Windows NT & UNIX Integration Guide - Softcover

Gunter, David; Burnett, Steven; Gunter, Lola

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0078823951 ISBN 13: 9780078823954

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 1997

Synopsis

NT and UNIX integration with the hassles At last: easy-to-follow help with implementing NT and UNIX networks together. The groundbraking Windows NT & UNIX Integration Guide, by David Gunter, Steven Burnett, and Lola Gunter, shows you step-by-step how to create, manage and authenticate user accounts on multiple platforms. . .provide NT file services on UNIX and UNIX file services on NT (including installating, configuring and troubleshooting SAMBA and NFS). . .master backup strategies and tools such as Legato Networker, Software Partners' StorageCenter and Spectrologic's Alexandria DB backup. . .works with MS Exchange. . .integrate mail when either NT or UNIX acts as primary server. . .network NT and UNIX and share printers. . .set up remote access service. . .tie together Internet servers and platforms. . .handle cross-platform desktop applications. . .manage distributed systems. . .and much more.

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Review

Generally speaking, integrating Unix machines with Windows NT computers means jumping through some flaming hoops. Users of the two environments need to be able to share files, database access, applications, and electronic mail messages. Windows NT & UNIX Integration Guide does a superb job of explaining how to accomplish all these things.

Beginning with a general overview of how the two operating systems can work together, the authors promptly explain how to access Windows NT-resident files from a Unix machine, and vice versa. Unique in its market, Windows NT & UNIX Integration Guide details how to perform system backups in a mixed environment. Printer sharing gets lots of attention, as does routing and simple network management protocol (SNMP). The book's main shortcoming lies in the disproportionate amount of space the authors give to irrelevant Windows NT documentation. However, a reasonably comprehensive frequently asked questions section proves useful, and may well help you solve problems.

Samba, the most popular Windows NT emulator, gets prominent coverage, as does Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) and System V Unix variants (especially evident in the sections about sharing printers). A companion CD-ROM holds Samba, SOSSNT, some other software, and some documentation. --David Wall

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0078823951
• ISBN 13: 9780078823954
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 480