The practical, authoritative, step-by-step guide to cutting IT costs with Samba-3!

This is the definitive guide to using Samba-3 in production environments. It begins with the immense amount of HOWTO information published by the Samba Team and volunteers around the world . . . but that's just the beginning. The book's Samba Team editors have organized and edited this material around the practical needs of working Windows(R) administrators. UNIX(R)/Linux administrators will find all the answers they need as well.

Whether you're deploying Samba for the first time, integrating Samba into a Windows 200x Active Directory environment, migrating from NT 4 or Samba 2.x, or using Samba in a UNIX/Linux environment, you'll find step-by-step solutions, carefully edited for accuracy, practicality, and clarity. You'll learn all you need to make intelligent deployment decisions, get running fast, and use Samba-3's powerful new features to maximize performance and minimize cost.

Step-by-step installation techniques and proven configurations that work "right out of the box."

• Essential Samba-3 information that leverages your Windows networking knowledge
• Detailed coverage of Samba-3's powerful new user/machine account management, network browsing, and mapping capabilities
• Authoritative explanations of advanced features such as interdomain trusts and loadable VFS file system drivers
• Clear information on how Samba-3 handles Windows desktop/user policies and profiles
• Practical techniques for optimizing network printing
• Specific guidance for migration from Windows NT 4 or Samba 2.x
• Troubleshooting techniques that draw on the knowledge of the entire Samba community

• List Of Figures
• List Of Tables
• Preface and Introduction
• I General installation
  • How to Install and Test Samba
  • Fast Start: Cure for Impatience
• II Server configuration basics
  • Server Types and Security Modes
  • Domain Control
  • Backup Domain Control
  • Domain Membership
  • Stand-Alone Servers
  • MS Windows Network Configuration Guide
• III Advanced configuration
  • Network Browsing
  • Account Information Databases
  • Group Mapping — MS Windows and UNIX
  • File, Directory and Share Access Controls
  • File and Record Locking
  • Securing SAMBA
  • InterDomain Trust Relationships
  • Hosting A Microsoft Distributed File System Tree on SAMBA
  • Classical Printing Support
  • CUPS Printing Support
  • Stackable VFS Modules
  • Winbind: Use of Domain Accounts
  • Advanced Network Management
  • System and Account Policies
  • Desktop Profile Management
  • PAM-Based Distributed Authentication
  • Integrating MS Windows Networks With SAMBA
  • UNICODE/CHARSETS
  • Backup Techniques
  • High Availability
• IV Migration and updating
  • Upgrading from SAMBA-2X TO SAMBA-300
  • Migration From NT4 PDC to SAMBA-3 PDC
  • SWAT — The SAMBA Web Administration Tool
• V TROUBLESHOOTING
  • The SAMBA Checklist
  • Analyzing and Solving SAMBA Problems
  • Reporting Bugs
  • How to Compile SAMBA
  • Portability
  • SAMBA and Other CIFS Clients
  • SAMBA Performance Tuning
  • DNS and DHCP Configuration Guide
• VI Appendixes
  • Appendix A: Manual Pages
  • Appendix B: The GNU General Public License
  • Glossary
  • Subject Index