If you want it to access any windows shares, or access any of its files from a windows machine then you'll need to install samba on it. If you are just talking unix to unix then you can use NFS but ...

HIVE2 is my newly renamed Samba server. How to enable Samba connections via hostname Your email has been sent If you make use of Samba, and have users who don't want to work with IP addresses, Jack ...

For the past four months in this column, we've been building a secured Samba server for our local LAN, using Swat. To spare those of you who have been following this series a fourth summary of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Do you have a network-attached storage (NAS) device holding your accounts payable, document archives, or just your baby photos? If so, you're running Samba, the open-source file and print server. Now, ...

It recently occurred to me that in the eight years or so I've been writing this column, I've never covered file servers. I've covered secure file transfer, for example, via scp, rsync and vsftpd, ...