The Official Samba-3 HOWTO & reference guide, (2nd Ed.)

Fully Updated to Reflect Major Improvements and Configuration Changes in Samba-3.0.11 through 3.0.20+! You've deployed Samba: Now get the most out of it with today's definitive guide to maximizing Samba performance, stability, reliability, and power in your production environment. Direct from members of the Samba Team, The Official Samba-3 HOWTO and Reference Guide, Second Edition, offers the most systematic and authoritative coverage of Samba's advanced features and capabilities. It has been extensively updated to reflect major improvements in the Samba-3.0 series of releases and additional performance enhancements in Samba-3.0.20 and later. Use this book to go far beyond basic deployment, leveraging all of Samba's components, from directory services to remote administration. Use it to find practical optimization techniques for any environment, from the workgroup to the enterprise. Use it to find detailed guidance and best practices for troubleshooting and problem solving. And, if your background is in Windows networking, use this book to get up to speed rapidly with Samba network administration in Linux/UNIX environments.

List of Examples. List of Figures. List of Tables. Foreword. Preface. Introduction. I. GENERAL INSTALLATION: PREPARING SAMBA FOR CONFIGURATION. 1. How to Install and Test Samba. 1.1 Obtaining and Installing Samba 1.2 Configuring Samba (smb.conf) 1.3 List Shares Available on the Server 1.4 Connect with a UNIX Client 1.5 Connect from a Remote SMB Client 1.6 Common Errors 2. Fast Start: Cure for Impatience. 2.1 Features and Benefits 2.2 Description of Example Sites 2.3 Worked Examples II. SERVER CONFIGURATION BASICS: FIRST STEPS IN SERVER CONFIGURATION. 3. Server Types and Security Modes. 3.1 Features and Benefits 3.2 Server Types 3.3 Samba Security Modes 3.4 Password Checking 3.5 Common Errors 4. Domain Control. 4.1 Features and Benefits 4.2 Single Sign-On and Domain Security 4.3 Basics of Domain Control 4.4 Domain Control: Example Configuration 4.5 Samba ADS Domain Control 4.6 Domain and Network Logon Configuration 4.7 Common Errors 5. Backup Domain Control. 5.1 Features and Benefits 5.2 Essential Background Information 5.3 Backup Domain Controller Configuration 5.4 Common Errors 6. Domain Membership. 6.1 Features and Benefits 6.2 MS Windows Workstation/Server Machine Trust Accounts 6.3 Domain Member Server 6.4 Samba ADS Domain Membership 6.5 Sharing User ID Mappings between Samba Domain Members 6.6 Common Errors 7. Standalone Servers. 7.1 Features and Benefits 7.2 Background 7.3 Example Configuration 7.4 Common Errors 8. MS Windows Network Configuration Guide. 8.1 Features and Benefits 8.2 Technical Details 8.3 Common Errors III. ADVANCED CONFIGURATION: VALUABLE NUTS AND BOLTS INFORMATION. 9. Network Browsing. 9.1 Features and Benefits 9.2 What Is Browsing? 9.3 Discussion 9.4 How Browsing Functions 9.5 WINS: The Windows Internetworking Name Server 9.6 Helpful Hints 9.7 Technical Overview of Browsing 9.8 Common Errors 10. Account Information Databases. 10.1 Features and Benefits 10.2 Technical Information 10.3 Account Management Tools 10.4 Password Backends 10.5 Common Errors 11. Group Mapping: MS Windows and Unix. 11.1 Features and Benefits 11.2 Discussion 11.3 Configuration Scripts 11.4 Common Errors 12. Remote and Local Management: the net Command. 12.1 Overview 12.2 Administrative Tasks and Methods 12.3 UNIX and Windows Group Management 12.4 UNIX and Windows User Management 12.5 Administering User Rights and Privileges 12.6 Managing Trust Relationships 12.7 Managing Security Identifiers (SIDS) 12.8 Share Management 12.9 Controlling Open Files 12.10 Session and Connection Management 12.11 Printers and ADS 12.12 Manipulating the Samba Cache 12.13 Other Miscellaneous Operations 13. Identity Mapping (IDMAP). 