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 ...

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 ...

Last month, I began a multipart series of articles on how to build a secure file server based on Samba for local (non-Internet-facing) use. I gave an overview of file server security goals, described ...

Before I begin my discussion of the new NT domain features in Samba, I’d like to discuss some important differences between the NT and Unix security models. Parts of the user-account model in the ...

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 ...

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 ...