The developers of the open-source Samba file server product are urging users to upgrade to the latest 2.2.8 stable version of Samba after discovering a potentially critical flaw in earlier versions.

Ive just installed Fedora Core 1 and now im trying to setup Samba. I know it has new features but im only interested in setting up the same configuration that I had in Samba 2.2.7a. Even better if I ...

I've been playing with a couple of Hetzner boxes, an ARM VPS and a storage box. The VPS has 40GB disc for about 5UKP a month, the storage box has 1TB disc for about £3.50 a month. Adding 1TB to the ...

Samba is an incredibly powerful tool for sharing directories. Here's how to use Samba, in conjunction with the built-in user and group tools, to make Samba easier to administer. If you make use of a ...

The Android Samba Client app has landed on the Play Store today. If you’re a user of the Samba Client on desktop and laptop computers, this will give you the ability to utilize the same capabilities ...

Last month, I began a multipart series of articles on how to build a secure file server based on Samba for local (non-Internet-facing) use. I gave an overview of file server security goals, described ...

Samba network filesystem administrators are being urged to patch a seven-year-old remote execution vulnerability as soon as possible. For the vulnerability (CVE-2017-7494) to cause any issues, three ...

Before I begin my discussion of the new NT domain features in Samba, I’d like to discuss some important differences between the NT and Unix security models. Parts of the user-account model in the ...

This month, we continue our exercise in building a secure file server for our local LAN using Samba. In case you missed the first two installments, this is a non-Internet-accessible file server to ...