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Optional configuration</H1 ><DIV CLASS="PARTINTRO" ><A NAME="AEN1402" ></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 >9. <A HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html" >Integrating MS Windows networks with Samba</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >9.1. <A HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN1416" >Agenda</A ></DT ><DT >9.2. <A HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN1438" >Name Resolution in a pure Unix/Linux world</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >9.2.1. <A HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN1454" ><TT CLASS="FILENAME" >/etc/hosts</TT ></A ></DT ><DT >9.2.2. <A HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN1470" ><TT CLASS="FILENAME" >/etc/resolv.conf</TT ></A ></DT ><DT >9.2.3. <A HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN1481" ><TT CLASS="FILENAME" >/etc/host.conf</TT ></A ></DT ><DT >9.2.4. <A HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN1489" ><TT CLASS="FILENAME" >/etc/nsswitch.conf</TT ></A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >9.3. <A HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN1501" >Name resolution as used within MS Windows networking</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >9.3.1. <A HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN1513" >The NetBIOS Name Cache</A ></DT ><DT >9.3.2. <A HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN1518" >The LMHOSTS file</A ></DT ><DT >9.3.3. <A HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN1526" >HOSTS file</A ></DT ><DT >9.3.4. <A HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN1531" >DNS Lookup</A ></DT ><DT >9.3.5. <A HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN1534" >WINS Lookup</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >9.4. <A HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN1546" >How browsing functions and how to deploy stable and dependable browsing using Samba</A ></DT ><DT >9.5. <A HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN1556" >MS Windows security options and how to configure Samba for seemless integration</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >9.5.1. <A HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN1584" >Use MS Windows NT as an authentication server</A ></DT ><DT >9.5.2. <A HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN1592" >Make Samba a member of an MS Windows NT security domain</A ></DT ><DT >9.5.3. <A HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN1609" >Configure Samba as an authentication server</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >9.6. <A HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN1626" >Conclusions</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >10. <A HREF="unix-permissions.html" >UNIX Permission Bits and Windows NT Access Control Lists</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >10.1. <A HREF="unix-permissions.html#AEN1647" >Viewing and changing UNIX permissions using the NT security dialogs</A ></DT ><DT >10.2. <A HREF="unix-permissions.html#AEN1651" >How to view file security on a Samba share</A ></DT ><DT >10.3. <A HREF="unix-permissions.html#AEN1662" >Viewing file ownership</A ></DT ><DT >10.4. <A HREF="unix-permissions.html#AEN1682" >Viewing file or directory permissions</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >10.4.1. <A HREF="unix-permissions.html#AEN1697" >File Permissions</A ></DT ><DT >10.4.2. <A HREF="unix-permissions.html#AEN1711" >Directory Permissions</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >10.5. <A HREF="unix-permissions.html#AEN1718" >Modifying file or directory permissions</A ></DT ><DT >10.6. <A HREF="unix-permissions.html#AEN1740" >Interaction with the standard Samba create mask parameters</A ></DT ><DT >10.7. <A HREF="unix-permissions.html#AEN1804" >Interaction with the standard Samba file attribute mapping</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >11. <A HREF="pam.html" >Configuring PAM for distributed but centrally managed authentication</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >11.1. <A HREF="pam.html#AEN1825" >Samba and PAM</A ></DT ><DT >11.2. <A HREF="pam.html#AEN1869" >Distributed Authentication</A ></DT ><DT >11.3. <A