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 ...

Quick lowdown. I have setup a linux/samba file server for my home network. I have linux laptop and some winxp boxes. My girlfriend needs to connect to the samba shares, but she does not use a password ...

Samba lets Linux, Windows, and Mac communicate with one another, but it can be tough to configure. These tools will help reduce your Samba headaches. Samba is one of those pieces of software that ...

Symantec has put out a warning to Mac users that an unpatched exploit found in Samba, an open-source file-and print-sharing software included with OS X, could leave your Apple open to hackers via the ...

For the past four months in this column, we've been building a secured Samba server for our local LAN, using Swat. To spare those of you who have been following this series a fourth summary of the ...

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 ...

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 ...