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Optional configuration</H1 ><DIV CLASS="PARTINTRO" ><A NAME="AEN1373" ></A ><H1 >Introduction</H1 ><P >Samba has several features that you might want or might not want to use. The chapters in this part each cover one specific feature.</P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="TOC" ><DL ><DT ><B >Table of Contents</B ></DT ><DT >11. <A HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html" >Integrating MS Windows networks with Samba</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >11.1. <A HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN1387" >Agenda</A ></DT ><DT >11.2. <A HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN1409" >Name Resolution in a pure Unix/Linux world</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >11.2.1. <A HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN1425" ><TT CLASS="FILENAME" >/etc/hosts</TT ></A ></DT ><DT >11.2.2. <A HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN1441" ><TT CLASS="FILENAME" >/etc/resolv.conf</TT ></A ></DT ><DT >11.2.3. <A HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN1452" ><TT CLASS="FILENAME" >/etc/host.conf</TT ></A ></DT ><DT >11.2.4. <A HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN1460" ><TT CLASS="FILENAME" >/etc/nsswitch.conf</TT ></A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >11.3. <A HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN1472" >Name resolution as used within MS Windows networking</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >11.3.1. <A HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN1484" >The NetBIOS Name Cache</A ></DT ><DT >11.3.2. <A HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN1489" >The LMHOSTS file</A ></DT ><DT >11.3.3. <A HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN1497" >HOSTS file</A ></DT ><DT >11.3.4. <A HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN1502" >DNS Lookup</A ></DT ><DT >11.3.5. <A HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN1505" >WINS Lookup</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >11.4. <A HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN1517" >How browsing functions and how to deploy stable and dependable browsing using Samba</A ></DT ><DT >11.5. <A HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN1527" >MS Windows security options and how to configure Samba for seemless integration</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >11.5.1. <A HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN1555" >Use MS Windows NT as an authentication server</A ></DT ><DT >11.5.2. <A HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN1563" >Make Samba a member of an MS Windows NT security domain</A ></DT ><DT >11.5.3. <A HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN1580" >Configure Samba as an authentication server</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >11.6. <A HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN1597" >Conclusions</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >12. <A HREF="unix-permissions.html" >UNIX Permission Bits and Windows NT Access Control Lists</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >12.1. <A HREF="unix-permissions.html#AEN1618" >Viewing and changing UNIX permissions using the NT security dialogs</A ></DT ><DT >12.2. <A HREF="unix-permissions.html#AEN1627" >How to view file security on a Samba share</A ></DT ><DT >12.3. <A HREF="unix-permissions.html#AEN1638" >Viewing file ownership</A ></DT ><DT >12.4. <A HREF="unix-permissions.html#AEN1658" >Viewing file or directory permissions</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >12.4.1. <A HREF="unix-permissions.html#AEN1673" >File Permissions</A ></DT ><DT >12.4.2. <A HREF="unix-permissions.html#AEN1687" >Directory Permissions</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >12.5. <A HREF="unix-permissions.html#AEN1694" >Modifying file or directory permissions</A ></DT ><DT >12.6. <A HREF="unix-permissions.html#AEN1716" >Interaction with the standard Samba create mask parameters</A ></DT ><DT >12.7. <A HREF="unix-permissions.html#AEN1780" >Interaction with the standard Samba file attribute mapping</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >13. <A HREF="pam.html" >Configuring PAM for distributed but centrally managed authentication</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >13.1. <A HREF="pam.html#AEN1801" >Samba and PAM</A ></DT ><DT >13.2. <A HREF="pam.html#AEN1845" >Distributed Authentication</A ></DT ><DT >13.3. <A HREF="pam.html#AEN1852" >PAM Configuration in