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Official Samba-3 HOWTO and Reference Guide, The
By John H. Terpstra, Jelmer R. Vernooij
Publisher	: Prentice Hall PTR
Pub Date	: October 22, 2003
ISBN	: 0-13-145355-6
Pages	: 736

                                                

		Copyright
		Praise for The Official Samba-3 HOWTO and Reference Guide
		Bruce Perens' Open Source Series
		Attribution
		Abstract
		Foreword
		List of Figures
		List of Tables
		Part I:  General Installation
			Preface and Introduction
				What Is Samba?
				Why This Book?
				Book Structure and Layout
			Chapter 1.  How to Install and Test Samba
				Section 1.1.  Obtaining and Installing Samba
				Section 1.2.  Configuring Samba (smb.conf)
				Section 1.3.  List Shares Available on the Server
				Section 1.4.  Connect with a UNIX Client
				Section 1.5.  Connect from a Remote SMB Client
				Section 1.6.  What If Things Don't Work?
				Section 1.7.  Common Errors
			Chapter 2.  Fast Start: Cure for Impatience
				Section 2.1.  Features and Benefits
				Section 2.2.  Description of Example Sites
				Section 2.3.  Worked Examples
		Part II:  Server Configuration Basics
			Chapter 3.  Server Types and Security Modes
				Section 3.1.  Features and Benefits
				Section 3.2.  Server Types
				Section 3.3.  Samba Security Modes
				Section 3.4.  Password Checking
				Section 3.5.  Common Errors
			Chapter 4.  Domain Control
				Section 4.1.  Features and Benefits
				Section 4.2.  Basics of Domain Control
				Section 4.3.  Domain Control Example Configuration
				Section 4.4.  Samba ADS Domain Control
				Section 4.5.  Domain and Network Logon Configuration
				Section 4.6.  Common Errors
			Chapter 5.  Backup Domain Control
				Section 5.1.  Features and Benefits
				Section 5.2.  Essential Background Information
				Section 5.3.  Backup Domain Controller Configuration
				Section 5.4.  Common Errors
			Chapter 6.  Domain Membership
				Section 6.1.  Features and Benefits
				Section 6.2.  MS Windows Workstation/Server Machine Trust Accounts
				Section 6.3.  Domain Member Server
				Section 6.4.  Samba ADS Domain Membership
				Section 6.5.  Sharing User ID Mappings between Samba Domain Members
				Section 6.6.  Common Errors
			Chapter 7.  Stand-Alone Servers
				Section 7.1.  Features and Benefits
				Section 7.2.  Background
				Section 7.3.  Example Configuration
				Section 7.4.  Common Errors
			Chapter 8.  MS Windows Network Configuration Guide
				Section 8.1.  Features and Benefits
				Section 8.2.  Technical Details
				Section 8.3.  Common Errors
		Part III:  Advanced Configuration
			Chapter 9.  Network Browsing
				Section 9.1.  Features and Benefits
				Section 9.2.  What Is Browsing?
				Section 9.3.  Discussion
				Section 9.4.  How Browsing Functions
				Section 9.5.  WINS The Windows Internetworking Name Server
				Section 9.6.  Helpful Hints
				Section 9.7.  Technical Overview of Browsing
				Section 9.8.  Common Errors
			Chapter 10.  Account Information Databases
				Section 10.1.  Features and Benefits
				Section 10.2.  Technical Information
				Section 10.3.  Account Management Tools
				Section 10.4.  Password Backends
				Section 10.5.  Common Errors
			Chapter 11.  Group Mapping MS Windows and Unix
				Section 11.1.  Features and Benefits
				Section 11.2.  Discussion
				Section 11.3.  Configuration Scripts
				Section 11.4.  Common Errors
			Chapter 12.  File, Directory and Share Access Controls
				Section 12.1.  Features and Benefits
				Section 12.2.  File System Access Controls
				Section 12.3.  Share Definition Access Controls
				Section 12.4.  Access Controls on Shares
				Section 12.5.  MS Windows Access Control Lists and UNIX Interoperability
				Section 12.6.  Common Errors
			Chapter 13.  File and Record Locking
				Section 13.1.  Features and Benefits
				Section 13.2.  Discussion
				Section 13.3.  Samba Opportunistic Locking Control
				Section 13.4.  MS Windows Opportunistic Locking and Caching Controls
				Section 13.5.  Persistent Data Corruption
				Section 13.6.  Common Errors
				Section 13.7.  Additional Reading
			Chapter 14.  Securing Samba
				Section 14.1.  Introduction
				Section 14.2.  Features and Benefits
				Section 14.3.  Technical Discussion of Protective Measures and Issues
				Section 14.4.  Upgrading Samba
				Section 14.5.  Common Errors
