January 22, 2009  10:26 PM

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 with new features and more security



Posted by: Leah Rosin
Firefox, Intel Nehalem processor, Linux, OpenJDK, OpenSSH, Red Hat, RHEL 5.3, Samba, Virtualization

Red Hat released version 5.3 of its Enterprise Linux distribution on Tuesday, about eight months after version 5.2. We gave an overview of the new features of the


January 7, 2008  2:29 PM

Set up a Samba Domain Controller with LDAP for Ubuntu server



Posted by: SAS70ExPERT
authentication, Samba

Hey Ubuntu fans – ever wanted a domain controller with an LDAP back end for a server but couldn’t bring yourself to run Windows? Well, the guys over at HowtoForge assembled a great how-to guide for...

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November 15, 2007  10:55 AM

Security alert: Remote Code Execution in Samba’s nmbd



Posted by: ITKE
Open source applications, Samba, Updates and upgrades

Samba release manage Jerry Carter once told me that the majority of "bugs" in Samba that get reported by users are actually misconfigurations of that user's system, or a problem with Microsoft Windows, and are not the fault of Samba. In one of the


November 13, 2007  12:52 PM

Tutorial on Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) Samba standalone server with tdbsam back end



Posted by: ITKE
Administration, interoperability and integration, Samba, tips, Ubuntu Linux

From HowtoForge comes a timely tip and tutorial about the installation of a Samba fileserver on Ubuntu 7.10. The tutorial, submitted by Falko Timme, a system developer based in Germany, also lists how...


October 1, 2007  8:23 AM

First preview of Samba 3.2.0 now available for download



Posted by: ITKE
Administration, interoperability and integration, Samba

This news broke on Sept. 28, but I was so excited about October that I thought it would be cool to post it on October 1. OK, now that I've sufficiently covered my butt with an excuse, I give you the

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September 11, 2007  9:56 AM

Of Samba bugs and 3.026a



Posted by: ITKE
Administration, interoperability and integration, Samba, Security

We just put a Samba tip up the other day regarding bugs and bug fixes, so it's kind of ironic that Jerry Carter, release manager for the Samba team, sent out a few bug...


September 10, 2007  3:38 PM

Linux Done Right: A user’s pleasant surprise



Posted by: ITKE
Administration, interoperability and integration, Enterprise applications for Linux, identity management, Linux basics, Linux desktops, Linux Done Right, Linux versus Windows, Open source applications, Samba, support

Consider this the first in an occasional, meandering series of articles on Linux done right. These aren't meant to boost the sales of any particular vendor, but instead are meant to show other end users, IT managers and decision makers what to look for when vetting applications and operating...


September 7, 2007  9:38 AM

More on Samba4 alpha1…



Posted by: ITKE
Administration, interoperability and integration, Samba

A Samba4 update from Andrew Bartlett hit my Inbox this morning with an overview of all the new features.

NEW FEATURES ============ Samba4 supports the server-side of the Active Directory logon environment used by Windows 2000 and later, so we can do full domain join...


September 5, 2007  3:22 PM

Samba 4.0.0 alpha1 available for download



Posted by: ITKE
Administration, interoperability and integration, Samba

If I had a klaxon I'd be sounding it right now, because there's some Samba 4 news to bring to you this afternoon. No, not Samba 3 -- 4.0! It's a rare treat, and one that we haven;t had the pleaause of digesting for quite a while now. Via the

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