Samba: Essentials for Windows Administrations - Softcover

Wilson, Gary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130409421 ISBN 13: 9780130409423

Publisher: Pearson P T R, 2001

Synopsis

This title starts with a basic guide to installing and configuring Samba on a Linux server, and then takes up more advanced subjects including complex networking issues and security. It also looks at tricks and techniques that can be used to optimize Samba performance.

About this title

From the Publisher

Save money while improving reliability and performance! Samba makes a Linux server work like a Windows server on a Windows network. This is the step-by-step Samba guide for everyone who manages Windows networks!

*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

From the Back Cover

Save money while improving reliability and performance! The step-by-step Samba guide for everyone who manages Windows networks!

• 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!

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson P T R
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0130409421
• ISBN 13: 9780130409423
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 356