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Windows and Linux Network Integration: Hands-On Solutions for a Mixed Environment
Read an excerpt:
Chapter 5: Printer Sharing between Windows and Linux
Excerpt provided courtesy of Sybex Inc.
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WHY NOT HAVE THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS?
• Don't Just Cope With Your Mixed-Environment Problems- Solve Them
• Maximize Productivity and Lower Costs by Strategically Combining the Strengths
of Linux and Windows
• Leverage Windows Resources from Linux, and Linux Resources from Windows
• Meet All Your Remote and Terminal Connection Challenges with the Right
Solutions
For all those who talk of a war between Windows and Linux, there are others
-like yourself - who ask, "Can't we all just work together?" As Windows
& Linux Integration demonstrates, it's possible, and a lot easier than you
think.
It doesn't matter whether you know Windows better than Linux or vice versa.
This book shows you how to make the most of Linux in a Windows environment,
and the most of Windows in a Linux environment. Written by two industry-recognized
experts, one from the Windows world, one from the Linux world, they will guide
you with practical, hands-on instruction and detailed examples that show you
how to get the job done. Coverage includes:
• Welcoming Linux clients and servers into an existing Windows Active Directory
• Integrating Windows clients into existing Linux directory services
• Making Windows printers available to Linux clients-and vice versa
• Integrating and unifying email services for Linux and Windows clients
• Using Linux as a spam- and virus-killing machine to reduce Exchange's workload
• Running Windows applications on Linux with VMware, WINE, Bochs, coLinux, and
CrossOver Office
• Using open-source porting projects to run Linux applications in Windows
• Integrating Linux DNS with Active Directory
• Creating web applications that work flawlessly on Linux and Windows clients
• Setting up a universal locator service for finding files on Windows and Linux
machines
• Creating cross-platform, multi-user terminal servers using Windows and Linux
servers for Linux and Windows clients
• Remotely controlling Windows machines from Linux machines-and vice-versa
About the Authors
Jeremy Moskowitz (MVP, MCSE) is founder of Moskowitz, Inc. (www.Moskowitz-inc.com),
a provider of consulting and training services for Windows and Linux. He is
the author of Group Policy, Profiles and IntelliMirror, also from Sybex, and
a contributor to REDMOND Magazine, Windows IT Pro, TechNet Magazine, Linux Magazine,
and TechTarget.com.
Tom Boutell is president of Boutell.Com, Inc., a software development, consulting,
and web hosting firm with a Linux and cross-platform focus. Tom is the author
of the open-source gd library, a basic building block of many well-known open-source
software packages. He is also the author of CGI Programming in C and Perl and
the original World Wide Web FAQ.
Jeremy and Tom manage www.WinLinAnswers.com, where you can get answers to your
toughest Windows/Linux integration questions.
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