORMATION. 9. Network Browsing.     9.1 Features and Benefits     9.2 What Is Browsing?     9.3 Discussion     9.4 How Browsing Functions     9.5 WINS: The Windows Internetworking Name Server     9.6 Helpful Hints     9.7 Technical Overview of Browsing     9.8 Common Errors 10. Account Information Databases.     10.1 Features and Benefits     10.2 Technical Information     10.3 Account Management Tools     10.4 Password Backends     10.5 Common Errors 11. Group Mapping: MS Windows and Unix.     11.1 Features and Benefits     11.2 Discussion     11.3 Configuration Scripts     11.4 Common Errors 12. Remote and Local Management: the net Command.     12.1 Overview     12.2 Administrative Tasks and Methods     12.3 UNIX and Windows Group Management     12.4 UNIX and Windows User Management     12.5 Administering User Rights and Privileges     12.6 Managing Trust Relationships     12.7 Managing Security Identifiers (SIDS)     12.8 Share Management     12.9 Controlling Open Files     12.10 Session and Connection Management     12.11 Printers and ADS     12.12 Manipulating the Samba Cache     12.13 Other Miscellaneous Operations 13. Identity Mapping (IDMAP).     13.1 Samba Server Deployment Types and IDMAP     13.2 Examples of IDMAP Backend Usage 14. User Rights and Privileges.     14.1 Rights Management Capabilities     14.2 The Administrator Domain SID     14.3 Common Errors 15. File, Directory, and Share Access Controls.     15.1 Features and Benefits     15.2 File System Access Controls     15.3 Share Definition Access Controls     15.4 Access Controls on Shares     15.5 MS Windows Access Control Lists and UNIX Interoperability     15.6 Common Errors 16. File and Record Locking.     16.1 Features and Benefits     16.2 Discussion     16.3 Samba Oplocks Control     16.4 MS Windows Oplocks and Caching Controls     16.5 Persistent Data Corruption     16.6 Common Errors     16.7 Additional Reading 17. Securint Samba.     17.1 Introduction     17.2 Features and Benefits     17.3 Technical Discussion of Protective Measures and Issues     17.4 Upgrading Samba     17.5 Common Errors 18. Interdomain Trust Relationships.     18.1 Features and Benefits     18.2 Trust Relationship Background     18.3 Native MS Windows NT4 Trusts Configuration     18.4 Configuring Samba NT-Style Domain Trusts     18.5 NT4-Style Domain Trusts with Windows 2000     18.6 Common Errors 19. Hosting a Microsoft Distributed File System Tree.     19.1 Features and Benefits     19.2 Common Errors 20. Classical Printing Support.     20.1 Features and Benefits     20.2 Technical Introduction     20.3 Simple Print Configuration     20.4 Extended Printing Configuration     20.5 Printing Developments Since Samba-2.2     20.6 Installing Drivers into [print$]     20.7 Client Driver Installation Procedure     20.8 Other Gotchas     20.9 The Imprints Toolset     20.10 Adding Network Printers without User Interaction     20.11 The addprinter Command     20.12 Migration of Classical Printing to Samba     20.13 Publishing Printer Information in Active Directory or LDAP     20.14 Common Errors 21. CUPS Printing Support.     21.1 Introduction     21.2 Basic CUPS Support Configuration     21.3 Advanced Configuration     21.4 Advanced Intelligent Printing with PostScript Driver Download     21.5 The CUPS Filtering Architecture     21.6 Network Printing (Purely Windows)     21.7 Network Printing (Windows Clients and UNIX/Samba Print Servers)     21.8 Network PostScript RIP     21.9 Windows Terminal Servers (WTS) as CUPS Clients     21.10 Configuring CUPS for Driver Download     21.11 Installing PostScript Driver Files Manually Using rpcclient     21.12 The Printing .tdb Files     21.13 CUPS Print Drivers from Linuxprinting.org     21.14 Page Accounting with CUPS     21.15 Additional Material     21.16 Autodeletion or Preservation of CUPS Spool Files     21.17 Printing from CUPS to Windows-Attached Printers     21.18 More CUPS Filtering Chains     21.19 Common Errors     21.20 Overview of the CUPS Printing Processes 22. Stackable VFS Modules.     22.1 Features and Benefits     22.2 Discussion     22.3 Included Modules     22.4 VFS Modules Available Elsewhere 23. Winbind: Use of Domain Accounts.     23.1 Features and Benefits     23.2 Introduction     23.3 What Winbind Provides     23.4 How Winbind Works     23.5 Installation and Configuration     23.6 Conclusion     23.7 Common Errors 24. Advanced Network Management.     24.1 Features and Benefits     24.2 Remote Server Administration     24.3 Remote Desktop Management     24.4 Network Logon Script Magic 25. System and Account Policies.     