File and Print Services "UNIX/Linux"

File and Print Services
As you might expect, UNIX file and print services are TCP/IP based. Therefore, protocols like FTP, NFS, and HTTP are used with standard file sharing. As discussed in Chapter 3, UNIX
printing uses the LPD/LPR combination. But there is UNIX software available that makes UNIX appear as a Windows server. This software is known as Samba. It uses the standard
Server Message Block (SMB) protocol—the same protocol that Windows networking uses.
Samba is freely available on the Internet.

NOTE:

You can check out Samba at the Samba website located at www.samba.org.