March 19, 2001 06:19 PM

Learning Samba for File Sharing

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Dustin Puryear
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The need for reliable, secure, and cost-effective file storage has long been a prime concern of network administrators. Microsoft's provision for this need was Windows NT Server, which uses NT security domains to give administrators fine-grain control over file access. This product's sophisticated security and Windows's domination of the desktop-world make using the Windows OS to meet your file-server needs a natural choice. However, Windows isn't the only choice.

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Actually, Samba uses four types of authentication, not two. Those are USER, SHARE, SERVER, and DOMAIN.

Sean Irish 7/19/2001 7:54:32 AM

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