Organization
The book can be roughly divided into two sections: Samba installation (Chapter 1 through Chapter 3) and Samba configuration and optimization (Chapter 4 through Chapter 9). Here is a detailed breakdown of each of the chapters:
- Chapter 1
This chapter introduces each of the Samba components and gives a brief overview of NetBIOS and Windows networking.
- Chapter 2
This chapter covers configuring, compiling, installing, and testing the Samba server on a Unix platform.
- Chapter 3
This chapter explains how to configure Microsoft Windows 95/98 and NT 4.0 clients to participate in an SMB network. It also gives a brief introduction to the SMB protocol in action.
- Chapter 4
This chapter gets you up to speed with the individual parts of the Samba configuration file and shows you how to configure disk services.
- Chapter 5
This chapter continues the discussion of disk options and examines browsing with Samba.
- Chapter 6
This chapter discusses how to set up users, introduces you to Samba security, and shows you how to work with encrypted and non-encrypted passwords. We also discuss how to set up Samba as a primary domain controller for Windows 95/98 and NT clients.
- Chapter 7
This chapter discusses printer and Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) setup with Samba.
- Chapter 8
This chapter bundles several miscellaneous activities associated with Samba, such as configuring Samba shares for programmers, internationalization issues, and backing up with smbtar.
- Chapter 9
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