Our Contract with You, The Reader -- List of Chapters -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- About the Authors -- How to Download the Files -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Basic Linux Installation -- Basic file server functions -- Selecting a distribution -- Red Hat Linux -- United Linux -- Other Linux distributions -- A brief guide to installing Linux -- 1. Checking hardware -- 2. Planning partitions -- 3. Understanding the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard -- 4. Selecting a filesystem format -- 5. Preparing partitions and hard drives for dual booting -- 6. Basic steps to installing Red Hat Linux -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2: Installing Linux as a File Server -- Basic terms -- The installation nitty-gritty -- Remaining steps -- Configuring a firewall -- Configuring communication through the firewall -- Authentication -- Samba authentication -- Installing what's necessary -- Basic components -- Basic components plus -- Options -- Other network services -- After installation -- First Boot -- The Red Hat Linux GUI -- The Red Hat Network -- Rawhide -- Other updates -- Package management -- Installing and upgrading RPMs -- Using the rpm command -- rpm command details -- Uninstalling what's not necessary -- Checking installed services -- Getting more information -- Uninstalling a service -- Deactivating a service -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3: Setting Up Your Server File System -- The Microsoft CIFS -- Background -- Basic look and feel -- The NFS alternative-an overview -- Basic administration -- Process management -- User categories -- Configuring a Samba server -- Getting Samba -- Samba configuration files -- Samba and firewalls -- The Red Hat Samba Configurator -- Samba Web Administration Tool -- Configuring Samba in detail -- Opening smb.conf in a GUI -- Global settings -- Defining shared directories and printers -- Conclusion.

Chapter 4: Setting Up Your File Server's Users -- Users and accounts -- Linux user and group accounts -- Configuring Samba users -- Users on a Domain -- Using the Microsoft user database -- Setting up a Samba PDC database -- File and directory management -- Linux permissions -- Default permissions -- Linux file ownership -- Limited support for Access Control Lists -- Linux groups -- Red Hat Linux's private groups -- Creating a special group -- Quotas -- The boot process -- Configuring quota configuration files -- Configuring quotas for a user -- Configuring quotas for a group -- Setting a grace period -- Activating quotas -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5: Connecting Linux Workstations -- Configuring the workstation -- Samba client packages -- Connecting to a Domain -- Finding shared directories -- Mounting directories -- Linux login batch files -- Peer-to-peer Workgroups -- Setting up accounts -- A PDC and a Windows Domain member server -- Windows PDC and Linux Domain member server -- Linux PDC and Linux Domain member server -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6: Connecting Windows Workstations -- Preparing accounts -- Profiles -- Logon scripts -- Configuring the Microsoft workstation -- Connecting a Windows 95/98/ME workstation to a Domain -- Creating a Windows 95/98/ME Workgroup share -- Windows NT 4 Workstation -- Windows 2000 Professional -- Windows XP Professional -- Text-mode network commands -- Troubleshooting -- Samba syntax -- Samba logs -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7: Configuring Printers -- Packages -- LPD packages -- CUPS packages -- Configuring a local printer -- Checking services -- Configuring a print service -- Configuring printers with the CUPS Web-based tool -- Network printers -- Creating network printers -- Sharing printers over a network -- Connecting to network printers from workstations -- Connecting to a Linux print server from a Windows client.

Connecting to a Windows print server from a Windows client -- Connecting to a Linux print server from a Linux client -- Connecting to a Windows print server from a Linux client -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8: Administration and Management -- Shells -- Basic navigational commands -- Basic file management commands -- Text editing -- Scripts for repetitive tasks -- The cron scheduler -- cron rotates logs -- cron helps find files -- A one-time job -- Administrative tools -- Managing the installation files -- Managing the Linux boot process -- The Red Hat Linux rescue mode -- Regular user tasks -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9: System Backup -- Backup strategies and types -- Backup strategies -- Backup types -- RAID -- Backup options -- Media options -- System backups -- Backup and Restore commands -- tar archives -- cpio archives -- Full, incremental, and differential backups -- Recording to CDs and DVDs -- Backing up over a network -- Backing up from a Windows client to a Windows file server -- Backing up from a Windows client to a Linux file server -- Backing up from a Linux client -- Scheduled backups -- Creating a file server script -- Other commands -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Samba 3.0 Preview -- Appendix B: Sample Samba Configuration Files.