One of the most popular questions long-time Linux users have been asked is, “How do I create a network share that Windows can see?“, and it’s for good reason. Creating a network share in Linux is a ...

Jack Wallen shows you how easy it is to share directories to your local network through Samba with MX Linux. I frequently share files on my LAN. Back and forth and back and forth — the sharing fun ...

The big file-sharing leap came with Samba 4. That release brought Linux an Active Directory (AD) domain controller. With that version, Samba gained the ability to share files with both old and new ...

If you’re having trouble sharing out your ~Public directory in Ubuntu 22.04, Jack Wallen has the fix for you. With the release of Ubuntu 22.04, several changes occurred under the hood to make this ...

I see my buddy in technology writing, Preston Gralla, is having trouble getting his new Wubi-based Ubuntu 8.04 system to work with his Windows file systems and vice-versa. While some Linuxes, like ...

Now that the OS and HDD are ready, it is finally time to start the NAS-like work.This time, I used Samba to enable access from my main Linux Mint PC to the HDD on the old PC.The shared destination ...

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 ...

We at Northrop Grumman recently decided to replace the Microsoft Windows 2000 server on one of our networks with a Linux server running Samba. The primary motivations for replacing the Windows server ...

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, ...