Introduction to Samba Part 1分析和总结分析和总结.docxVIP

Disclaimer : Disclaimer : The original version of this article was first published on IBM developerWorks, and is property of Westtech Information Services. This document is an updated version of the original article, and contains various improvements made by the Gentoo Linux Documentation team. This document is not actively maintained. Introduction to Samba, Part 1 Key concepts Show me Samba First, Im going to show you a bunch of screenshots from one of my Windows NT boxes named kompressor. These screenshots demonstrate what a fully-configured Samba system looks like from the Windows side. Theyll give you a real-world grasp of what Samba can do. I currently have three machines set up on my internal LAN: ntbox (a Windows NT Workstation) freebox (a FreeBSD server) kompressor (the Windows NT Workstation that I use as my primary desktop) In this environment, I use Samba extensively to share files, print, and even run Windows applications directly from freebox (Unix). Heres a screenshot showing the contents of kompressors Network Neighborhood: Figure 1.1: kompressors Network Neighborhood Figure 1.1: kompressors Network Neighborhood As you can see, both ntbox and kompressor are visible, which is no surprise since they are both NT Workstations. What is rather unusual, however, is the fact that I can see freebox as well. Because freebox is running Samba, I can see it under Network Neighborhood on every Windows machinethat is part of my GENTOO Windows workgroup. Now its time to take a look at whats inside freebox. The following window pops up after double-clicking on the freebox icon: Figure 1.2: SMB/CIFS shares on freebox Figure 1.2: SMB/CIFS shares on freebox In this window you can see a bunch of what are called shares. More specifically, theyre called SMB/CIFS shares and contain parts of freeboxs file system that are accessible through the network. Note: I should mention that SMB stands for Server Message Block, the original Note: I should mention that SMB stands for Ser