O'Reilly is publishing "Java Web Services in a Nutshell", which I started to edit but Brett McLaughlin completed. The author is Kim Topley. It will be available in June.
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I see Dave Collier-Brown already tacked a few questions above, so I'll deal with a few others.
OPEN-CONTENT LICENSE:
Some info about the open-content license:
1) About two months ago, Andrew Tridgell and Andy Oram (the editor) and myself agreed to publish this book under an open-content license. This was primarily at the behest of Andrew Tridgell--so be sure to send him and Jeremy Allison many pizzas as thanks.
2) The book went to print about a month ago. We tried to get as quick a turnaround time as possible, since this book has been delayed a couple of times already. Why was it delayed, you ask? Let's just say that Andrew Tridgell is a very thorough reviewer.
3) After the final edits went through, we sent the source in SGML format to the good people at samba.org. That was a couple of weeks ago. They are currently formatting it for online use, and they will also be maintaining it. When it becomes available, you can download it from samba.org.
DOES THE BOOK COVER 2.0.6?
No, it does not. At the time it went to print, 2.0.5 was the latest Samba release in existence.
WINDOWS CLIENT CONFIG CHAPTER
The reply is correct. You want to be able to configure Windows 95/98/NT Workstation to use with Samba because it masquerades as an NT server. However, because Samba and NT don't like to coexist, there are issues. (And, don't forget the dreaded encrypted password problem that all first-time Samba admins face). Topics like that are what this chapter tries to address... from the client side.
RE: I'LL BUY IT
Hey, if you want to write a book on doing exactly that, send a proposal to proposals@ora.com.
RE: GOOD LICENSE
You can thank Andy Oram at O'Reilly for that license. This is likely a harbinger for future O'Reilly books.
RE: PROVIDE USER LIST FOR WIN 9x
Samba 2.1 may provide some relief to your grief, although I do not know the exact mechanics yet. You can use Samba 2.1 beta right now for NT authentication, however. The "Users and Passwords" chapter explains how to do this.
RE: WHOLE NEW BOOK NEEDED
Yeah, I would think so. Samba is getting pretty big, and if you saw the size of SMB/CIFS (and know that there is no complete implementation in existence, according to Andrew Tridgell), you'd be aghast. I was.
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O'Reilly is publishing "Java Web Services in a Nutshell", which I started to edit but Brett McLaughlin completed. The author is Kim Topley. It will be available in June.
Robert Eckstein
O'Reilly and Associates
I see Dave Collier-Brown already tacked a few questions above, so I'll deal with a few others.
OPEN-CONTENT LICENSE:
Some info about the open-content license:
1) About two months ago, Andrew Tridgell and Andy Oram (the editor) and myself agreed to publish this book under an open-content license. This was primarily at the behest of Andrew Tridgell--so be sure to send him and Jeremy Allison many pizzas as thanks.
2) The book went to print about a month ago. We tried to get as quick a turnaround time as possible, since this book has been delayed a couple of times already. Why was it delayed, you ask? Let's just say that Andrew Tridgell is a very thorough reviewer.
3) After the final edits went through, we sent the source in SGML format to the good people at samba.org. That was a couple of weeks ago. They are currently formatting it for online use, and they will also be maintaining it. When it becomes available, you can download it from samba.org.
DOES THE BOOK COVER 2.0.6?
No, it does not. At the time it went to print, 2.0.5 was the latest Samba release in existence.
WINDOWS CLIENT CONFIG CHAPTER
The reply is correct. You want to be able to configure Windows 95/98/NT Workstation to use with Samba because it masquerades as an NT server. However, because Samba and NT don't like to coexist, there are issues. (And, don't forget the dreaded encrypted password problem that all first-time Samba admins face). Topics like that are what this chapter tries to address... from the client side.
RE: I'LL BUY IT
Hey, if you want to write a book on doing exactly that, send a proposal to proposals@ora.com.
RE: GOOD LICENSE
You can thank Andy Oram at O'Reilly for that license. This is likely a harbinger for future O'Reilly books.
RE: PROVIDE USER LIST FOR WIN 9x
Samba 2.1 may provide some relief to your grief, although I do not know the exact mechanics yet. You can use Samba 2.1 beta right now for NT authentication, however. The "Users and Passwords" chapter explains how to do this.
RE: WHOLE NEW BOOK NEEDED
Yeah, I would think so. Samba is getting pretty big, and if you saw the size of SMB/CIFS (and know that there is no complete implementation in existence, according to Andrew Tridgell), you'd be aghast. I was.
Thanks for the comments, everyone!
- Robert Eckstein (O'Reilly and Associates)