Practical Exercises in Successful Samba Deployment

This section of Samba-3 by Example provides example network congu- rations that can be copied, or modied as needed, and deployed as-is. The contents have been marginally updated to re ec tchange smad ei nSamba=3.0.23 Best use can be made of this book by nding in this section the network design and layout that best approximates your estimated needs. It is recom- mended that you will implement the design pattern exactly as it appears, then after the installation has been proven to work make any changes or modications needed at your site. The examples have been tested with Red Hat Fedora Core 2, Novell SUSE Linux Professional 9.3 and Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9. The principals of implementation apply to all Linux and UNIX systems in general, though some system les and tools will be dierent and the location of some Samba le locations will be dierent since these are determined by the person who packages Samba for each platform. If you are deploying Samba is a mission-critical environment, or if you sim- ply want to save time and get your Samba network operational with minimal fuss, there is the option to purchase commercial, professional, Samba sup- port. Information regarding commercial support options may be obtained from the commercial support..

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This is the start of the real journey toward the successful deployment of Samba. For some this chapter is the end of the road because their needs will have been adequately met. For others, this chapter is the beginning of a journey that will take them well past the contents of this book. This book provides example congurations of, for the greater part, complete net- working solutions. The intent of this book is to help you to get your Samba installation working with the least amount of pain and aggravation. This chapter lays the groundwork for understanding the basics of Samba operation. Instead of a bland technical discussion, each principle is demon- strated by way of a real-world scenario for which a working solution The practical exercises take you on a journey through a drafting oce, a charity administration oce, and an accounting oce. You may choose to apply any or all of these exercises to your own environment.

Every assignment case can be implemented far more creatively, but remem- ber that the solutions you create are designed to demonstrate a particular solution possibility. With experience, you should nd much improved solu- tions compared with those presented here. By the time you complete this Each case presented highlights dierent aspects of Windows networking for which a simple Samba-based solution can be provided. Each has subtly dierent requirements taken from real-world cases. The cases are brie yre -viewe dt ocove rimportan tpoints .Instruction sar ebase do nth eassumptio ntha tth eocia lSamb aTea mRP Mpackag eha sbee ninstalled Our ctitious company is called Abmas Design, Inc. This is a three-person computer-aided design (CAD) business that often has more work than can be handled. The business owner hires contract draftspeople from wherever he can. They bring their own notebook computers into the oce. There are four permanent drafting machines. Abmas has a collection of over 10 years of plans that must be available for all draftsmen to reference. Abmas hires the services of an experienced network engineer to update the plans that are stored on a central server one day per month. She knows how to upload plans from each machine. The les available from the server must remain read-only. Anyone should be able to access the plans at any time and without barriers or diculty.