Samba for Dummies (With CD-ROM) [Paperback]

George D. Haberberger (Author), Lisa Doyle (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0764507125 | ISBN-13: 978-0764507120 | Publication Date: January 15, 2000 | Edition: 1st

Samba is the increasingly popular software suite that provides a seamless link between Microsoft Windows and UNIX or Linux. This friendly guide shows administrators how to use Samba to share files, printers, and other devices over a mixed-platform network--without installing new software on the Windows clients. The CD-ROM includes the newest version of Samba.

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From the Back Cover

Includes Samba 2.0.6 on CD-ROM!

Your first aid kit^® for sharing printers, files, and more!

Find out how to connect a Linux-based server to one or more Windows^® clients Want to provide easy access to all the resources on your Linux-or UNIX-based network without purchasing expensive server software? This friendly guide can help you use Samba's free, open-source software to bring all sorts of network services to your Windows clients. all this on the bonus CD-ROM Samba 2.0.6 for Red Hat Linux, Slackware, SuSE Linux, and more SMBEdit, for administering Samba on Windows 95 and 98 Linuxconf for Samba and administrative tasks on the Samba server Webmin v0.71, for administering Samba and Linux/UNIX functions Requires Linux compatible PC with CD-ROM. See About the CD-ROM for further requirements and details.

Discover how to: Install Samba the easy way Set up a simple network in your home or business Get low-cost or free software Share printers, files, or backup devices Automate your server maintenance

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About the Author

George Haberberger has extensive experience providing technical, administrative, and customer support for UNIX-and Linux-based systems. Lisa Doyle, who has worked with NASA and several software companies, is a technical editor and writer.

Product Details

• Paperback: 379 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; 1st edition (January 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764507125
• ISBN-13: 978-0764507120
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,741,510 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #38 in Books > Computers & Technology > Microsoft > Web Publishing

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Just what you need...not what you don't, October 19, 2000

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Frank Roderus (Lutz, FL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Samba for Dummies (With CD-ROM) (Paperback)

I have not had great success with the "For Dummies" series in the past, but this one is well done. It covers all of the most needed setting in the smb.conf file and explains in depth how to use graphical tools to configure it. I got a good bit out of it and now have my windows and Linux network up and running. Good book...recommended for beginners and impatient people like me.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not for beginning Home Networks, May 9, 2001

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C. Berger (North Canton, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samba for Dummies (With CD-ROM) (Paperback)

If you want a book to walk you thru setting up a simple Samba file server for a basic network with a couple of Windows clients this ain't the one. Jumps around and assumes you're real proficient with Linux and glosses over the many errors that occur when first setting up the network. Kind of like a Microsoft text that assumes that everything works beautifully as you follow the step by step guide. I got to page 39 before everything just failed.Then off to the newsgroups.If you're a relative beginner shop carefully for the text you need.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Answers all questions, February 11, 2001

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Chris Parks - See all my reviews

This review is from: Samba for Dummies (With CD-ROM) (Paperback)

This book got my Samba server up and running in no time. First, I followed every instruction I could find on the internet with no luck. I would always hit some glitch with no answer how to get around it. This book had the answer for every problem I encountered.