I turned an old PC into a NAS and confirmed that I could access it from outside using Samba and Tailscale.Then, I had a thought."Couldn't I use this not just for the NAS, but also for the Linux Mint ...

I just had a samba connection stop working in Lion (and only Lion). It has worked in the past. When I select "Connect to Server", pick the host, and click ...

A Raspberry Pi can be a fantastic low-power computer or server, but moving files between a Pi and your other devices over a network isn't straightforward. Thankfully, it only takes a few steps to set ...

Windows 11 will let admins mandate SMB client encryption for all outbound connections, starting with today's Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25982 rolling out to Insiders in the Canary Channel. SMB ...

So I'm writing a Samba virtual file system plugin. It has a nice, clean API, and I quickly had the basic functionality down. Problem is, I need database connections to do some access checking. Right ...

The Server Message Block (SMB) protocol is a client-server communication protocol used for sharing access to files, printers, serial ports and other resources on a network. It can also carry ...