Samba — once considered essential for desktop Linux users and which is still an essential part of enterprise operations — is getting a big security makeover.
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SerNet secured €688,800 in funding from Germany’s Sovereign Tech Fund to boost Samba’s security, scalability, and functionality.
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Samba 4.21, a free software reimplementation of the SMB protocol, rolls out with enhancements in LDAP TLS, user validation, and more.
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Samba is an effective tool for sharing files and printers across networks, particularly in mixed environments with Windows and Linux systems. In this guide, I will explain to you how to install and configure Samba in Ubuntu so you can share folders acr…
Nautilus file manager can share directories/folders of your Ubuntu 24.04 LTS system that you can access from Windows, MacOS, and other Linux devices. You may not find the file-sharing option in the context menu of the Nautilus file manager in a new Ubuntu 24.04 LTS installation. That’s because the Nautilus file-sharing option is not enabled […]
Samba, the popular open-source software suite that provides file, print, and authentication services for SMB/CIFS networks, has announced the release of Samba 4.20.0. This release comes after six months of development and includes several new features …
Expect TrueNAS CORE 13.3 in June ’24, based on FreeBSD 13.3, with enhancements in Samba, OpenZFS, SMART, and vital bug/security fixes.
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This guide will explore the process of how to install and configure the open-source file server software Samba on Ubuntu.
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In this guide, we will show you how to install the Samba server on RHEL-based distros such as CentOS Stream, Rocky Linux, and AlmaLinux.
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Jack Wallen shows you how easy it is to share directories to your local network through Samba with MX Linux.
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If you’re having trouble figuring out how to connect Windows 10 or 11 to your data center Samba shares, Jack Wallen eases your concern with simple steps.
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Samba is a powerful open-source tool that enables Windows-like sharing of files and printers. Learn to install and configure Samba on Debian 11.
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Having a server with Samba providing AD and Domain Controller functionality will provide you with a very mature and professional way to have a centralized place with all users and groups information. It will free you from the burden of having to manage users and groups on each server. This solution is useful for authenticating […]
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A critical vulnerability (CVE-2021-44142) in Samba, a widely used open-source implementation of the SMB networking protocol, could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code as root on affected Samba installations. Several updated versions of Samba have been released on Monday, fixing CVE-2021-44142 and two other flaws (1, 2), but since the software is included in most […]
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Through TCP/IP protocol, Samba makes file sharing possible between two operating systems not sharing the same architecture. Through CIFS (Common Internet File System) and SMB (Server Message Block) protocols, this open-source software has made file and…
This article will help you learn how to set up and configure iSCSI on Linux/Unix-based systems. iSCSI stands for (Internet Small Computer System Interface), which is an industry-standard protocol that is mainly used to share the storage device over the TCP/IP layer. Unlike Samba or NFS, which work at the file system level whereas iSCSI […]
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Operating system users might have different egoistic opinions on which operating system distribution is better but always find a common ground when it comes to issues like finding ideal file sharing solutions. Samba is such a solution. Whether you are on a Windows or Linux operating system environment, Samba makes it possible to flexibly share […]
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Offensive Security released Kali Linux 2021.4, which comes with a number of improvements: wider Samba compatibility, switching package manager mirrors, enhanced Apple M1 support, Kaboxer theming, Updates to Xfce, GNOME and KDE, Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W + …
Corrective releases package Samba 4.15.2, 4.14.10, and 4.13.14 eliminates eight vulnerabilities, most of which can lead to a complete compromise of the Active Directory domain. It is noteworthy that one of the problems was corrected in 2016, and five – from 2020, though one correction led to the inability to run winbindd in the presence […]
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For those using Samba as the open-source implementation of SMB/CIFS and allowing for file/print sharing with Microsoft Windows systems, Samba 4.15 is now available as the latest release for improving Windows interoperability on Linux and other platform…