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Preface ..................................................................................................................... ix
1. Learning the Samba ................................................................................. 1
What is Samba? ................................................................................................. 2
What Can Samba Do For Me? .......................................................................... 3
Getting Familiar with a SMB/CIFS Network ................................................... 9
Microsoft Implementations ............................................................................ 18
An Overview of the Samba Distribution ....................................................... 27
How Can I Get Samba? .................................................................................. 28
Whats New in Samba 2.0? ............................................................................. 28
And Thats Not All... ....................................................................................... 30

2. Installing Samba on a Unix System ............................................... 31

Downloading the Samba Distribution ...........................................................
Configuring Samba .........................................................................................
Compiling and Installing Samba ...................................................................
A Basic Samba Configuration File .................................................................
Starting the Samba Daemons .........................................................................
Testing the Samba Daemons .........................................................................

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3. Configuring Windows Clients ............................................................ 50

Setting Up Windows 95/98 Computers ......................................................... 50
Setting Up Windows NT 4.0 Computers ....................................................... 63
An Introduction to SMB/CIFS ........................................................................ 74

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4. Disk Shares ................................................................................................ 82

Learning the Samba Configuration File ......................................................... 82
Special Sections .............................................................................................. 88
Configuration File Options ............................................................................ 91
Server Configuration ...................................................................................... 93
Disk Share Configuration ............................................................................... 96
Networking Options with Samba ................................................................ 101
Virtual Servers .............................................................................................. 106
Logging Configuration Options ................................................................... 108

5. Browsing and Advanced Disk Shares ........................................... 114

Browsing .......................................................................................................
Filesystem Differences .................................................................................
File Permissions and Attributes on MS-DOS and Unix ..............................
Name Mangling and Case ............................................................................
Locks and Oplocks ......................................................................................

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6. Users, Security, and Domains .......................................................... 155

Users and Groups ........................................................................................
Controlling Access to Shares .......................................................................
Authentication Security ................................................................................
Passwords .....................................................................................................
Windows Domains .......................................................................................
Logon Scripts ................................................................................................

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7. Printing and Name Resolution ....................................................... 201

Sending Print Jobs to Samba ....................................................................... 201
Printing to Windows Client Printers ............................................................ 213
Name Resolution with Samba ..................................................................... 224

8. Additional Samba Information ...................................................... 230

Supporting Programmers .............................................................................
Magic Scripts ................................................................................................
Internationalization ......................................................................................
WinPopup Messages ....................................................................................
Recently Added Options ..............................................................................
Miscellaneous Options .................................................................................
Backups with smbtar ...................................................................................

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9. Troubleshooting Samba ..................................................................... 250

The Tool Bag ................................................................................................ 250
The Fault Tree .............................................................................................. 257
Extra Resources ............................................................................................ 291

A. Configuring Samba with SSL ........................................................... 295

B. Samba Performance Tuning ............................................................ 312
C. Samba Configuration Option Quick Reference ........................ 329
D. Summary of Samba Daemons and Commands ...................... 359
E. Downloading Samba with CVS ....................................................... 378
F. Sample Configuration File ................................................................ 379
Index .................................................................................................................... 385

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