13.1 Samba Server Deployment Types and IDMAP 13.2 Examples of IDMAP Backend Usage 14. User Rights and Privileges. 14.1 Rights Management Capabilities 14.2 The Administrator Domain SID 14.3 Common Errors 15. File, Directory, and Share Access Controls. 15.1 Features and Benefits 15.2 File System Access Controls 15.3 Share Definition Access Controls 15.4 Access Controls on Shares 15.5 MS Windows Access Control Lists and UNIX Interoperability 15.6 Common Errors 16. File and Record Locking. 16.1 Features and Benefits 16.2 Discussion 16.3 Samba Oplocks Control 16.4 MS Windows Oplocks and Caching Controls 16.5 Persistent Data Corruption 16.6 Common Errors 16.7 Additional Reading 17. Securint Samba. 17.1 Introduction 17.2 Features and Benefits 17.3 Technical Discussion of Protective Measures and Issues 17.4 Upgrading Samba 17.5 Common Errors 18. Interdomain Trust Relationships. 18.1 Features and Benefits 18.2 Trust Relationship Background 18.3 Native MS Windows NT4 Trusts Configuration 18.4 Configuring Samba NT-Style Domain Trusts 18.5 NT4-Style Domain Trusts with Windows 2000 18.6 Common Errors 19. Hosting a Microsoft Distributed File System Tree. 19.1 Features and Benefits 19.2 Common Errors 20. Classical Printing Support. 20.1 Features and Benefits 20.2 Technical Introduction 20.3 Simple Print Configuration 20.4 Extended Printing Configuration 20.5 Printing Developments Since Samba-2.2 20.6 Installing Drivers into [print$] 20.7 Client Driver Installation Procedure 20.8 Other Gotchas 20.9 The Imprints Toolset 20.10 Adding Network Printers without User Interaction 20.11 The addprinter Command 20.12 Migration of Classical Printing to Samba 20.13 Publishing Printer Information in Active Directory or LDAP 20.14 Common Errors 21. CUPS Printing Support. 21.1 Introduction 21.2 Basic CUPS Support Configuration 21.3 Advanced Configuration 21.4 Advanced Intelligent Printing with PostScript Driver Download 21.5 The CUPS Filtering Architecture 21.6 Network Printing (Purely Windows) 21.7 Network Printing (Windows Clients and UNIX/Samba Print Servers) 21.8 Network PostScript RIP 21.9 Windows Terminal Servers (WTS) as CUPS Clients 21.10 Configuring CUPS for Driver Download 21.11 Installing PostScript Driver Files Manually Using rpcclient 21.12 The Printing .tdb Files 21.13 CUPS Print Drivers from Linuxprinting.org 21.14 Page Accounting with CUPS 21.15 Additional Material 21.16 Autodeletion or Preservation of CUPS Spool Files 21.17 Printing from CUPS to Windows-Attached Printers 21.18 More CUPS Filtering Chains 21.19 Common Errors 21.20 Overview of the CUPS Printing Processes 22. Stackable VFS Modules. 22.1 Features and Benefits 22.2 Discussion 22.3 Included Modules 22.4 VFS Modules Available Elsewhere 23. Winbind: Use of Domain Accounts. 23.1 Features and Benefits 23.2 Introduction 23.3 What Winbind Provides 23.4 How Winbind Works 23.5 Installation and Configuration 23.6 Conclusion 23.7 Common Errors 24. Advanced Network Management. 24.1 Features and Benefits 24.2 Remote Server Administration 24.3 Remote Desktop Management 24.4 Network Logon Script Magic 25. System and Account Policies. 25.1 Features and Benefits 25.2 Creating and Managing System Policies 25.3 Managing Account/User Policies 25.4 Management Tools 25.5 System Startup and Logon Processing Overview 25.6 Common Errors 26. Desktop Profile Management. 26.1 Features and Benefits 26.2 Roaming Profiles 26.3 Mandatory Profiles 26.4 Creating and Managing Group Profiles 26.5 Default Profile for Windows