Windows® and Linux® Integration: Hands–on Solutions for a Mixed Environment

Don′t Just Cope With Your Mixed–Environment Problems—Solve ThemMaximize Productivity and Lower Costs by Strategically Combining the Strengths of Linux and WindowsLeverage Windows Resources from Linux, and Linux Resources from WindowsMeet All Your Remote and Terminal Connection Challenges with the Right Solutions
WHY NOT HAVE THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS?
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.
It doesn′t matter whether you know Windows better than Linux or vice versa. This book shows you how to make the most of Linux in a Windows environment, and the most of Windows in a Linux environment. Written by two industry–recognized experts, one from the Windows world, one from the Linux world, they will guide you with practical, hands–on instruction and detailed examples that show you how to get the job done.
Coverage includes:Welcoming Linux clients and servers into an existing Windows Active DirectoryIntegrating Windows clients into existing Linux directory servicesMaking Windows printers available to Linux clients—and vice versaIntegrating and unifying email services for Linux and Windows clientsUsing Linux as a spam– and virus–killing machine to reduce Exchange′s workloadRunning Windows applications on Linux with VMware, WINE, Bochs, coLinux, and CrossOver OfficeUsing open–source porting projects to run Linux applications in WindowIntegrating Linux DNS with Active DirectorCreating web applications that work flawlessly on Linux and Windows clientsSetting up a universal locator service for finding files on Windows and Linux machinesCreating cross̵ 1;platform, multi–user terminal servers using Windows and Linux servers for Linux and Windows clientsRemotely controlling Windows machines from Linux machines—and vice–versa

Spis treści:
Introduction.
Chapter 1. Installation and Getting Around.
Chapter 2. Linux Authentication Services.
Chapter 3. Authenticating Linux Clients to Active Directory.
Chapter 4. File Sharing between Windows and Linux.
Chapter 5. Printer Sharing between Windows and Linux.
Chapter 6. Practical Windows Exchange and Linux Postfix E–mail Integration.
Chapter 7. Application and Desktop Compatibility.
Chapter 8. Remote, Terminal, and  Assisted Computing for Windows and Linux.
Chapter 9. Windows and Linux Network Interoperability.
Chapter 10. Web Interoperability.
Index.

Nota biograficzna:
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.

Okładka tylna:
Don′t Just Cope With Your Mixed–Environment Problems—Solve ThemMaximize Productivity and Lower Costs by Strategically Combining the Strengths of Linux and WindowsLeverage Windows Resources from Linux, and Linux Resources from WindowsMeet All Your Remote and Terminal Connection Challenges with the Right Solutions
WHY NOT HAVE THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS?
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.
It doesn′t matter whether you know Windows better than Linux or vice versa. This book shows you how to make the most of Linux in a Windows environment, and the most of Windows in a Linux environment. Written by two industry–recognized experts, one from the Windows world, one from the Linux world, they will guide you with practical, hands–on instruction and detailed examples that show you how to get the job done.
Coverage includes:Welcoming Linux clients and servers into an existing Windows Active DirectoryIntegrating Windows clients into existing Linux directory servicesMaking Windows printers available to Linux clients—and vice versaIntegrating and unifying email services for Linux and Windows clientsUsing Linux as a spam– and virus–killing machine to reduce Exchange′s workloadRunning Windows applications on Linux with VMware, WINE, Bochs, coLinux, and CrossOver OfficeUsing open–source porting projects to run Linux applications in WindowIntegrating Linux DNS with Active DirectorCreating web applications that work flawlessly on Linux and Windows clientsSetting up a universal locator service for finding files on Windows and Linux machinesCreating cross–platform, multi–user terminal servers using Windows and Linux servers for Linux and Windows clientsRemotely controlling Windows machines from Linux machines—and vice–versa