HREF="pam.html#AEN1876" >PAM Configuration in smb.conf</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >12. <A HREF="msdfs.html" >Hosting a Microsoft Distributed File System tree on Samba</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >12.1. <A HREF="msdfs.html#AEN1896" >Instructions</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >12.1.1. <A HREF="msdfs.html#AEN1931" >Notes</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ></DL ></DD ><DT >13. <A HREF="printing.html" >Printing Support</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >13.1. <A HREF="printing.html#AEN1957" >Introduction</A ></DT ><DT >13.2. <A HREF="printing.html#AEN1979" >Configuration</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >13.2.1. <A HREF="printing.html#AEN1987" >Creating [print$]</A ></DT ><DT >13.2.2. <A HREF="printing.html#AEN2022" >Setting Drivers for Existing Printers</A ></DT ><DT >13.2.3. <A HREF="printing.html#AEN2038" >Support a large number of printers</A ></DT ><DT >13.2.4. <A HREF="printing.html#AEN2049" >Adding New Printers via the Windows NT APW</A ></DT ><DT >13.2.5. <A HREF="printing.html#AEN2079" >Samba and Printer Ports</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >13.3. <A HREF="printing.html#AEN2087" >The Imprints Toolset</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >13.3.1. <A HREF="printing.html#AEN2091" >What is Imprints?</A ></DT ><DT >13.3.2. <A HREF="printing.html#AEN2101" >Creating Printer Driver Packages</A ></DT ><DT >13.3.3. <A HREF="printing.html#AEN2104" >The Imprints server</A ></DT ><DT >13.3.4. <A HREF="printing.html#AEN2108" >The Installation Client</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >13.4. <A HREF="printing.html#AEN2130" >Diagnosis</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >13.4.1. <A HREF="printing.html#AEN2132" >Introduction</A ></DT ><DT >13.4.2. <A HREF="printing.html#AEN2148" >Debugging printer problems</A ></DT ><DT >13.4.3. <A HREF="printing.html#AEN2157" >What printers do I have?</A ></DT ><DT >13.4.4. <A HREF="printing.html#AEN2165" >Setting up printcap and print servers</A ></DT ><DT >13.4.5. <A HREF="printing.html#AEN2193" >Job sent, no output</A ></DT ><DT >13.4.6. <A HREF="printing.html#AEN2204" >Job sent, strange output</A ></DT ><DT >13.4.7. <A HREF="printing.html#AEN2216" >Raw PostScript printed</A ></DT ><DT >13.4.8. <A HREF="printing.html#AEN2219" >Advanced Printing</A ></DT ><DT >13.4.9. <A HREF="printing.html#AEN2222" >Real debugging</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ></DL ></DD ><DT >14. <A HREF="winbind.html" >Unified Logons between Windows NT and UNIX using Winbind</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >14.1. <A HREF="winbind.html#AEN2263" >Abstract</A ></DT ><DT >14.2. <A HREF="winbind.html#AEN2267" >Introduction</A ></DT ><DT >14.3. <A HREF="winbind.html#AEN2280" >What Winbind Provides</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >14.3.1. <A HREF="winbind.html#AEN2287" >Target Uses</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >14.4. <A HREF="winbind.html#AEN2291" >How Winbind Works</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >14.4.1. <A HREF="winbind.html#AEN2296" >Microsoft Remote Procedure Calls</A ></DT ><DT >14.4.2. <A HREF="winbind.html#AEN2300" >Microsoft Active Directory Services</A ></DT ><DT >14.4.3. <A HREF="winbind.html#AEN2303" >Name Service Switch</A ></DT ><DT >14.4.4. <A HREF="winbind.html#AEN2319" >Pluggable Authentication Modules</A ></DT ><DT >14.4.5. <A HREF="winbind.html#AEN2327" >User and Group ID Allocation</A ></DT ><DT >14.4.6. <A HREF="winbind.html#AEN2331" >Result Caching</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >14.5. <A HREF="winbind.html#AEN2334" >Installation and Configuration</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >14.5.1. <A HREF="winbind.html#AEN2341" >Introduction</A ></DT ><DT >14.5.2. <A HREF="winbind.html#AEN2354" >Requirements</A ></DT ><DT >14.5.3. <A HREF="winbind.html#AEN2368" >Testing Things Out</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >14.6. <A HREF="winbind.html#AEN2583" >Limitations</A ></DT ><DT >14.7. <A HREF="winbind.html#AEN2593" >Conclusion</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >15. <A HREF="improved-browsing.html" >Improved browsing in samba</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >15.1. <A HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN2603" >Overview of browsing</A ></DT ><DT >15.2. <A HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN2608" >Browsing support in samba</A ></DT ><DT >15.3. <A HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN2616" >Problem resolution</A ></DT ><DT >15.4. <A HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN2625" >Browsing across subnets</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >15.4.1. <A HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN2630" >How does cross subnet browsing work ?