A vulnerability in Samba, the standard Windows interoperability suite of programs for Linux and Unix, can be exploited remotely to gain access to Linux machines that have port 445 exposed. Some are ...

I've been having issues with mounting windows shares on my linux workstation. It worked fine for a while till about maybe 6 months ago it started taking about 30 seconds to mount the filesystem. I've ...

It's still a solid file-sharing protocol, though ...

Hello folks - I've fallen in love with rsync - I'm currently using it to do backups for a number of customers that I've managed to convinced to switch to Linux. However I'd love to backup some of my ...

But both are worth considering.

Attackers are free-riding Linux servers with an unpatched Samba bug to mine for the monero cryptocurrency. Now would be a good time install a patch released by open-source project Samba on May 25.

Many small businesses think the servers they use all run Windows operating systems, but many file server appliances are Linux-based systems using Samba for interoperability with their Windows or Mac ...