New books from Bruce Perens

CONTACT: Publicist Heather Fox
Addison-Wesley/ Prentice Hall PTR 
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE			
									
PHPTR ANNOUNCES TWO NEW BOOKS AS PART OF ITS BRUCE PERENS' OPEN SOURCE SERIES
AND FORTHCOMING SAMBA-3 BOOK

Upper Saddle River, NJ (AUGUST 25, 2003) - Prentice Hall PTR, the leading
publisher of advanced technology books, announces the release of two new
books within its Bruce Perens' Open Source Series line of books. The new
books include:

* Implementing CIFS: The Common Internet File System (ISBN 0-13-047116-X) by
Samba-Team member Chris Hertel. Implementing CIFS is the first cross-platform
guide to the inner workings of CIFS, Microsoft(r)'s market-dominating
Internet/Intranet file sharing system. This book serves as a guide to
designing and debugging Windows( and/or Samba networks, identifying crucial
specifications and supporting documents (including the SNIA CIFS Technical
Reference) and introduces Server Message Block (SMB), NetBIOS over TCP/IP
(NBT), browser services and authentication. 

* Managing Linux Systems with Webmin: System Administration and Module
Development (ISBN 0-13-140882-8) by Jamie Cameron.  Author Jamie Cameron, the
primary developer of the Webmin software, provides complete coverage of the
latest version of Webmin, beginning with basic installation and progressing
through to centrally managing multiple servers. Coverage includes, but is not
limited to, configuring Apache, Sendmail, Squid, Samba, MySQL, PostgreSQL,
and FTP Services. 
 
Forthcoming Bruce Perens' Open Source Series Books:
* "The Official Samba- 3 HOWTO and Reference Guide" (ISBN 0-13-145355-6),
co-edited by Samba-Team Co-Founder John Terpstra. This book will be the
definitive source on Samba-3 for all Samba administrators, with special
attention given to Windows administrators migrating to Samba. The book will
serve as a comprehensive compilation of critical questions and answers that
have been cultivated from Samba mailing lists, as well as new information
written exclusively for the book. (available October, 2003)

* "Rapid Application Development with Mozilla" (ISBN 0-13-142343-6) by Nigel
McFarlane. This book examines Mozilla's XML User interface Language (XUL) and
its library of more than 1,000 pre-built objects, with coverage on the
fundamentals and capabilities of Mozilla, including full descriptions of
Mozilla tools (XUL, XBL, and XPCOM); the RDF data format and its interactions
with XUL, including Listboxes, Chrome, Overlays, Trees, and Templates;
creation of "thick client" and other UIs; and events, Forms, Menus,
Navigation, and Commands using DOM, JavaScript, and XUL. (available October,
2003)

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