Thanks for the review trip! Looks like a great book! and not badly priced either!

Its 11 pounds on amazon.uk!

Cheers James, from your excellent review, it sounds like something I could use to help me get my hands dirty in Linux

trip did you by any chance see what the samba content was about?

Not sure what you want to know, zimbo. Yes, there is an entire chapter on Samba. Are you looking for something specific (sorry...it's early in the morning here...couldn't sleep and I still feel pretty groggy)?

sorry trip meaning is the samba content on the book based on nt 4 or 2000/2003 domains?

What do you guys feel about learning samba and NT 4.0 domains - still useful in todays enviroment?

I'll go back and look when I have the chance...probably later today. In the meantime, look at this:

http://www.linux-tutorial.info/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2210

yeah thanks trip.. was looking at it this morning! I think if samba can be implemented into AD then it has a very big future! Imagine telling future job interviews oh i can save you some money by creating a file server from your 2003 domain and let your users save on that!

Windows and Linux together is going to be hot!

There's a section in the Samba chapter called "Using Samba to Authenticate Against a Windows Server", however, it is focused on NT. Remember, this isn't a textbook about Samba. It has a more general focus. It will get you started as a beginning Linux admin but to drill down into very specific subjects, you are going to have to access resources that focus on the particular server or service you are interested (that is, get a book or two just on Samba). Hope that cleared things up. Cheers.