Chapter 23. File and Print


IN THIS CHAPTER

  • Using the Network File System

  • Putting Samba to Work

  • Networks and Remote Printing with Fedora

  • Creating Network Printers

  • Console Print Control

  • Using the Common UNIX Printing System GUI

  • Avoiding Printer Support Problems

  • Reference

In the early days of computing, file and printer sharing was pretty much impossible due to the lack of good networking standards and interoperability. If you wanted to use a printer connected to another computer, you had to save the file to a floppy disk and walk over.

Nowadays, both file and printer sharing have become second nature in a world where it is not unusual for someone to own more than one computer. Whether it be for sharing photographs amongst various computers, or having a central repository available for collaboration, file sharing is an important part of our information age. Alongside this is the need to be able to share printers; after all, no one wants to have to plug and unplug a computer to a printer just so they can print out a quick letter.

Whatever your reasons for needing to share files and printers across a network, you will find out how to do both in this chapter. We will look at how you can share files using the popular UNIX NFS protocol, as well as the more Windows-friendly Samba system. You will also find out how to configure network attached printers with interfaces such as JetDirect. We look at both graphical and command-line tools, so you should find something to suit the way you work.



Red Hat Fedora 5 Unleashed
Red Hat Fedora 5 Unleashed
ISBN: 067232847X
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 362

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