Do you have a network-attached storage (NAS) device holding your accounts payable, document archives, or just your baby photos? If so, you're running Samba, the open-source file and print server. Now, ...

Just about the only network task that I don't trust Linux with is being a file server for Windows clients.<BR><BR>I use NT boxes as file servers, because I can load Symantec's Enterprise Antivirus ...

Hi,<BR><BR>A samba file server gives Windows clients access to it's files...windows clients are notorious for getting/spreading viruses....how can you configure the samba server to defend it ...

The other week, Microsoft got its security teeth kicked in when an old SMB security hole was exploited by the WannaCry ransomware attack. This week, it's the turn of Samba, the popular open-source SMB ...

Many small businesses think the servers they use all run Windows operating systems, but many file server appliances are Linux-based systems using Samba for interoperability with their Windows or Mac ...

It recently occurred to me that in the eight years or so I've been writing this column, I've never covered file servers. I've covered secure file transfer, for example, via scp, rsync and vsftpd, ...

Samba released fixes for its networking software to address two critical vulnerabilities that allowed attackers to change admin password or launch DoS attacks. Two critical patches for the free ...

Topic ===== ALERT: remote root expoit in samba server An exploit for this vulnerability is publicly available. Problem Description ===== A buffer overflow exists in the samba file server, the widely ...

HIVE2 is my newly renamed Samba server. How to enable Samba connections via hostname Your email has been sent If you make use of Samba, and have users who don't want to work with IP addresses, Jack ...

We at Northrop Grumman recently decided to replace the Microsoft Windows 2000 server on one of our networks with a Linux server running Samba. The primary motivations for replacing the Windows server ...