Re: SAMBA ground-up tutorial?
* cls@truffula.sj.ca.us <cls@truffula.sj.ca.us> [070922 15:28]:
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> I've got a Debian bastion host at a small nonprofit.
> Mix of Windoze and Macs on the LAN behind it.
> Some of the Windoze boxes have those low-end
> printers (Minolta-QMS 1100L etc) that do their
> imaging in the driver and will never work on
> anthing but Windoze. We're using CUPS on the
> Debian box. We want to share all the printers
> across all the hosts on the LAN.
...
> Is there a SAMBA tutorial somewhere that
> doesn't presume admin's knowledge of
> Microsoft SMB networking? Can anyone who's made this
> work recommend a reference?
Hi, Cameron.
In my experience, nothing comes even close to the O'Reilly SAMBA book,
which is in its second edition (at least), and has been posted
(legitimately) on-line for access without charge.
The first edition of the book enabled me to work with SAMBA in my home
LAN about five years ago. Then I had no need for SAMBA for a while,
and so I forgot everything I learned and needed to start from the
ground-up about a year ago. That is when I discovered the second
edition, and found it to be very much better than the first edition
(though the first edition was adequate). The second edition provides
virtually step-by-step instructions.
I hate Window$ with a passion, but the O'Reilly SAMBA book took the
pain out of the experience.
RLH
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