Linux Samba

Linux Samba is a program that can bridge the complexities of the various Linux operating system platforms (UNIX) with Windows machines running in a computer network. Samba is an application of UNIX and Linux, known as SMB (Service Message Block) protocol. Many operating systems such as Windows and OS / 2 that uses SMB to create a client / server network. The protocol allows the server Samba Linux / UNIX to communicate with client machines that use the Windows OS in a single network.
Samba is a software operating system that works on linux, unix and windows that use the network protocol smb (server massage block). Smb is a data communication protocol that is also used by Microsoft and OS / 2 to show the function of a client-server network that provides file and printer sharing and other tasks related.

Samba is able to share files with a computer operating system linux, unix and windows with peer to peer systems. In addition to bridge divide the samba file system functions such as the use of client-server PDC (primary domain control), DHCP (dynamic host configuration protocol), DNS (domain name system), FTP (file transfer protocol), web server, mail server, telnet , ssh and more.

Samba is able to share files with a computer operating system linux, unix and windows with peer to peer systems. In addition to bridge divide the samba file system functions such as the use of client-server PDC (primary domain control), DHCP (dynamic host configuration protocol), DNS (domain name system), FTP (file transfer protocol), web server, mail server, telnet , ssh and more.

Many applications that run on linux and samba thus bridged by linux or unix windows can use it. One example is a firewall application. Firewalls can be configured here as we want, such as the firewall will run when the computer is turned on, when dial-out, or when it gets the ip from the dhcp server.

Other applications that can be bridged running samba is a proxy server using squid. This proxy security functionality can be easily arranged by the purpose, sources and how to access the destination. Samba also has applications swat. That is a web-based application that samba is made to facilitate the samba settings you want.

The following are facilities that can bridge the samba software which are as follows:
a. Sharing files with samba.
b. Use swat.
c. Sharing equipment with samba as printers and others.
d. Setting user and group security configuration such as samba as PDC.
e. DHCP support.
f. Supports DNS.
g. Linux network security settings like firewalls and anti-virus.
h. Use FTP server.
i. Using Webserver.
j. Configuring the Internet gateway.
k. The use of mail server.
l. The use of a proxy server ..
m. Use telnet and ssh
n. And much more.

Function / Usage Samba


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Usability / functionality of Samba in computer networks are:

Linking between Linux machines (UNIX) with Windows machines. As the software is pretty much a function to do the samba software, ranging from bridge file sharing, sharing device, PDC, firewall, DNS, DHCP, FTP, web server, a gateway, mail server, proxy and others. Facilities such as telnet and ssh pengremote also available. One other advantage is the application settings that are no longer based only text, but also graphics are based swat.