smb.conf</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >14. <A HREF="msdfs.html" >Hosting a Microsoft Distributed File System tree on Samba</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >14.1. <A HREF="msdfs.html#AEN1872" >Instructions</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >14.1.1. <A HREF="msdfs.html#AEN1907" >Notes</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ></DL ></DD ><DT >15. <A HREF="printing.html" >Printing Support</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >15.1. <A HREF="printing.html#AEN1933" >Introduction</A ></DT ><DT >15.2. <A HREF="printing.html#AEN1955" >Configuration</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >15.2.1. <A HREF="printing.html#AEN1963" >Creating [print$]</A ></DT ><DT >15.2.2. <A HREF="printing.html#AEN1998" >Setting Drivers for Existing Printers</A ></DT ><DT >15.2.3. <A HREF="printing.html#AEN2014" >Support a large number of printers</A ></DT ><DT >15.2.4. <A HREF="printing.html#AEN2025" >Adding New Printers via the Windows NT APW</A ></DT ><DT >15.2.5. <A HREF="printing.html#AEN2055" >Samba and Printer Ports</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >15.3. <A HREF="printing.html#AEN2063" >The Imprints Toolset</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >15.3.1. <A HREF="printing.html#AEN2067" >What is Imprints?</A ></DT ><DT >15.3.2. <A HREF="printing.html#AEN2077" >Creating Printer Driver Packages</A ></DT ><DT >15.3.3. <A HREF="printing.html#AEN2080" >The Imprints server</A ></DT ><DT >15.3.4. <A HREF="printing.html#AEN2084" >The Installation Client</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >15.4. <A HREF="printing.html#AEN2106" >Diagnosis</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >15.4.1. <A HREF="printing.html#AEN2108" >Introduction</A ></DT ><DT >15.4.2. <A HREF="printing.html#AEN2124" >Debugging printer problems</A ></DT ><DT >15.4.3. <A HREF="printing.html#AEN2133" >What printers do I have?</A ></DT ><DT >15.4.4. <A HREF="printing.html#AEN2141" >Setting up printcap and print servers</A ></DT ><DT >15.4.5. <A HREF="printing.html#AEN2169" >Job sent, no output</A ></DT ><DT >15.4.6. <A HREF="printing.html#AEN2180" >Job sent, strange output</A ></DT ><DT >15.4.7. <A HREF="printing.html#AEN2192" >Raw PostScript printed</A ></DT ><DT >15.4.8. <A HREF="printing.html#AEN2195" >Advanced Printing</A ></DT ><DT >15.4.9. <A HREF="printing.html#AEN2198" >Real debugging</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ></DL ></DD ><DT >16. <A HREF="winbind.html" >Unified Logons between Windows NT and UNIX using Winbind</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >16.1. <A HREF="winbind.html#AEN2238" >Abstract</A ></DT ><DT >16.2. <A HREF="winbind.html#AEN2242" >Introduction</A ></DT ><DT >16.3. <A HREF="winbind.html#AEN2255" >What Winbind Provides</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >16.3.1. <A HREF="winbind.html#AEN2262" >Target Uses</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >16.4. <A HREF="winbind.html#AEN2266" >How Winbind Works</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >16.4.1. <A HREF="winbind.html#AEN2271" >Microsoft Remote Procedure Calls</A ></DT ><DT >16.4.2. <A HREF="winbind.html#AEN2275" >Name Service Switch</A ></DT ><DT >16.4.3. <A HREF="winbind.html#AEN2291" >Pluggable Authentication Modules</A ></DT ><DT >16.4.4. <A HREF="winbind.html#AEN2299" >User and Group ID Allocation</A ></DT ><DT >16.4.5. <A HREF="winbind.html#AEN2303" >Result Caching</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >16.5. <A HREF="winbind.html#AEN2306" >Installation and Configuration</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >16.5.1. <A HREF="winbind.html#AEN2313" >Introduction</A ></DT ><DT >16.5.2. <A HREF="winbind.html#AEN2326" >Requirements</A ></DT ><DT >16.5.3. <A HREF="winbind.html#AEN2340" >Testing Things Out</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >16.6. <A HREF="winbind.html#AEN2555" >Limitations</A ></DT ><DT >16.7. <A HREF="winbind.html#AEN2565" >Conclusion</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >17. <A HREF="pdb-mysql.html" >Passdb MySQL plugin</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >17.1. <A HREF="pdb-mysql.html#AEN2579" >Building</A ></DT ><DT >17.2. <A HREF="pdb-mysql.html#AEN2585" >Configuring</A ></DT ><DT >17.3. <A HREF="pdb-mysql.html#AEN2600" >Using plaintext passwords or encrypted password</A ></DT ><DT >17.4. <A HREF="pdb-mysql.html#AEN2605" >Getting non-column data from the table</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >18. <A HREF="pdb-xml.html" >Passdb XML