			Chapter 15.  Interdomain Trust Relationships
				Section 15.1.  Features and Benefits
				Section 15.2.  Trust Relationship Background
				Section 15.3.  Native MS Windows NT4 Trusts Configuration
				Section 15.4.  Configuring Samba NT-Style Domain Trusts
				Section 15.5.  NT4-Style Domain Trusts with Windows 2000
				Section 15.6.  Common Errors
			Chapter 16.  Hosting a Microsoft Distributed File System Tree
				Section 16.1.  Features and Benefits
				Section 16.2.  Common Errors
			Chapter 17.  Classical Printing Support
				Section 17.1.  Features and Benefits
				Section 17.2.  Technical Introduction
				Section 17.3.  Simple Print Configuration
				Section 17.4.  Extended Printing Configuration
				Section 17.5.  Printing Developments Since Samba-2.2
				Section 17.6.  Installing Drivers into [print$]
				Section 17.7.  Client Driver Installation Procedure
				Section 17.8.  Other Gotchas
				Section 17.9.  The Imprints Toolset
				Section 17.10.  Adding Network Printers without User Interaction
				Section 17.11.  The addprinter Command
				Section 17.12.  Migration of Classical Printing to Samba
				Section 17.13.  Publishing Printer Information in Active Directory or LDAP
				Section 17.14.  Common Errors
			Chapter 18.  Cups Printing Support
				Section 18.1.  Introduction
				Section 18.2.  Basic CUPS Support Configuration
				Section 18.3.  Advanced Configuration
				Section 18.4.  Advanced Intelligent Printing with PostScript Driver Download
				Section 18.5.  The CUPS Filtering Architecture
				Section 18.6.  Network Printing (Purely Windows)
				Section 18.7.  Network Printing (Windows Clients UNIX/Samba Print Servers)
				Section 18.8.  Network PostScript RIP
				Section 18.9.  Windows Terminal Servers (WTS) as CUPS Clients
				Section 18.10.  Configuring CUPS for Driver Download
				Section 18.11.  Installing PostScript Driver Files Manually Using rpcclient
				Section 18.12.  The Printing *.tdb Files
				Section 18.13.  CUPS Print Drivers from Linuxprinting.org
				Section 18.14.  Page Accounting with CUPS
				Section 18.15.  Additional Material
				Section 18.16.  Auto-Deletion or Preservation of CUPS Spool Files
				Section 18.17.  Printing from CUPS to Windows Attached Printers
				Section 18.18.  More CUPS-Filtering Chains
				Section 18.19.  Common Errors
				Section 18.20.  Overview of the CUPS Printing Processes
			Chapter 19.  Stackable VFS Modules
				Section 19.1.  Features and Benefits
				Section 19.2.  Discussion
				Section 19.3.  Included Modules
				Section 19.4.  VFS Modules Available Elsewhere
			Chapter 20.  Winbind: Use of Domain Accounts
				Section 20.1.  Features and Benefits
				Section 20.2.  Introduction
				Section 20.3.  What Winbind Provides
				Section 20.4.  How Winbind Works
				Section 20.5.  Installation and Configuration
				Section 20.6.  Conclusion
				Section 20.7.  Common Errors
			Chapter 21.  Advanced Network Management
				Section 21.1.  Features and Benefits
				Section 21.2.  Remote Server Administration
				Section 21.3.  Remote Desktop Management
				Section 21.4.  Network Logon Script Magic
			Chapter 22.  System and Account Policies
				Section 22.1.  Features and Benefits
				Section 22.2.  Creating and Managing System Policies
				Section 22.3.  Managing Account/User Policies
				Section 22.4.  Management Tools
				Section 22.5.  System Startup and Logon Processing Overview
				Section 22.6.  Common Errors
			Chapter 23.  Desktop Profile Management
				Section 23.1.  Features and Benefits
				Section 23.2.  Roaming Profiles
				Section 23.3.  Mandatory Profiles
				Section 23.4.  Creating and Managing Group Profiles
				Section 23.5.  Default Profile for Windows Users
				Section 23.6.  Common Errors
			Chapter 24.  Pam-Based Distributed Authentication
				Section 24.1.  Features and Benefits
				Section 24.2.  Technical Discussion
				Section 24.3.  Common Errors
			Chapter 25.  Integrating MS Windows Networks With Samba
				Section 25.1.  Features and Benefits
				Section 25.2.  Background Information
				Section 25.3.  Name Resolution in a Pure UNIX/Linux World
				Section 25.4.  Name Resolution as Used within MS Windows Networking
				Section 25.5.  Common Errors
			Chapter 26.  Unicode/Charsets
				Section 26.1.  Features and Benefits
				Section 26.2.  What Are Charsets and Unicode?
