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(SaMBa) Software that allows a Unix server to act as a file server to Windows clients. Samba is a free, open source implementation of the CIFS file sharing protocol, which evolved from SMB,...
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Definition: Samba
(SaMBa) Software that allows a Unix server to act as a file server to Windows clients. Samba is a free, open source implementation of the CIFS file sharing protocol, which evolved from SMB, hence the SMB in SaMBa. Samba runs under Linux, FreeBSD and other Unix variants. It can be used with any modern PC as well as other hardware, but due to its efficiency, it also lends itself to old 486s that are recycled to serve as inexpensive file, print and backup servers in a Windows environment. See SMB.
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Five-year-old remote code execution hole patched in Macs, Linux
Samba has issued new versions and multiple patches for a remote code execution hole in its open source software that is included in most Linux distributions as well as Apple's Mac OS X Server.
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Microsoft contributes open-source code to Samba
Microsoft has contributed source code under the GPLv3 to Samba, the file server software that enables Linux servers to share files with Windows PCs. No, I'm not making this up.
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Samba makes change to enlist corporate developer support
The Samba project has announced the creation of a certificate that will enlist participation by corporate developers. The process is similar to the way developers engage in the Linux project,...
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Samba 3.6 now available
Updated: As expected, Samba 3.6 with SMB2 support was released today. The software -- Â a file, print and authentication server suite for Windows client -- also features improved printing,...
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Samba may consider accepting corporate-donated code ... fixes only?
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Samba 3.6 release soon, Samba 4 pushed to late 2011, 2012
The final version Samba 4.0 won't be delivered until late 2011, or 2012, yet a major update is expected soon. In a recent email to this blogger, Jeremy Allison, a lead developer on the project...
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Samba 4 now due in 2011; SMB2 and SMB/CIFS protocol docs done
The Samba team isn't expecting to release Samba 4 until the first half of 2011 (optimistically) but work on support for Microsoft's SMB2 -- and older SMB/CIFS -- has moved ahead quite nicely....
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Samba4 release pushed back to late 2010, 2011?
Those waiting for Samba 4 might have to wait a little longer -- but it will be well worth the wait, developers say. In a team blog posted on Christmas Day, the Samba team announced it will merge...
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Still Livin' La Vida Linux
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Samba, Microsoft cooperate on new set of SMB/CIFS docs?
One Samba contributor is working with Microsoft on a new set of SMB/CIFS documentation. A recent post on the Samba team blog indicates that code contributor Chris Hertel and his Ubiqx consulting...
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Why writing a Windows compatible file server is (still) hard
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Samba dinged by 'highly critical' flaw
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25-year-old BSD bug found--and fixed
A Unix developer has discovered a bug in the BSD operating system that has been passed down to all its variants, including OpenBSD and Mac OS X.
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Samba 3.2 reflects open source project's ambivalence toward Microsoft
Samba’s forthcoming version 3.2 release capitalizes on Microsoft’s interoperability commitments while also guarding against patent covenants that threaten the GPL. Samba 3.2, which is...
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Free software great and small
They envision a world with Linux running on the smallest embedded devices to the largest supercomputer clusters, and all possible devices in between. It's only a matter of time before even desktop...
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Centrify's Tom Kemp: Here's the map to avoiding Microsoft's patent minefield
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Samba is beneficiary of Microsoft-EU deal
Samba will be a direct beneficiary of Microsoft's agreement to cooperate with the European Union, which was announced today.
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Microsoft and Samba finally come to terms over Windows protocols
After years of public disagreement over ensuring interoperability between their respective software, Microsoft and Samba have come to terms. And not surprisingly, each vendor is offering quite a...
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