Windows and Linux Integration : Hands-On Solutions for a Mixed Environment,9780782144284

Windows and Linux Integration : Hands-On Solutions for a Mixed Environment

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780782144284
ISBN10: 0782144284
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-09-30
Publisher(s): Sybex
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Summary

For all those who talk of a war between Windows and Linux, there are others-like yourself-who ask, "Can't we all just work together?" As Windows & Linux Integration demonstrates, it's possible, and a lot easier than you think.

Author Biography

Jeremy Moskowitz (MVP, MCSE) is founder of Moskowitz, Inc. (www.Moskowitz-inc.com), a provider of consulting and training services for Windows and Linux. He is the author of Group Policy, Profiles and IntelliMirror, also from Sybex, and a contributor to REDMOND Magazine, Windows IT Pro, TechNet Magazine, Linux Magazine, and TechTarget.com.

Tom Boutell is president of Boutell.Com, Inc., a software development, consulting, and web hosting firm with a Linux and cross-platform focus. Tom is the author of the open-source gd library, a basic building block of many well-known open-source software packages. He is also the author of CGI Programming in C and Perl and the original World Wide Web FAQ.

Jeremy and Tom manage www.WinLinAnswers.com, where you can get answers to your toughest Windows/Linux integration questions.

Table of Contents

Introduction xvi
Installation and Getting Around
1(70)
The Story and the Roadmap
2(3)
Installing Windows
5(14)
Windows Server 2003 + SP1 and Windows XP + SP2: The Right Windows (at Least for This Book)
6(4)
Beginning the Windows 2003 Installation
10(5)
Post-Installation Tasks
15(4)
Installing Linux
19(33)
Fedora Core 3: The Distribution We're Suggesting for This Book
20(1)
Installing Fedora Linux
21(23)
Leveraging Webmin
44(8)
Active Directory under One Roof
52(14)
Using Linux to Create a DNS Server and a Delegated Subdomain
52(5)
Setting an Authoritative Time Source for Linux
57(1)
Installing Your Active Directory
58(4)
Managing Windows DNS
62(2)
Post Active Directory Installation Tasks
64(2)
Getting Around
66(3)
Getting Around in Windows
66(2)
Getting Around in Linux
68(1)
Final Thoughts
69(2)
Linux Authentication Services
71(76)
Authentication to NIS
74(14)
Creating a Linux-Based NIS Server
76(4)
Authenticating Linux Clients to the NIS Server
80(4)
Authenticating Windows Clients to the NIS Server
84(2)
Checkout: Using NIS for Authentication
86(2)
Authentication to OpenLDAP
88(29)
Setting up an OpenLDAP Server on Linux
88(14)
Using Webmin to Manage OpenLDAP Server Graphically
102(14)
Checkout: Using OpenLDAP for Your Authentication
116(1)
Authentication to Samba as a PDC
117(28)
Option 1: Samba Storing Accounts in tdbsam
120(1)
Option 2: Samba Storing Accounts in OpenLDAP
120(20)
Joining the Samba Server to Its Own Domain
140(1)
If Samba Doesn't Work
140(1)
Using NT 4 Old-School Tools to Manage Samba Users and Computers
141(2)
Joining a Windows Workstation to the Domain
143(1)
Logging into a Windows Workstation via Samba PDC Authentication
143(1)
Checkout: To Create a Linux PDC
144(1)
Final Thoughts
145(2)
Authenticating Linux Clients to Active Directory
147(48)
Preparing Active Directory for User Logins
148(2)
Creating Active Directory Organizational Units (OUs)
148(1)
Creating Active Directory User Accounts
149(1)
Creating Active Directory Group Accounts
149(1)
