Additional Resources

For more detailed information, and for configuration options not covered here, refer to the following resources.

Installed Documentation

• smb.conf man page — explains how to configure the Samba configuration file

• smbd man page — describes how the Samba daemon works

• /usr/share/doc/samba-version-number/docs/ — HTML and text help files included with the Samba package

• The man pages for nfsd, mountd, exports, auto.master, and autofs (in manual sections 5 and 8) — These man pages show the correct syntax for the NFS and autofs configuration files.

Useful Websites

• http://www.samba.org — The Samba Web page contains useful documentation, information about mailing lists, and a list of GUIs.

• http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/NFS-HOWTO/index.html — The Linux NFS-HOWTO from the Linux Documentation Project.

Related Books

• Managing NFS and NIS Services by Hal Stern (O’Reilly & Associates, Inc.)