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 ...

Systems administrators should get ready to fix a critical vulnerability on April 12 that affects the Windows and Samba implementations of the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol. The vulnerability was ...

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 ...

I just built a home file server from an E350 ITX board. I installed Zentyal 10.04, a distro mostly based on Ubuntu 10.04, with a web-ui on top. The network is gbit. I have 4GB of RAM. I have 3 drives ...

Guys I'm now in the process of wanting to setup file sharing form a Centos 5.2 box. I will mainly be pushing files to linux form various Windows boxs Vista, Server 2008 etc. Anyway whats the best ...

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 ...

You can run Android apps on Chromebooks. You can run Linux programs on Chromebooks. Heck, you can even run Windows programs on Chromebooks. But one thing you couldn't do natively on a Chromebook is ...