[...]... book into your product’s documentation does require permission We appreciate, but do not require, attribution An attribution usually includes the title, author, publisher, and ISBN For example: Using Samba, Third Edition, by Gerald Carter, Jay Ts, and Robert Eckstein Copyright 2007 O’Reilly Media, Inc., 978-0-59600769-0.” If you feel your use of code examples falls outside fair use of the permission given... chapters, and find quick answers when you need the most accurate, current information Try it for free at http://safari.oreilly.com Acknowledgments We would like to thank our technical reviewers on the third edition, David CollierBrown, Deryck Hodge, Jim McDonough, Judith Myerson, and Bruno Gomes Pessanha Their comments, corrections, and advice were invaluable in putting this book together David Brickner... Chapter 1: An Introduction to Samba Datagrams and Sessions NBT offers two transport services: the session service and the datagram service Understanding how these two services work is not essential to using Samba, but it does give you an idea of how NBT works and how to troubleshoot Samba when it doesn’t work The datagram service has no stable connection between computers Packets of data are simply sent... already resolved the server’s name, SAM, to an IP address using either DNS or the NetBIOS mechanisms discussed earlier Be aware that the steps to connect to a file or printer share are not always the same, because CIFS supports multiple authentication types and models For now however, just focus on the scenario of an individual connecting to a share using a login name and password for the session credentials... italic Replaceable content in code and command-line information This format designates a note, which is an important aside to the nearby text This format designates a warning related to the nearby text Using Code Examples This book is here to help you get your job done In general, you may use the code in this book in your programs and documentation You do not need to contact us for permission unless... complex interopability problems faced by environments composed of Macintosh, Microsoft, and Unix (or Unix-like) systems If we had to come up with a one-line executive summary to justify the existence of Samba, we would say, “Samba is a software suite that allows a Unix-based system to appear and function as a Microsoft Windows server when viewed by other systems on a network.” There are many components... want to integrate Unix and Windows authentication, maintaining a single database of user accounts that works with both systems • You want to network Unix, Windows, Macintosh (OS X), and other systems using a single protocol Let’s take a quick tour of Samba in action Imagine the following basic network configuration: a Samba-enabled Unix system, to which we will assign the name RAIN, and a pair of Windows... list of its shares—the file and printer resources—that the computer provides In this case, a printer named inkprint and a disk share named documents are on the server, as shown in Figure 1-3 Thanks to Samba, Windows sees the Unix server as a valid CIFS server and clients are able to access the documents folder as if it were just another directory on a local disk Note that Windows displays the names... points to a remote directory or printer, combine the server (\\RAIN) and share name (documents) to form a Universal 4 | Chapter 1: An Introduction to Samba Figure 1-2 Viewing the members of a workgroup using My Network Places on a Windows client Naming Convention (UNC) path (\\RAIN\documents) There are several methods of creating such a connection One that works across almost all Windows operating systems... shared printers Merely by double-clicking on the printer, the client downloads the necessary files from the server and creates a usable printer connection An application can then access the print share using the same mechanisms as it would for a local printer Figure 1-5 display a printer connection to \\RAIN\inkprint along with a local printer named HP LaserJet Again, note the pipeline attachment below . Using Samba THIRD EDITION Gerald Carter, Jay Ts, and Robert Eckstein Beijing • Cambridge • Farnham • Köln • Paris • Sebastopol • Taipei • Tokyo Using Samba,. Jessamyn Read Printing History: January 2000: First Edition. February 2003: Second Edition. January 2007: Third Edition. Nutshell Handbook, the Nutshell Handbook