Table of Contents

Preface; Part I. Linux's Place in a Windows Network; 1. Linux's Features; Where Linux Fits in a Network; Linux as a Server Linux on the Desktop; Comparing Linux and Windows Features 2. Linux Deployment Strategies; Linux Server Options; Linux Desktop Migration; Linux and Thin Clients; Part II. Sharing Files and Printers; 3. Basic Samba Configuration; Installing Samba The Samba Configuration File Format; Identifying the Server Setting Master Browser Options; Setting Password Options; 4. File and Printer Shares; Common File Share Options; Printing with CUPS Creating a Printer Share; Delivering Printer Drivers to Windows Clients; Example Shares; 5. Managing a NetBIOS Network with Samba Enabling Domain Controller Functions; Enabling NBNS Functions Assuming Master Browser Duties; 6. Linux as an SMB/CIFS Client Using NetBIOS Name Resolution; Accessing File Shares; Printing to Printer Shares; Configuring GUI Workgroup Browsers; Part III. Centralized Authentication Tools; 7. Using NT Domains for Linux Authentication; The Principles Behind Winbind; Samba Winbind Configuration; PAM and NSS Winbind Options; Winbind in Action 8. Using LDAP; The Principles Behind LDAP; Configuring an OpenLDAP Server Creating a User Directory; Configuring Linux to Use LDAP for Login Authentication; Configuring Windows to Use LDAP for Login Authentication; 9. Kerberos Configuration and Use Kerberos Fundamentals; Linux Kerberos Server Configuration; Kerberos Application Server Configuration; Linux Kerberos Client; Configuration; Windows Kerberos Tools; Part IV. Remote Login Tools; 10. Remote Text-Mode Administration and Use; What Can Text-Mode Logins Do?; SSH Server Configuration; Telnet Server Configuration; Windows Remote-Login Tools; 11. Running GUI Programs Remotely; What Can GUI Logins Do?; Using Remote X Access Encrypting X by SSH Tunneling; VNC Configuration and Use; ; Running Windows Programs from Linux; 12. Linux Thin Client Configurations; The Role of Thin Client Computing; Hardware Requirements; Linux as a Server for Thin Clients; Linux as a Thin Client; Part V. Additional Server Programs; 13. Configuring Mail Servers; Linux Mail Server Options; Configuring Sendmail Configuring Postfix; Configuring POP and IMAP Servers Scanning for Spam, Worms, and Viruses; Supplementing a Microsoft Exchange Server Using Fetchmail; 14. Network Backups; Backup Strategies Backing Up the Linux System; Backing Up with Samba Backing Up with AMANDA 15. Managing a Network with Linux; Delivering IP Addresses with DHCP; Delivering Names with DNS Keeping Clocks Synchronized with NTP Part VI. Appendixes; A. Configuring PAM; B. Linux on the Desktop Index

About the Author

Roderick W. Smith is a well-known system administrator with a monthly Linux Magazine column and several highly respected books, including Advanced Linux Networking and Linux Power Tools.

Reviews

"This is definitely one of those "jump up and down" books. A number of books on "Linux-Windows integration" have appeared in the last few years, but none have impressed me as much as Linux in a Windows World...O'Reilly has another winner with this one." - James Mohr, - Linux Magazine, July 2005 "A word on the last appendix. If you are a UNIX admin that has always viewed PAM with a mixture of awe and terror, buy the book simply for this appendix. It explains PAM simply, directly and with no fuss whatsoever. This is a truly marvellous reference on PAM and I would be happy to shell out (pardon the pun) the entire price of the book for this appendix alone! Thank you Mr. Smith for an excellent all-rounder. I feel that this is a book pitched just right to help Windows admin to take their first steps into a Linux world, and to help Linux admin overcome their suspicions of Windows. After all, in today's service-dominated society, our users want more and better service. This book should help achieve that." - Steven Ashley Woltering, Ping, March 2006