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SearchOpenSource: Managing Samba: Configuration for Remote Management, Part One

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 21, 2005

[ Thanks to Peter Parker for this
link. ]

“Samba is the bridge between Linux and Microsoft worlds. Samba-3
can help administrators create transparent interoperability of
Microsoft Windows client with a Unix or Linux server environment.
Even so, seamless interoperability is not easy to achieve, but
mastering some Samba configuration tasks helps. So, let’s get
started with this tutorial on smb.conf.

“Use the configuration parameters in the Samba smb.conf
configuration control file to permit the transparent management of
Samba using tools that are native to the Microsoft Windows
environment…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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