Practical Exercises in Successful Samba Deployment &person.jht; July, 2006 This section of Samba-3 by Example provides example network configurations that can be copied, or modified as needed, and deployed as-is. The contents have been marginally updated to reflect changes made in Samba=3.0.23. Best use can be made of this book by finding in this section the network design and layout that best approximates your estimated needs. It is recommended that you will implement the design pattern exactly as it appears, then after the installation has been proven to work make any changes or modifications 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 files and tools will be different and the location of some Samba file locations will be different 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 simply want to save time and get your Samba network operational with minimal fuss, there is the option to purchase commercial, professional, Samba support. Information regarding commercial support options may be obtained from the commercial support pages from the Samba web site. This section Samba-3 by Example covers two main topics: How to add Samba Domain Member Servers and Samba Domain Member Clients to a Samba domain, the other subject is that of how to migrate from and NT4 Domain, a NetWare server, or from an earlier Samba version to environments that use the most recent Samba-3 release. Those who are making use of the chapter on Adding UNIX clients and servers running Samba to a Samba or a Windows networking domain may also benefit by referring to the book The Official Samba-3 HOWTO and Reference Guide. This section Samba-3 by Example provides important reference material that may help you to solve network performance issues, to answer some of the critiques published regarding Samba, or just to gain a more broad understanding of how Samba can play in a Windows networking world.