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14. Interoperability
14.1. Samba
Samba is a suite of programs which use NetBIOS over TCP/IP (NetBT) to enable the sharing of files, printers and other information (such as directories of available files and printers). This package provides a Server Message Block or SMB server (also known as a Common Internet File System or CIFS server) which can provide network services to SMB/CIFS clients.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 provides the following significant enhancements to Samba:
- Internet Protocol version 6 support (IPv6)
- Support for Windows 2008 (R2) trust relationships.
- Support for Windows 7 domain members.
- Support for Active Directory LDAP signing/sealing policy.
- Improvements for libsmbclient
- Better support for Windows management tools (mmc and User Manager)
- Automatic machine password changes as domain member
- New registry based configuration layer
- Encrypted SMB transport between Samba client and server
- Full support for Windows cross-forest, transitive trusts and one-way domain trusts
- New NetApi remote management and winbind client C libraries
- A new graphical user interface for joining Windows Domains
Note
Refer to the Deployment Guide for futher information on Samba configuration on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
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