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Samba Pocket Reference

By Robert Eckstein, David Collier-Brown, Peter Kelly
First Edition  April 2001 
Pages: 80
ISBN 10: 0-596-00099-5 | ISBN 13: 9780596000998
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This book describes all the options for Samba's configuration file in quick-reference format. It also contains command-line options and related information on the use of the Samba daemons and the utilities in the Samba distribution. System administrators who are familiar with Samba and want a handy reminder of how to administer it without the bulk of a full-sized book will find this pocket reference invaluable.
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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. This book describes all the options for Samba's configuration file in quick-reference format. It also contains command-line options and related information on the use of the Samba daemons (smbd and nmbd) and the utilities in the Samba distribution (smbsh, smbclient, smbstatus, smbtar nmblookup, smbpasswd, testparm, testprns, rpcclient, and a version of tcpdump enhanced to interpret the protocol used by Samba). System administrators who are familiar with Samba and want a handy reminder of how to administer it without the bulk of a full-sized book will find this pocket reference invaluable.

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Samba Pocket Reference Review,  July 19 2002
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Submitted by Lancelot Green   [Respond | View]

Certainly cleared up my questions regarding the setting up of the smb.conf file and how to start and manage the demons.

Definitely the book to read if your'e setting up a SAMBA installation.

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"[Consumers] will find the fine 'pocket references' produced by O'Reilly to be compact and affordable."
-- James Cox, The Computer Shelf: Midwest Book Review

"An ultraconcise guide to the contents of the smb.conf file as well as to smbd and nmbd, this book also covers utilities like smbclient, smbstatus, smbtar, and rpcclient. It'll jog your memory and save you a trip through the man pages." --David Wall and Teri Kieffer, Amazon.com Delivers Computer Networking & Operating Systems, May 30, 2001

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