25.1 Features and Benefits     25.2 Creating and Managing System Policies     25.3 Managing Account/User Policies     25.4 Management Tools     25.5 System Startup and Logon Processing Overview     25.6 Common Errors 26. Desktop Profile Management.     26.1 Features and Benefits     26.2 Roaming Profiles     26.3 Mandatory Profiles     26.4 Creating and Managing Group Profiles     26.5 Default Profile for Windows Users     26.6 Common Errors 27. PAM-Based Distributed Authentication.     27.1 Features and Benefits     27.2 Technical Discussion     27.3 Common Errors 28. Integrating MS Windows Networks with Samba.     28.1 Features and Benefits     28.2 Background Information     28.3 Name Resolution in a Pure UNIX/Linux World     28.4 Name Resolution as Used within MS Windows Networking     28.5 Common Errors 29. Unicode/Charsets.     29.1 Features and Benefits     29.2 What Are Charsets and Unicode?     29.3 Samba and Charsets     29.4 Conversion from Old Names     29.5 Japanese Charsets     29.6 Common Errors 30. Backup Techniques.     30.1 Features and Benefits     30.2 Discussion of Backup Solutions 31. High Availability.     31.1 Features and Benefits     31.2 Technical Discussion 32. Handling Large Directories. 33. Advanced Configuration Techniques.     33.1 Implementation IV. MIGRATION AND UPDATING. 34. Upgrading from Samba-2.x to Samba-3.0.20.     34.1 Quick Migration Guide     34.2 New Features in Samba-3     34.3 Configuration Parameter Changes     34.4 New Functionality 35. Migration from NT4 PDC to Samba-3 PDC.     35.1 Planning and Getting Started     35.2 Migration Options 36. SWAT: The Samba Web Administration Tool.     36.1 Features and Benefits     36.2 Guidelines and Technical Tips     36.3 Overview and Quick Tour V. TROUBLESHOOTING. 37. The Samba Checklist.     37.1 Introduction     37.2 Assumptions     37.3 The Tests 38. Analyzing and Solving Samba Problems.     38.1 Diagnostics Tools     38.2 Useful URLs     38.3 Getting Mailing List Help     38.4 How to Get O_ the Mailing Lists 39. Reporting Bugs.     39.1 Introduction     39.2 General Information     39.3 Debug Levels     39.4 Internal Errors     39.5 Attaching to a Running Process     39.6 Patches VI. REFERENCE SECTION. 40. How to Compile Samba.     40.1 Access Samba Source Code via Subversion     40.2 Accessing the Samba Sources via rsync and ftp     40.3 Verifying Samba's PGP Signature     40.4 Building the Binaries     40.5 Starting the smbd nmbd and winbindd 41. Portability.     41.1 HPUX     41.2 SCO UNIX     41.3 DNIX     41.4 Red Hat Linux     41.5 AIX: Sequential Read Ahead     41.6 Solaris 42. Samba and Other CIFS Clients.     42.1 Macintosh Clients     42.2 OS2 Client     42.3 Windows for Workgroups     42.4 Windows 95/98     42.5 Windows 2000 Service Pack 2     42.6 Windows NT 3.1 43. Samba Performance Tuning.     43.1 Comparisons     43.2 Socket Options     43.3 Read Size     43.4 Max Xmit     43.5 Log Level     43.6 Read Raw     43.7 Write Raw     43.8 Slow Logins     43.9 Client Tuning     43.10 Samba Performance Problem Due to Changing Linux Kernel     43.11 Corrupt tdb Files     43.12 Samba Performance is Very Slow 44. LDAP and Transport Layer Security.     44.1 Introduction     44.2 Configuring     44.3 Testing     44.4 Troubleshooting 45. Samba Support.     45.1 Free Support     45.2 Commercial Support 46. DNS and DHCP Configuration Guide.     46.1 Features and Benefits     46.2 Example Configuration 47. Manual Pages.     47.1 net     47.2 nmbd     47.3 nmblookup     47.4 pdbedit     47.5 profiles     47.6 rpcclient     47.7 smbcacls     47.8 smbclient     47.9 smb.conf     47.10 smbcquotas     47.11 smbd     47.12 smbpasswd     47.13 smbpasswd     47.14 smbstatus     47.15 smbtree     47.16 tdbbackup     47.17 tdbdump     47.18 testparm     47.19 wbinfo     47.20 winbindd Appendix A: GNU General Public License.     A.1 Preamble     A.2 Terms and Conditions for Copying, Distribution and Modification     A.3 How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs Glossary. Subject Index.  


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  • ISBN-13: 9780131882225
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Addison Wesley
  • Depth: 56
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 944
  • Series Title: Bruce Perens' Open Source
  • Weight: 1680 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0131882228
  • Publisher Date: 18 Aug 2005
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Edition: 2 Rev ed
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 56 mm
  • Width: 178 mm


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