This book is primarily intended for Unix administrators who need to support Windows clients on their network, as well as anyone who needs to access the resources of a Windows network environment from a Unix client. While we assume you are familiar with basic Unix system administration, we do not assume you are a networking expert. We do our best along the way to help out with unusual definitions and terms. Furthermore, we don't assume that you are an expert in Microsoft Windows. We carefully explain all the essential concepts related to Windows networking, and we go through the Windows side of the installation task in considerable detail, providing examples for both Windows 95/98/Me and Windows NT/2000/XP, which are significantly different. For the Unix side, we give examples that work with common Unix operating systems, such as Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, and Mac OS X. |