If your users aren’t able to authenticate to Samba, chances are you forgot one very important step. Jack Wallen shows you what to do to allow users to gain access to those shares. I don’t know how ...

What I am doing is setting up a file server for us on my home network. I can, of course, just given everyone who needs access a regular user account as well, which I suppose I could disable to prevent ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

A dangerous vulnerability in a pervasive tool for running Linux systems in a Windows environment leaves the door open for an attacker to access these systems without requiring any authentication. 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 ...

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 ...