I currently have a samba server that has one user and one group that gives access to everything on the server. The need to start implementing some access control has arisen. Currently there is no LDAP ...

If you want it to access any windows shares, or access any of its files from a windows machine then you'll need to install samba on it. If you are just talking unix to unix then you can use NFS but ...

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 ...

Getting a little tired of one Windows SMB (Server Message Block) security problem after another? Want a reliable and fast file and print server without the Windows server headaches? Then, may I ...

How do I… Connect a Mac OS X machine to a Samba share? Your email has been sent Working (or living) within a Linux-based network is become more and more commonplace ...

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 ...