Using Samba, 3rd Edition
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This book is the comprehensive guide to Samba administration, officially adopted
by the Samba Team. Wondering how to integrate Samba's authentication with that
of a Windows domain? How to get Samba to serve Microsoft Dfs shares? How to
share files on Mac OS X? These and a dozen other issues of interest to system
administrators are covered. A whole chapter is dedicated to troubleshooting!
The range of this book knows few bounds. Using Samba takes you from basic installation
and configuration -- on both the client and server side, for a wide range of
systems -- to subtle details of security, cross-platform compatibility, and
resource discovery that make the difference between whether users see the folder
they expect or a cryptic error message.
The current edition covers such advanced 3.x features as:
- Integration with Active Directory and OpenLDAP
- Migrating from Windows NT 4.0 domains to Samba
- Delegating administrative tasks to non-root users
- Central printer management
- Advanced file serving features, such as making use of Virtual File System
(VFS) plugins.
Samba is a cross-platform triumph: robust, flexible and fast, it turns a Unix
or Linux system into a file and print server for Microsoft Windows network clients.
This book will help you make your file and print sharing as powerful and efficient
as possible. The authors delve into the internals of the Windows activities
and protocols to an unprecedented degree, explaining the strengths and weaknesses
of each feature in Windows domains and in Samba itself.
Whether you're playing on your personal computer or an enterprise network,
on one note or a full three-octave range, Using Samba will give you
an efficient and secure server.
Table of Contents
Preface
1. An Introduction to Samba
What Is Samba?
What Can Samba Do for Me?
The Common Internet File System
Connecting to a CIFS File Share
Browsing
Authentication: Peer-to-Peer Versus Domains
What's in Samba 3.0?
Future Research in Samba 4.0
What Can Samba Do?
An Overview of the Samba Distribution
How Can I Get Samba?
2. Installing Samba on a Unix System
Binary Packages
Compiling from Source
Compiling and Installing Samba
Enabling the Samba Web Administration Tool (SWAT)
A Basic Samba Configuration File
Firewall Configuration
Starting the Samba Daemons
3. Configuring Windows Clients
Windows Networking Concepts
Windows Setup
4. The Samba Configuration File
Basic Syntax and Rules
Special Sections
Configuration File Options
Basic Server Configuration
Disk Share Configuration
Networking Options with Samba
Virtual Servers
Logging Configuration Options
5. Accounts, Authentication, and Authorization
Security Modes
User Management
Group Mapping
User Privilege Management
Controlling Authorization for File Shares
6. Advanced Disk Shares
Special Share Names
Filesystem Differences
Access Control Lists
Microsoft Distributed File Systems
Virtual File Systems
Executing Server Scripts
7. Printing
Print Shares
A Usable Print Share
Samba and CUPS
The [printers] Service
Enabling SMB Printer Sharing in OS X
Creating a PDF Printer
Managing Windows Print Drivers
Printers and Security
Disabling Point and Print
Printing, Queue Lists, and tdb Files
Printing to Windows Printers
Printing Parameters
8. Name Resolution and Network Browsing
Name Resolution
Network Browsing
9. Domain Controllers
Samba Domains: NT 4.0 or Active Directory?
Configuring a Samba PDC
Configuring a Samba BDC
passdb Recommendations
Migrating an NT 4.0 Domain to Samba
Domain Trusts
Remote Server Management
10. Domain Member Servers
Joining a Domain
Domain and ADS Security Modes
Matching Domain Users to Local Accounts
Winbind
Additional Winbind Features
11. Unix Clients
The Linux CIFS Filesystem
FreeBSD's smbfs
Mac OS X
smbclient
Remote Administration with net
12. Troubleshooting Samba
The Tool Box
Samba Logs
Unix Utilities
The Fault Tree
Troubleshooting Browsing
Troubleshooting Name Services
Troubleshooting Network Addresses
Troubleshooting NetBIOS Names
Extra Resources
A. Summary of Samba Daemons and Commands
B. Downloading Samba with Subversion
C. Configure Options
Index
About the Authors
Gerald (Jerry) Carter received his Masters degree in Computer Science
from Auburn University, where he continues to pursue his PhD. He has been a
member of the SAMBA development Team since 1998 and his involvement with UNIX
systems and network administration of UNIX began in 1995. Jerry currently works
for HP, working on embedded printing appliances. He has published articles with
various web-based magazines and teaches instructional courses as a consultant
for several companies and conferences. Gerald has also written books for SAMS
Publishing. His web site is http://www.plainjoe.org/.
Jay Ts is a system administrator and programmer with many years of experience
working with several versions of Unix and other operating systems. Nowadays
he works as an independent consultant out of his home in Sedona, Arizona. When
he is not busy reading the Samba mailing lists and learning about new computer
technology, Jay might be analyzing stock market behavior, meditating, playing
around in his recording studio, or hiking in the wilderness near his home.
Robert Eckstein, an editor at O'Reilly, works mostly on Java books (notably
Java Swing) and is also responsible for the XML Pocket Reference and Webmaster
in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition. In his spare time he has been known to provide online
coverage for popular conferences. He also writes articles for JavaWorld magazine.
Robert holds bachelor's degrees in computer science and communications from
Trinity University. In the past, he has worked for the USAA insurance company
and more recently spent four years with Motorola's cellular software division.
He is the co-author of Using Samba.
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