The presence of Microsoft Windows machines in the network environment is often unavoidable for the Linux network administrator, and often interoperability is critical. Fortunately, a group of developers has been hard at work for the last 10 years, and has created one of the most advanced Windows-to-UNIX interoperability packagesSamba. It has, in fact, become so successful and practical that system administrators can completely replace Windows servers with Samba servers, keeping all functionality, while adding additional stability.