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An anonymous reader writes "On, Sunday, October 20, 2002, the RIAA's subsidiary, SoundExchange, was set to introduce draconian new fees on small internet webcasters - fees that were designed to drive those webcasters out of business and preserve the RIAA's monopoly on the distribution of music in North America. One of those small webcasters is the Triangle's classical music station, WCPE - quite possibly the finest classical music station in the world. Now it turns out that WCPE has an 800 lb gorilla in their corner, and he's set his sights on the RIAA."
One last one for macksav.
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Samba, the Server Message Block (SMB) server software that makes it relatively easy to integrate Unix or Linux servers into networks of Microsoft Windows workstations, has to date been mostly explained as an afterthought. Most often, it's appeared in the latter chapters of books about Linux. It deserves better, and the authors of Using Samba have delivered exactly that.
This book documents Samba 2.0.4 fully (version 2.0.5, source and binary, appears on the companion CD-ROM), focusing on smbd, nmbd, the command-line tools, and Samba's newfound ability to integrate itself securely with Windows NT domains.
Though it includes a bit of information on the SMB and Common Internet File System (CIFS) protocols that underlie Samba, the emphasis here is on setting up and configuring software. Explicit sections explain how to install Samba on a Unix/Linux system and how to set up Microsoft clients to communicate with the Samba machine. The authors pay lavish attention to the Samba configuration file, smb.conf, and explain exactly what settings you need to include in it to allow disk shares, network browsing, and integration with Windows domains. A highly useful reference that lists all Samba configuration options (along with their valid values, default values, and explanations) appears in an appendix. --David Wall
Topics covered: All aspects of setting up and configuring Samba 2.0 and its variants, including client configuration, file sharing, network browsing, file system differences between Windows and Unix/Linux, security, and the contents of the Samba configuration file.
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A book/CD-ROM guide to Samba administration, with chapters on installation, configuration, and optimization, and material on recent additions such as integration with Windows NT domains and the SWAT graphic configuration tool. Goes through the PC side of installation in detail, and gives examples for both Windows 95/98 and Windows NT, as well as examples for common Unix operating systems such as Linux 2.0 and Solaris 2.6. For Unix administrators in a PC environment. The CD-Spotlight Reviews (what's this)
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The essential book on SMB networking, February 12, 2002
Reviewer: Tony Williams (see more about me) from Neutral Bay, NSW Australia
Samba is one of the wonders of the Open source movement. A small bunch of guys in out of the way Canberra, Australia develop a product that emulates a Windows Server Message Block (SMB) server. They do such a good job that within a couple of years they have sponsors assisting programmers around the world in bringing out a product that does a better job than anything Microsoft offers.
I've installed Samba in a number of different environments and used it both as a server and client. I wish I'd had this book. It does a good job of explaining how to set it all up, get it running and maintain it. Nothing else does as good a job. While you can (probably) install and run Samba using just the online manuals you will find it a lot easier if you buy this book. It certainly saves me a lot of time.
It is well written, easy to read, thorough and well paced. It contains a large number of examples and goes through the almost monolithic smb.conf file till it feels like an old friend.
While it does cover some of the underlying network protocols it does not unnecessarily dwell on them, it is a good mix of explanation and getting your hands dirty examples.
The book is well structured, starting with simple configurations and proceeding through to complex ones involving printers, domain controllers and the like. A marvelous way to learn, at the same time it is easy to find particular snippets of information when you require them. I find Appendices C (a configuration option quick reference) and D (a summary of the command line options for the daemons) and the fault tree in Chapter 9 particularly useful.
I would recommend this book to everyone who wishes to integrate Samba into a Windows environment, regardless if it is a small home network or an entire office building. And yes, you can download the entire text for free - the Samba team have now adopted it as part of the official documentation thanks to the authors and O'Reilly, but call me old fashioned, I like having the paper.
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Another Great O'Reilly Book, December 31, 1999
Reviewer: Joe from Phoenix, AZ
I've beed using Samba for the last 2 years and this book helped me finally understand how to properly configure it in 1 night. Very well written and easy to understand. Topics like oplocks and network printer configuration are explained in an easy to read manner. If your using or plan to use Samba, you need this book. Well worth the money.
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Not the usual O'Reilly quality, July 4, 2002
Reviewer: Jesus M. Rodriguez (see more about me) from Wake Forest, NC USA
I wasn't impressed with this book. I purchased three Samba titles:
this one, Samba Unleashed and Special Edition: Using Samba. I found
that the other two books contained much more content and deeper explanation of Samba and its parts.
None the less, this book is a good reference, but you'll inevitably need another boook to figure out Samba.
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THE best Samba book available, March 8, 2002
Reviewer: Joe Turner (see more about me) from Spring, Texas United States
O'Reilly sets the standard by which all other technical publishers should aspire; their books are technical, dense, and personally, I love the pithy, no nonsense tone. I have never been disappointed with an O'Reilly book. This book continues the tradition of above par books and I can attest that hands down, this is the best book available on Samba.
Remarkably, the information inside is aging very well. While it doesn't cover the most current version of Samba, this book is by far the most informative and helpful on the subject available.
While the book is fortified with examples, screenshots, and an easy to read style, by far my favorite portion is on troubleshooting (complete with a "fault tree"). It is just a way of systematically approaching connectivity problems in relation to the samba server.
I mean, really, what exactly is "System error 53?" This book won't tell you outright, but it will help narrow down the problem to solvable proportions.
The included CDROM also includes a mirror to the official Samba FTP site, including sources, binaries, documentation, and utilities.
When I have Samba configuration problems, or questions pop up about Samba, this is the book I reach for. If pressed for time and pressed for answers by coworkers, I have been known to pull it off the shelf and lend it out.
2002-10-19 06:00:31 Jesse Helms Freezes Bill, Saves Small Webcasters (articles,news) (rejected)
That was rejected instantly, by the way.
The best trance stations on the internet went down because of this law, and my music selection has hurt since.
Fuck internet radio stations. Make your own playlist. They may have killed mp3.com's personal jukebox, but they haven't yet killed fair use (completely).
The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
you mean the Force? :)
ROTFLMAO!!! Man, I wish I hadn't posted to this story before so I could mod you up!
I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Horror/Sci-Fi writer Stephen King was found dead at his Maine residence this morning. Apparently, Mr. King was feeding some tree branches to a wood chipper when his Golden Retriever jumped him from behind, causing him to lose his balance and fall directly into the chipper. There weren't any further details. I'm sure he will be missed by the Slashdot community - even if you didn't enjoy his work, he did put in a lot of effort for the nVidia GeForce driver for XFree86. Truly an American icon.
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Holy fucking shit. Hi Vic, it's Ethan.
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Somehow, I never pictured you seeking political office
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