Chapter 14. Samba

Chapter 14. Samba

14.1. Introduction to Samba
14.1.1. Samba Features
14.2. Samba Daemons and Related Services
14.2.1. Daemon Overview
14.2.2. Starting and Stopping Samba
14.3. Samba Server Types and the smb.conf File
14.3.1. Stand-alone Server
14.3.2. Domain Member Server
14.3.3. Domain Controller
14.4. Samba Security Modes
14.4.1. User-Level Security
14.4.2. Share-Level Security
14.4.3. Domain Security Mode (User-Level Security)
14.4.4. Active Directory Security Mode (User-Level Security)
14.4.5. Server Security Mode (User-Level Security)
14.5. Samba Account Information Databases
14.5.1. Backward Compatible Backends
14.5.2. New Backends
14.6. Samba Network Browsing
14.6.1. Workgroup Browsing
14.6.2. Domain Browsing
14.6.3. WINS (Windows Internetworking Name Server)
14.7. Samba with CUPS Printing Support
14.7.1. Simple smb.conf Settings
14.8. Samba Distribution Programs
14.8.1. findsmb
14.8.2. make_smbcodepage
14.8.3. make_unicodemap
14.8.4. net
14.8.5. nmblookup
14.8.6. pdbedit
14.8.7. rpcclient
14.8.8. smbcacls
14.8.9. smbclient
14.8.10. smbcontrol
14.8.11. smbgroupedit
14.8.12. smbmount
14.8.13. smbpasswd
14.8.14. smbspool
14.8.15. smbstatus
14.8.16. smbtar
14.8.17. testparm
14.8.18. testprns
14.8.19. wbinfo
14.9. Additional Resources
14.9.1. Installed Documentation
14.9.2. Red Hat Documentation
14.9.3. Related Books
14.9.4. Useful Websites

Samba is an open source implementation of the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol. It allows the networking of Microsoft Windows®, Linux, UNIX, and other operating systems together, enabling access to Windows-based file and printer shares. Samba's use of SMB allows it to appear as a Windows server to Windows clients.


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