plugin</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >18.1. <A HREF="pdb-xml.html#AEN2624" >Building</A ></DT ><DT >18.2. <A HREF="pdb-xml.html#AEN2630" >Usage</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >19. <A HREF="vfs.html" >Stackable VFS modules</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >19.1. <A HREF="vfs.html#AEN2651" >Introduction and configuration</A ></DT ><DT >19.2. <A HREF="vfs.html#AEN2659" >Included modules</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >19.2.1. <A HREF="vfs.html#AEN2661" >audit</A ></DT ><DT >19.2.2. <A HREF="vfs.html#AEN2669" >recycle</A ></DT ><DT >19.2.3. <A HREF="vfs.html#AEN2706" >netatalk</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >19.3. <A HREF="vfs.html#AEN2713" >VFS modules available elsewhere</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >19.3.1. <A HREF="vfs.html#AEN2717" >DatabaseFS</A ></DT ><DT >19.3.2. <A HREF="vfs.html#AEN2725" >vscan</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ></DL ></DD ><DT >20. <A HREF="samba-ldap-howto.html" >Storing Samba's User/Machine Account information in an LDAP Directory</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >20.1. <A HREF="samba-ldap-howto.html#AEN2747" >Purpose</A ></DT ><DT >20.2. <A HREF="samba-ldap-howto.html#AEN2767" >Introduction</A ></DT ><DT >20.3. <A HREF="samba-ldap-howto.html#AEN2796" >Supported LDAP Servers</A ></DT ><DT >20.4. <A HREF="samba-ldap-howto.html#AEN2801" >Schema and Relationship to the RFC 2307 posixAccount</A ></DT ><DT >20.5. <A HREF="samba-ldap-howto.html#AEN2813" >Configuring Samba with LDAP</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >20.5.1. <A HREF="samba-ldap-howto.html#AEN2815" >OpenLDAP configuration</A ></DT ><DT >20.5.2. <A HREF="samba-ldap-howto.html#AEN2832" >Configuring Samba</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >20.6. <A HREF="samba-ldap-howto.html#AEN2860" >Accounts and Groups management</A ></DT ><DT >20.7. <A HREF="samba-ldap-howto.html#AEN2865" >Security and sambaAccount</A ></DT ><DT >20.8. <A HREF="samba-ldap-howto.html#AEN2885" >LDAP specials attributes for sambaAccounts</A ></DT ><DT >20.9. <A HREF="samba-ldap-howto.html#AEN2955" >Example LDIF Entries for a sambaAccount</A ></DT ><DT >20.10. <A HREF="samba-ldap-howto.html#AEN2963" >Comments</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >21. <A HREF="cvs-access.html" >HOWTO Access Samba source code via CVS</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >21.1. <A HREF="cvs-access.html#AEN2974" >Introduction</A ></DT ><DT >21.2. <A HREF="cvs-access.html#AEN2979" >CVS Access to samba.org</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >21.2.1. <A HREF="cvs-access.html#AEN2982" >Access via CVSweb</A ></DT ><DT >21.2.2. <A HREF="cvs-access.html#AEN2987" >Access via cvs</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ></DL ></DD ><DT >22. <A HREF="groupmapping.html" >Group mapping HOWTO</A ></DT ><DT >23. <A HREF="speed.html" >Samba performance issues</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >23.1. <A HREF="speed.html#AEN3065" >Comparisons</A ></DT ><DT >23.2. <A HREF="speed.html#AEN3071" >Oplocks</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >23.2.1. <A HREF="speed.html#AEN3073" >Overview</A ></DT ><DT >23.2.2. <A HREF="speed.html#AEN3081" >Level2 Oplocks</A ></DT ><DT >23.2.3. <A HREF="speed.html#AEN3087" >Old 'fake oplocks' option - deprecated</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >23.3. <A HREF="speed.html#AEN3091" >Socket options</A ></DT ><DT >23.4. <A HREF="speed.html#AEN3098" >Read size</A ></DT ><DT >23.5. <A HREF="speed.html#AEN3103" >Max xmit</A ></DT ><DT >23.6. <A HREF="speed.html#AEN3108" >Locking</A ></DT ><DT >23.7. <A HREF="speed.html#AEN3112" >Share modes</A ></DT ><DT >23.8. <A HREF="speed.html#AEN3117" >Log level</A ></DT ><DT >23.9. <A HREF="speed.html#AEN3120" >Wide lines</A ></DT ><DT >23.10. <A HREF="speed.html#AEN3123" >Read raw</A ></DT ><DT >23.11. <A HREF="speed.html#AEN3128" >Write raw</A ></DT ><DT >23.12. <A HREF="speed.html#AEN3132" >Read prediction</A ></DT ><DT >23.13. <A HREF="speed.html#AEN3139" >Memory mapping</A ></DT ><DT >23.14. <A HREF="speed.html#AEN3144" >Slow Clients</A ></DT ><DT >23.15. <A HREF="speed.html#AEN3148" >Slow Logins</A ></DT ><DT >23.16. <A HREF="speed.html#AEN3151" >Client tuning</A ></DT ><DT >23.17. <A HREF="speed.html#AEN3183" >My Results</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ></DL ></DIV ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="domain-security.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A 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