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Operating Systems - Computer Networks, Windows/Windows 95 & 98, Client-Server Computing

Samba Essentials for Windows Administrators

by Gary Wilson
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Overview

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!

Synopsis

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!

About the Author, Gary Wilson

GARY WILSON is the author of Caldera OpenLinux Installation and Configuration Handbook (Que) and has written articles for Macmillan Publishing's InformIT Web site. At Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons, he directs a complex network of over 250 computers, running Windows 9.x/NT/2000, Mac OS, Linux, and Sun OS, plus over a dozen servers—including Samba servers. He has been using Samba since 1995.

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Book Details

Published
July 1, 2001
Publisher
Prentice Hall
Pages
368
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780130409423

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