</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >15.5. <A HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN2665" >Setting up a WINS server</A ></DT ><DT >15.6. <A HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN2684" >Setting up Browsing in a WORKGROUP</A ></DT ><DT >15.7. <A HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN2702" >Setting up Browsing in a DOMAIN</A ></DT ><DT >15.8. <A HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN2712" >Forcing samba to be the master</A ></DT ><DT >15.9. <A HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN2721" >Making samba the domain master</A ></DT ><DT >15.10. <A HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN2739" >Note about broadcast addresses</A ></DT ><DT >15.11. <A HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN2742" >Multiple interfaces</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >16. <A HREF="vfs.html" >Stackable VFS modules</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >16.1. <A HREF="vfs.html#AEN2760" >Introduction and configuration</A ></DT ><DT >16.2. <A HREF="vfs.html#AEN2769" >Included modules</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >16.2.1. <A HREF="vfs.html#AEN2771" >audit</A ></DT ><DT >16.2.2. <A HREF="vfs.html#AEN2779" >recycle</A ></DT ><DT >16.2.3. <A HREF="vfs.html#AEN2816" >netatalk</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >16.3. <A HREF="vfs.html#AEN2823" >VFS modules available elsewhere</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >16.3.1. <A HREF="vfs.html#AEN2827" >DatabaseFS</A ></DT ><DT >16.3.2. <A HREF="vfs.html#AEN2835" >vscan</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ></DL ></DD ><DT >17. <A HREF="groupmapping.html" >Group mapping HOWTO</A ></DT ><DT >18. <A HREF="speed.html" >Samba performance issues</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >18.1. <A HREF="speed.html#AEN2890" >Comparisons</A ></DT ><DT >18.2. <A HREF="speed.html#AEN2896" >Socket options</A ></DT ><DT >18.3. <A HREF="speed.html#AEN2903" >Read size</A ></DT ><DT >18.4. <A HREF="speed.html#AEN2908" >Max xmit</A ></DT ><DT >18.5. <A HREF="speed.html#AEN2913" >Log level</A ></DT ><DT >18.6. <A HREF="speed.html#AEN2916" >Read raw</A ></DT ><DT >18.7. <A HREF="speed.html#AEN2921" >Write raw</A ></DT ><DT >18.8. <A HREF="speed.html#AEN2925" >Slow Clients</A ></DT ><DT >18.9. <A HREF="speed.html#AEN2929" >Slow Logins</A ></DT ><DT >18.10. <A HREF="speed.html#AEN2932" >Client tuning</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >19. <A HREF="groupprofiles.html" >Creating Group Prolicy Files</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >19.1. <A HREF="groupprofiles.html#AEN2980" >Windows '9x</A ></DT ><DT >19.2. <A HREF="groupprofiles.html#AEN2990" >Windows NT 4</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >19.2.1. <A HREF="groupprofiles.html#AEN3013" >Side bar Notes</A ></DT ><DT >19.2.2. <A HREF="groupprofiles.html#AEN3017" >Mandatory profiles</A ></DT ><DT >19.2.3. <A HREF="groupprofiles.html#AEN3020" >moveuser.exe</A ></DT ><DT >19.2.4. <A HREF="groupprofiles.html#AEN3023" >Get SID</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >19.3. <A HREF="groupprofiles.html#AEN3028" >Windows 2000/XP</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >20. <A HREF="securing-samba.html" >Securing Samba</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >20.1. <A HREF="securing-samba.html#AEN3109" >Introduction</A ></DT ><DT >20.2. <A HREF="securing-samba.html#AEN3112" >Using host based protection</A ></DT ><DT >20.3. <A HREF="securing-samba.html#AEN3119" >Using interface protection</A ></DT ><DT >20.4. <A HREF="securing-samba.html#AEN3128" >Using a firewall</A ></DT ><DT >20.5. <A 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