Authenticating Windows Clients to Active Directory
149(1)
Using Standard Active Directory for Linux Authentication (via Winbind)
150(11)
authconfig: The First 90 Percent of the Journey
154(2)
There's Something about PAM
156(2)
Samba/Winbind Configuration
158(3)
Extending Active Directory with Unix/Linux Information
161(7)
Possible ways to extend Active Directory
162(1)
Services for Unix 3.5 Components and Installation
163(4)
How to Unix-Enable Your Active Directory Users and Groups
167(1)
Using Extended Active Directory for Linux Authentication
168(12)
Setting the Stage for Active Directory/LDAP Requests and Authentication
169(3)
Setting up a User Who Can ``Touch'' Active Directory
172(1)
Configuring the LDAP Client with the Fedora Authentication Tool
173(1)
Achieving Compatibility with SFU-Enhanced Active Directory
174(4)
Making Home Directories on the Fly
178(1)
Logging into Active Directory Using Linux via LDAP
179(1)
Checkout
180(1)
The Extra Mile: SSL Encryption of LDAP Traffic between Linux and Active Directory
180(9)
Ensuring the OpenLDAP Client Supports SSL with Active Directory
181(2)
Enabling SSL for LDAP on the Active Directory Server
183(5)
Configuring the Linux OpenLDAP Client to Use SSL
188(1)
Commercial Interoperability Products
189(4)
VAS by Vintela
190(1)
DirectControl by Centrify
190(2)
Synchronized Peer Directories
192(1)
Final Thoughts
193(2)
File Sharing between Windows and Linux
195(70)
Having Windows Clients Utilize Windows File Shares
197(1)
Having Linux Clients Utilize Windows File Shares
198(13)
Kerberos Authentication and Windows File Sharing
198(3)
Using Windows File Shares
201(10)
Samba as a PDC: File Sharing, Roaming Profiles
211(11)
Sharing Folders with Samba
212(2)
Sharing Home Drivers and Roaming Profiles with Samba
214(8)
Integrating Linux Samba File Servers into Windows Active Directory
222(14)
Installing Linux on adsambafp1
223(1)
Adding a DNS Record for adsambafp1
224(1)
Configuring Samba as a Domain Member
224(3)
Joining the Active Directory Domain
227(1)
Creating and Using Shares with Windows ACL Support
228(6)
Browsing Our Shares from a Windows Workstation
234(1)
If It Doesn't Work
235(1)
Leveraging NFS on Your Servers
236(24)
Setting up a Linux NFS Server
236(6)
Connecting Linux NFS Clients to Linux NFS Servers
242(2)
Having Windows Clients Locate NFS Servers
244(4)
Leveraging NFS Exports on Your Windows Server for a Unified Windows and Linux Home Drive
248(12)
Creating a Unified DFS Space
260(3)
DFS Types
260(1)
Implementing a DFS for Our Active Directory Users
260(3)
Final Thoughts
263(2)
Printer Sharing between Windows and Linux
265(42)
Leveraging Windows Printers
265(15)
Setting up a Windows Printer
265(7)
Performing Printing Tests
272(8)
Leveraging Linux Printers
280(19)
Understanding Linux Printing
280(6)
Setting up a Linux Printer
286(5)
Performing Printing Tests
291(8)
Leveraging Active Directory
299(6)
Publishing Printers into Active Directory
300(3)
Searching for Printers in Active Directory
303(2)
Final Thoughts
305(2)
Practical Windows Exchange and Linux Postfix E-mail Integration
307(46)
Linux As a Departmental Mail Server
309(4)
Installing Postfix on linserv1.corp.com
310(1)
Configuring Postfix on linserv1.corp.com
311(1)
Testing the Linux-Based Departmental Mail Server
312(1)
Installing Exchange (a Quick-Start Guide)
313(5)
Exchange Editions
314(1)
Server Setup Suggestions
314(1)
Extending the Active Directory Schema for Exchange
315(1)
Common Exchange Tasks
315(3)
