Windows NT and UNIX Integration [Textbook Binding]

Gene Henriksen (Author)

Book Description

Series: Windows Nt Technical Library | Publication Date: May 1998

This work offers a look at the issues and problems facing those who combine NT and UNIX components in the same network. The book begins with a primer on both NT and UNIX, followed by a discussion of networking issues. The critical issues related to file sharing are then explored. Proven solutions to the problems related to printing in an integrated environment are demonstated. Finally, third-party tools are discussed, and their relative value and uses explored.

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Amazon.com Review

Windows NT and UNIX Integration explains how to combine the two systems to inter-operate on a common network. If you want to configure Windows NT machines to recognize a printer connected to a Unix box, this book will solve your problem. If you want a Unix machine to retrieve files from a Windows NT computer, it will illustrate that solution as well. Henriksen tells how to get the two operating systems to cooperate to a practical degree.

In addition to the chapters on file and printer sharing, the author details basic administrative tasks in each of the two environments. Henriksen explores the similarities and differences among different Unix flavors when it comes to connecting them to Windows NT machines. Linux, SCO Unix, and Solaris receive special attention, in addition to general Unix coverage.

If you're a long-time Unix or Windows NT user and need to learn the basics of the other system, this book can get you started. Naturally, more complete references for both Unix and Windows NT exist, but the material here serves as a nice complement to the inter-operability passages. --David Wall

Product Details

• Textbook Binding: 350 pages
• Publisher: Macmillan Technical Pub (May 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1578700485
• ISBN-13: 978-1578700486
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,620,945 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Avoid this book : too little , no linux , too proprietary, August 13, 2000

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israel thomas (sydney australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Windows NT and UNIX Integration (Textbook Binding)

This book is best avoided.

Around 1/3rd of the book is elementary introductory stuff about NT and Unix. The rest is about proprietary versions of Unix and various items of commercial software. The author is employed by SCO and SCO products feature very very very very prominently in this poor excuse for a book. It also shows you pretty pictures of Hummingbird Exceed. It has a worthless discussion of the X Windowing system at a level that moved me to tears of disgust.

Amazingly, Linux has just a few lines. Samba has about one page.

This book is outdated and not worth the shelf space. Save your money.Stick to O'Reilley books. If you absolutely have to read this wretched book, borrow it from some university library.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Short, Incomplete Reference, October 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Windows NT and UNIX Integration (Textbook Binding)

This is one of three books on Windows NT and UNIX integration I now own. While the book did provide base level information, it was simply incomplete. Better books exist on the topic. Skip this one.

1.0 out of 5 stars Outdated..., March 27, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Windows NT and UNIX Integration (Textbook Binding)

Does not have enought on Linux or NetBSD or FreeBSD.