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<smbconfexample id="sbent4smb">
<title>NT4 Migration Samba-3 Server <filename>smb.conf</filename> &smbmdash; Part: A</title>
<smbconfcomment>Global parameters</smbconfcomment>
<smbconfsection name="[global]"/>
<smbconfoption name="workgroup">DAMNATION</smbconfoption>
<smbconfoption name="netbios name">MERLIN</smbconfoption>
<smbconfoption name="passdb backend">ldapsam:ldap://localhost</smbconfoption>
<smbconfoption name="username map">/etc/samba/smbusers</smbconfoption>
<smbconfoption name="log level">1</smbconfoption>
<smbconfoption name="syslog">0</smbconfoption>
<smbconfoption name="log file">/var/log/samba/%m</smbconfoption>
<smbconfoption name="max log size">0</smbconfoption>
<smbconfoption name="smb ports">139 445</smbconfoption>
<smbconfoption name="name resolve order">wins bcast hosts</smbconfoption>
<smbconfoption name="show add printer wizard">Yes</smbconfoption>
<smbconfoption name="add user script">/opt/IDEALX/sbin/smbldap-useradd -m '%u'</smbconfoption>
<smbconfoption name="#delete user script">/opt/IDEALX/sbin/smbldap-userdel '%u'</smbconfoption>
<smbconfoption name="add group script">/opt/IDEALX/sbin/smbldap-groupadd '%g'</smbconfoption>

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Now install all four printers onto the staging system. The printers you install
include the accounting department HP LaserJet 6 and Minolta QMS Magicolor printers. You will
also configure identical printers that are located in the financial services department.
Install printers on each machine using the steps shown in <link linkend="sbewinclntptrprep"/>.
Install printers on each machine following the steps shown in the Windows client printer
preparation procedure below.
</para></step>
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<preface lang="en-US">
<title>Foreword</title>
<sect1><title>By Dan Kusnetzky, IDC</title>
<sect1><title>By John Weathersby, OSSI</title>
<blockquote>
<attribution>
Dan Kusnetzky, Vice President System Software Research, International Data Corporation
Executive Director, Open Source Software Institute
</attribution>
<para>
IDC's software research group has been conducting research on the market for software,
including operating environments, for over twenty years. In 1994, the system software
research team started to field questions from its subscribers on Linux. We had very
little empirical data to offer when these queries first were heard, so IDC added Linux
to its operating environment research agenda. The first demand and supply side research
containing IDC's findings on Linux started to appear in early 1995.
The Open Source Software Institute (OSSI) is comprised of representatives from a broad spectrum of business and
non-business organizations that share a common interest in the promotion of development and implementation
of open-source software solutions globally, and in particular within the United States of America.
</para>
<para>
IDC has watched as Linux marched from being software for computer hobbyists to being
a mainstream choice in many markets worldwide. This march is very similar to the adoption
cycle UNIX experienced in the 1970s and 1980s. Windows repeated this pattern of adoption
during the 1980s and 1990s. IDC has long projected that Linux would be a mainstream
choice in nearly all markets by the end of 2005. The software is well down that path
now and just might beat IDC's projections.
The OSSI has global affiliations with like-minded organizations. Our affiliate in the United Kingdom is the
Open Source Consortium. Both the OSSI and the OSC share a common objective to expand the use of open-source
software in federal, state and municipal government agencies and in academic institutions. We represent
businesses that provide professional support services that answer the needs of our target organizational
information technology consumers in an effective and cost efficient manner.
</para>
<para>
As of the end of 2002, Linux was the number three desktop or client operating environment,
responsible for nearly 3% of the worldwide shipments of client operating environment
software. Linux was the number two server operating environment, responsible for nearly
25% of the worldwide shipments of server operating environment software. This is an amazing
level of growth from its rather humble beginnings of holding less than 1% share of either
client or server operating environment market when IDC first started publishing its findings
on Linux.
Open source software has matured greatly over the past 5 years with the result that an increasing number of
people who hold key influential decision-making positions want to know how the business model works. They
want to understand how problems get resolved, how questions get answered, and how the development model
is sustained. Information and Communications Technology directors in defense organizations, and in other
government agencies that deal with sensitive information, want to become familiar with development roadmaps
and, in particular, seek to evaluate the track record of the main-stream open-source project teams.
