Linux and Windows Integration with Samba

Duration: 2 Days

Prerequisites: Linux System and Network Administration courses or have equivalent (approximately two years) experience working with Linux and Windows administration. Familiarity with networking concepts and TCP/IP.

Overview: This course teaches system administrators how to use Samba to integrate Linux and Windows systems in order to share file and print services.

Introducing Samba

What Samba Does
Samba and Netbios
SMB Protocol Overview
Security
Samba Components
Controlling Samba
Samba Logs

Samba Configuration

Configuring Samba
Defining Shares
Samba Automation.

Locating and Accessing Shares
Configuring File Shares
Restricting Access to Shares
Linux Filesystem Permissions
Username Mapping
User Home Directories

Samba Printer Shares

Configuring Printers Under Samba
Managing Print Jobs

Password Management

The SMB Protocol and Passwords
Standard Authentication
Samba and Encrypted Passwords
Authentication Against Another SMB Server
Password Synchronization
Parameters Affecting Authentication

Serving Logons and Profiles

Logon Servers
Configuring Samba as a Longon Server
How Samba Supports Profiles
Details of the Required SMB.CONF Parameters

Accessing SMB Shares from Linux

Accessing SMB Shares
Printing to SMB Printer Shares
Backing up SMB Shares
Working with SMB Shares from the FileSystem

Samba Performance

Tuning Samba
Tuning Linux
Network Topology Considerations
Server FileSystem Considerations
Memory Considerations
I/O Considerations

Troubleshooting Samba

The Troubleshooting Process
Troubleshooting Tools
Common Problems with Samba