Learning Guide: Samba

Jan Stafford, Features Writer

Published: 18 Jun 2004

Learning Guide: Samba

Interoperability is essential in enterprise IT, and Samba makes it happen. Samba is a free open source SMB/CIFS file and print server that runs on many platforms. So, this Samba Learning Guide can be a boon, whether you work in Linux, Unix or Windows worlds.

Our Samba Learning Guide features expert insight, original news stories, white papers, webcasts and more on subjects such as:

Samba basics

Samba 3.0

Samba versus...

Installation & configuration

Security

Administration

Migration

Enter the Samba Learning Guide

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