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Linux and Windows Interoperability Guide

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ISBN-10: 0130324779

ISBN-13: 9780130324771

Edition: 2002

Authors: Edna Bradford, Louis Mauget

List price: $44.99
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Increasingly, companies depend on a mixture of Linux and Windows systems to address their enterprise IT requirements with maximum performance and value. In this book, a team of world-class experts in cross-platform environments offer comprehensive guidance for managing Linux and Windows together. Ed Bradford and Lou Mauget cover everything from network planning and configuration to scripting, performance tuning, and backup, presenting today's best practices for maximizing interoperability -- and minimizing hassle. In Part I, Bradford and Mauget walk through planning and deploying networks incorporating Windows 2000/XP and Linux technologies. Next, they walk through key tools for scripting,…    
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Book details

List price: $44.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 12/14/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 624
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 2.530
Language: English

Acknowledgments
Planning and Deploying a Network
A Word about Windows
Let's Get Started
The Firm
Basic Networking
Common Networking Services
Email
Summary
Installing and Configuring Windows
Windows Domains
Installing Windows 2000 and Windows XP Professional
Installing Windows Server
Demoting a Domain
Creating a New Domain Tree within an Existing Forest
Enabling Multiprocessing
Summary
Installing and Configuring Linux
Linux Distributions
Installation
Dual Booting
Package Management
Linux Desktop
Linux Processes
Linux Server
Summary
Scripting
Scripting Defined
Windows Scripting
Red Hat 7.1 Linux Scripting
Scripting Languages
Administration
Summary
Compilation Tools: Writing, Compiling, Testing, and Debugging Programs
Overview
GCC on Windows and Linux
Microsoft Visual C/C++
Debugging Techniques
Summary
Programming: Java, Network, and the Web
Java
Java 2
Java Tools
Java Application Deployment
Java Binary Portability
Network Programming
Interoperation on the Network
Web Programming
Middle-Tier APIS
Portable Program Sampler
Web Programming Authoring and Deployment Tools
Summary
Performance Analysis Techniques
What is Performance?
Understanding Your Operating System and Hardware
Programming Techniques for Observing Performance
Tools for Performance Issues
Summary
User Interface
Types of User Interfaces
Event-Driven Model
Microsoft Windows
Linux and X Windows
Windows XP UI and Red Hat Linux UI: Culture, Interoperability, and Portability
Examples
Summary
System Administration
Administration Tools
Periodic Administration
Summary
Network Management
A Brief TCP/IP Tutorial
Setup Basics
Troubleshooting
Installing Routing Services
Installing and Configuring DNS Services
Installing and Configuring DHCP Services
Summary
Enterprise Domain Design
A Simple Infrastructure for Elsolutions
Microsoft Domains
Active Directory Support for Clients
Active Directory and DNS
Design Considerations for an Active Directory Domain
Strengths and Weaknesses of Active Directory Domains
NIS Domains
Summary
Security
Security Stance
Operating System Security Models
Network Security
Host Security
Encryption
Integrity Checking
Summary
Network File Systems
Windows CIFS File Sharing
Samba
NFS
How Fast Are They?
Summary
Printing
General Print Processing
Windows Printing Overview
Windows TCP/IP Print Service
Samba Interoperability with Windows
Adding a Windows Local Printer
Adding a Windows XP Networked Printer
Windows Print Ports
Windows Internet Printing
Adding a Red Hat Linux 7.1 Local Printer
Adding a Red Hat Linux 7.1 Networked Printer
Attaching a Networked Red Hat Linux 7.1 Printer to Windows XP
Attaching a Networked Windows XP Printer to Red Hat Linux 7.1
Interoperability
Summary
Directory Integration
The Problem
Directories
Linux with OpenLDAP
LDAP Search Clients
Elsolutions' Directory Strategy
Summary
System Backup and Restore
Backup and Restore Security
Types of Backup
Windows Backup and Restore
Linux Backup and Restore
Scheduling
Summary
Dial-Up
Dial-up Connections
SLIP
Point-to-Point Protocol
PPTP, VPN, and L2TP
Interoperability
Summary
Thin Clients
Uses
Remote Administration
Character-Mode Clients
GUI-Mode Clients
Summary
Web Servers
Functions of a Web Browser
Functions of a Web Server
Desirable Features of a Web Server
Organizations
Interoperability
Proxy Servers
Clustering
The Session Problem
Web Services
Application Servers
Survey of Web Servers
Choices
Summary
Appendix A
Index