</para>
<para>
IDC's demand-side studies have indicated that Linux is most often utilized as a platform
for basic infrastructure services, such as supporting access to shared files and printers
or supporting basic networking functions. IDC's most recent survey, conducted in late 2003,
indicated that supporting file and print services was the most common use of Linux. Samba
and NFS are the most commonly mentioned approaches to offering file and print services on
Linux.
Wherever the OSSI gains entrance to new opportunities we find that Microsoft Windows technologies are the
benchmark against which open-source software solutions are measured. Two open-source software projects
are key to our ability to present a structured, and convincing, proposition that there are alternatives
to the incumbent proprietary means of meeting information technology needs. They are the Apache Web server
and Samba.
</para>
<para>
Nearly all of IDC's operating environment studies have shown that Linux is being added
into organizational networks that already include Windows, UNIX, and mainframe operating
environments. This, of course, means that interoperability with these operating environments
is a crucial success factor for Linux.
Just as the Apache web server is the standard in web serving technology, Samba is the definitive standard
for providing inter-operability with UNIX systems and other non-Microsoft operating system platforms. Both
open-source applications have a truly remarkable track record that extends well over a decade. Both have
demonstrated unique capacity to innovate and to maintain a level of development that has not only kept
pace with demands, but in many areas each project has also proven to be an industry leader.
</para>
<para>
All of this leads to the book in hand, <emphasis>Samba-3 By Example</emphasis>, by John H. Terpstra, It addresses
the most commonly heard questions about bringing Linux and Samba into a Windows or UNIX
focused environment. Namely, organizations voice concerns about staff having sufficient
levels of expertise to facilitate development, administration, operations and support activities
around the adoption of Linux and Samba. I expect <emphasis>Samba-3</emphasis> by Example will be of enormous help
to Windows or UNIX administrators hoping to gain a level of comfort and familiarity with both
Linux and Samba.
One of the areas in which the Samba project has demonstrated key leadership is in documentation. The OSSI
was delighted when we saw the Samba Team, and John H. Terpstra in particular, release two amzingly well
written books to help Samba software users to deploy, maintain and trouble-shoot Windows networking
installations. We were concerned that, given the large volume of documentation, the challenge to maintain
it and keep it current might prove difficult.
</para>
<para>
Samba is a mature open source software product that is well established as a leading Windows
file and print technology in use on large-scale UNIX systems. Its stability and scalability
appears to be well respected. This book demonstrates easy approaches to implementing Samba-3
no matter whether your network is large or small. It is a book that would make a fine addition
to the network administrators' library!
</para>
</blockquote>
</sect1>
<sect1>
<title>By Andrew Tridgell, Samba Team</title>
<blockquote><attribution>
Andrew Tridgell, President, Samba Team
</attribution>
<para>
I've always been the sort of computer user that learns best by
example. Seeing a complete example matching a real-world use of a
piece of software gives me an understanding of that software far
better than reading detailed manuals. If, like me, you are the sort of
computer user that learns best by example then this book is for you.
This second edition of the book, <quote>Samba-3 by Example</quote> barely one year following the release
of the first edition has removed all concerns and is proof that open-source solutiosn are a compelling choice.
The first edition was released shortly following the release of Samba version 3.0 itself, and has become
the authorative instrument for training and for guiding deployment.
</para>
<para>
I was also delighted to see the use of ethereal to illustrate the
network protocols used by Samba. Ethereal has developed into a very
sophisticated network analysis tool, and familiarity with using
ethereal is a very useful skill for any system administrator.
I am personally aware how much effort has gone into this second edition. John Terpstra has worked with
government bodies and with large organizations that have deployed Samba-3 since it was released. He also
worked to ensure that this book gained community following. He asking those who have worked at the coal-face
of large and small organizations alike, to contribute their experiences. He has captured that in this book
and has succeeded yet again. His recipe is persistence, intuition, and a high level of respect for the people
who use Samba.
</para>
<para>
Enjoy this book, and make the most of Samba!
This book is the first source you should turn to before you deploy Samba and as you are mastering its
deployment. I am proud and excited to be associated in a small way with such a useful tool. This book has
reached maturity that is demonstrated by reiteration that at every step in deployment must be validated.
This book makes it easy to succeed, and dificutly to fail to gain a stable working network environment.
</para>
<para>
I recommend this book for use by all IT managers and network administrators.
</para>
</blockquote>
</sect1>