				Section 26.3.  Samba and Charsets
				Section 26.4.  Conversion from Old Names
				Section 26.5.  Common Errors
			Chapter 27.  Backup Techniques
				Section 27.1.  Features and Benefits
				Section 27.2.  Discussion of Backup Solutions
			Chapter 28.  High Availability
				Section 28.1.  Features and Benefits
				Section 28.2.  Technical Discussion
		Part IV:  Migration and Updating
			Chapter 29.  Upgrading From Samba-2.X to Samba-3.0.0
				Section 29.1.  Quick Migration Guide
				Section 29.2.  New Features in Samba-3
				Section 29.3.  Configuration Parameter Changes
				Section 29.4.  New Functionality
			Chapter 30.  Migration From NT4 PDC to Samba-3 PDC
				Section 30.1.  Planning and Getting Started
				Section 30.2.  Migration Options
			Chapter 31.  SWAT The Samba Web Administration Tool
				Section 31.1.  Features and Benefits
				Section 31.2.  Guidelines and Technical Tips
				Section 31.3.  Overview and Quick Tour
				Section 31.4.  SWAT View Page Displays Incorrectly
		Part V:  Troubleshooting
			Chapter 32.  The Samba Checklist
				Section 32.1.  Introduction
				Section 32.2.  Assumptions
				Section 32.3.  The Tests
			Chapter 33.  Analyzing and Solving Samba Problems
				Section 33.1.  Diagnostics Tools
				Section 33.2.  Useful URLs
				Section 33.3.  Getting Mailing List Help
				Section 33.4.  How to Get Off the Mailing Lists
			Chapter 34.  Reporting Bugs
				Section 34.1.  Introduction
				Section 34.2.  General Information
				Section 34.3.  Debug Levels
				Section 34.4.  Internal Errors
				Section 34.5.  Attaching to a Running Process
				Section 34.6.  Patches
		Part VI:  Appendixes
			Chapter 35.  How to Compile Samba
				Section 35.1.  Access Samba Source Code via CVS
				Section 35.2.  Accessing the Samba Sources via rsync and ftp
				Section 35.3.  Verifying Samba's PGP Signature
				Section 35.4.  Building the Binaries
				Section 35.5.  Starting the smbd and nmbd
			Chapter 36.  Portability
				Section 36.1.  HPUX
				Section 36.2.  SCO UNIX
				Section 36.3.  DNIX
				Section 36.4.  Red Hat Linux
				Section 36.5.  AIX
				Section 36.6.  Solaris
			Chapter 37.  Samba and Other CIFS Clients
				Section 37.1.  Macintosh Clients
				Section 37.2.  OS2 Client
				Section 37.3.  Windows for Workgroups
				Section 37.4.  Windows 95/98
				Section 37.5.  Windows 2000 Service Pack 2
				Section 37.6.  Windows NT 3.1
			Chapter 38.  Samba Performance Tuning
				Section 38.1.  Comparisons
				Section 38.2.  Socket Options
				Section 38.3.  Read Size
				Section 38.4.  Max Xmit
				Section 38.5.  Log Level
				Section 38.6.  Read Raw
				Section 38.7.  Write Raw
				Section 38.8.  Slow Logins
				Section 38.9.  Client Tuning
				Section 38.10.  Samba Performance Problem Due to Changing Linux Kernel
				Section 38.11.  Corrupt tdb Files
				Section 38.12.  Samba Performance is Very Slow
			Chapter 39.  DNS and DHCP Configuration Guide
				Section 39.1.  Features and Benefits
				Section 39.2.  Example Configuration
			Appendix A.  Manual Pages
				Section A.1.  smb.conf
				Section A.2.  nmblookup
				Section A.3.  rpcclient
				Section A.4.  smbcacls
				Section A.5.  smbclient
				Section A.6.  net
				Section A.7.  nmbd
				Section A.8.  pdbedit
				Section A.9.  smbcquotas
				Section A.10.  smbd
				Section A.11.  smbpasswd
				Section A.12.  smbpasswd
				Section A.13.  smbstatus
				Section A.14.  smbtree
				Section A.15.  testparm
				Section A.16.  wbinfo
				Section A.17.  winbindd
			Appendix B.  The GNU General Public License
				Preamble
				Terms and Conditions for Copying, Distribution and Modification
				No Warranty
				End of Terms and Conditions
			Glossary