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 ...

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.

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

Companies offering Linux solutions are reporting some successes in the hard-to-crack small and medium business market. Everywhere you turn nowadays, another company is targeting the Small and Medium ...

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 ...

But both are worth considering.

Dell said last week that in addition to selling PCs based on Ubuntu Linux, it will also offer systems designed for the SMB market -- outside the US. After some confusion over Dell's Linux strategy, ...