Multitool Linux: Practical Uses for Open Source Software

Summary

This chapter briefly discussed the ins and outs of Windows networking and then showed several ways to access file shares and remote printers from a Linux system. It also showed that, once configured, Samba is an exceptional file and print server for your Unix and your MS Windows clients . It's robust, it scales remarkably well (after all, if you really need horsepower, you can throw a 16-processor IBM RS/6000 under it), and it's free. What more can you ask of server software?