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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

First I'll start out with the desired behavior of this configuration: Windows clients should be able to browse to their "home" directory on the Linux/Samba server and be transparently authenticated ...

As Linux makes its way into previously Microsoft-only environments, whether in a server or desktop capacity, it is likely that Samba becomes involved in the process of integrating the systems. Hot on ...

I just built a home file server from an E350 ITX board. I installed Zentyal 10.04, a distro mostly based on Ubuntu 10.04, with a web-ui on top. The network is gbit. I have 4GB of RAM. I have 3 drives ...

Security researchers are urging users to install new Samba security updates in order to address a critical vulnerability that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. Samba is ...

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 ...

Learn how to take six important steps that will greatly increase the security of your Samba server. Security is a balance between allowing the right people easy access to a resource and preventing ...