Unified Linux and Exchange Delivery (with Anti-Spam and Anti-Virus)
318(34)
What a Front-End MTA Does for Us
321(2)
Exchange Reconfiguration Tasks
323(2)
Postfix Departmental Server Reconfiguration Tasks
325(2)
Setting up a DNS MX Record for mail.corp.com
327(2)
Installing Fedora on the Front-End Mail Server with the Postfix and SpamAssassin Packages
329(1)
Installing Clam Anti-Virus
329(1)
Installing MailScanner
330(1)
Configuring Postfix As a Front-End MTA
331(5)
Installing and Configuring the build-transport-maps.pl Script
336(10)
Configuring MailScanner: Anti-Spam and Anti-Virus Capabilities for Your Front-End MTA
346(2)
Launching MailScanner and Postfix
348(1)
Testing Our Front-End MTA
348(4)
Final Thoughts
352(1)
Application and Desktop Compatibility
353(30)
Making Windows Run Linux Applications
353(13)
OpenCD 2
354(1)
Unix Tools within Windows
354(4)
Wholesale Linux (and PC) Emulation on Windows
358(8)
Making Linux Run Windows Applications
366(6)
Wholesale PC Emulation within Linux
367(2)
Binary-Compatible Windows emulation on Linux
369(3)
Making Nice at the Office
372(9)
Microsoft Office vs. StarOffice vs. OpenOffice
372(3)
Accessing Exchange with a Web Browser
375(1)
Evolution
376(3)
Linux-Hosted Calendaring Servers
379(1)
Linux Client and Stand-Alone Calendar Software
380(1)
Final Thoughts
381(2)
Remote, Terminal, and Assisted Computing for Windows and Linux
383(42)
Remote, Terminal, and Assisted Computing Terms and Definitions
383(4)
Remote, Terminal, and Assisted Computing for Windows Hosts
387(16)
Remote Computing for Windows Hosts
387(6)
Terminal Computing for Windows 2003 (Windows and Linux Users Running Windows Applications Remotely)
393(3)
Assisted Computing for Windows Hosts (Linux Users Helping Windows Users)
396(7)
Remote, Terminal, and Assisted Computing for Linux Hosts
403(20)
Remote Computing for Linux Hosts
404(14)
Terminal Computing for Linux Hosts via LTSP
418(2)
Assisted Computing for Linux Hosts
420(3)
Final Thoughts
423(2)
Windows and Linux Network Interoperability
425(44)
Integrating Windows and Linux DNS
425(15)
Housing Active Directory DNS Records on Linux DNS Servers
426(6)
Setting up a Linux Branch Office DNS Server
432(8)
Creating Trusts between Samba and Active Directory Domains
440(5)
Upgrading Samba, If Needed
440(2)
Samba-Side Trust Creation
442(1)
Active Directory-Side Trust Creation
443(1)
Ensuring corp Users Can Long on to a Windows XP Computer (joined to the ad.corp.com domain)
444(1)
A Cross-Platform VPN with PPTP
445(21)
Linux and Windows Road Warriors: Connecting via PPTP
445(4)
Setting up Windows 2003 PPTP Server
449(9)
Connecting to the VPN with a Linux Client
458(8)
Final Thoughts
466(3)
Web Interoperability
469(40)
Web Server and Browser Basics
471(3)
Rendering Web Pages to the Screen
471(1)
Handling Form Submissions
472(1)
Interactivity on the Browser Side
472(1)
Open Standards for Web Content
472(2)
Plug-Ins and Helper Applications for Special Content
474(1)
Web Browser Interoperability
474(2)
Static Website Interoperability
476(7)
Setting Up Our Web Servers: IIS and Apache
477(1)
Static Website Interoperability: ``Gotchas'' When Moving Content Between Servers
478(5)
Running Windows Web Applications on Linux...and Linux Web Applications on Windows
483(25)
Running Linux PHP Applications on Windows IIS Servers
484(11)
Running Windows ASP & ASP.NET Web Applications on Linux Servers
495(13)
Final Thoughts
508(1)
Index 509

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