This IBM Redbooks publication discusses interoperability in terms of UNIX to UNIX cross platform data sharing and user/system management. This book also demonstrates the similarities and differences between the AIX and Linux operating systems.

This book is intended to help IT specialists who have AIX systems and Linux systems in their environments understand how to integrate and optimize AIX systems in a Linux environment and share AIX resources with Linux systems. We have focused our descriptions on the following areas:

- User management

- Networking

- Data sharing

- System management

- Security

- Linux for IBM eServer pSeries and RS/6000

Chapter 1. Identification and authentication

Chapter 2. Centralized user management

Chapter 3. Single sign-on

Chapter 4. Networking services

Chapter 5. Sendmail

Chapter 6. Samba file and print server

Chapter 7. NFS

Chapter 8. File systems and data archiving

Chapter 9. Security

Chapter 10. System administration applications

Chapter 11. Printer sharing

Chapter 12. Linux for IBM eServer pSeries and RS/6000