When securing your Samba shares, start by locking down user and group security. Follow this tutorial to learn how. Samba is a critical component to mixed-platform networks. If you have any intention ...

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.

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 ...

The issue in the file-sharing and interop platform also affects Red Hat, SUSE Linux and Ubuntu packages. A critical severity vulnerability in the Samba platform could allow attackers to gain remote ...

I'm trying to get samba users to work but it just says it can't open the database. I made sure to chmod it to 777 and it's still not working, so perhaps I got the wrong file, but I'm pretty sure it's ...

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 ...

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 ...