Samba is the standard Windows interoperability suite of programs for Linux and Unix.
Samba is Free Software licensed under the GNU General Public License, the Samba project is a member of the Software Freedom Conservancy.
Since 1992, Samba has provided secure, stable and fast file and print services for all clients using the SMB/CIFS protocol, such as all versions of DOS and Windows, OS/2, Linux and many others.
Samba is an important component to seamlessly integrate Linux/Unix Servers and Desktops into Active Directory environments using the winbind daemon.
Latest News
- 30 April 2012 Samba 3.6.5, 3.5.15 and 3.4.17 Security Releases Available for Download.
- 10 April 2012 Samba 3.6.4, 3.5.14 and 3.4.16 Security Releases Available for Download.
- 20 March 2012 Report: Microsoft SMB2.2 Interop Event
- 12 March 2012 Samba 3.5.13 Available for Download
- 23 February 2012 Samba pre-3.4 Security Issue
- 29 January 2012 Samba 3.6.3 Security Release Available for Download
- 25 January 2012 Samba 3.6.2 Available for Download
- 17 January 2012 A Samba 4 update featured by LWN.net.
- 02 November 2011 Samba Notes Passing a Milestone
- 26 October 2011 Samba 3.5.12 Available for Download
30 April 2012
Samba 3.6.5, 3.5.15 and 3.4.17 Security Releases Available for Download
These are security releases in order to address CVE-2012-2111 (Samba 3.4.x to 3.6.4 are affected by a vulnerability that allows arbitrary users to modify privileges on a file server.).
The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA).
The source code can be downloaded here:
Patches against the parents are also available:
Please see the release notes for more info:
10 April 2012
Samba 3.6.4, 3.5.14 and 3.4.16 Security Releases Available for Download
These are security releases in order to address CVE-2012-1182 ("root" credential remote code execution).
The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA).
The source code can be downloaded here:
Patches against the parents are also available:
Please see the release notes for more info:
20 March 2012
Report: Microsoft SMB2.2 Interop Event
A few Samba Team members recently accepted an invitation by Microsoft and attended an SMB2.2 interop testing opportunity. Michael Adam has written a report about this successful event.
If you are interested in this event and Samba's progress in the SMB2 area, please read Michael's full report.
12 March 2012
Samba 3.5.13 Available for Download
This is the latest stable release of the Samba 3.5 series.
The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. A patch against Samba 3.5.12 is also available. See the release notes for more info.
23 February 2012
Samba pre-3.4 Security Issue
Patches for 3.0, 3.2, and 3.3 got released in order to address CVE-2012-0870 (Remote code execution vulnerability in smbd).
See the security announcement for more details.
29 January 2012
Samba 3.6.3 Security Release Available for Download
This is a security release in order to address CVE-2012-0817 (Memory leak/Denial of service).
The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. A patch against Samba 3.6.2 is also available. See the release notes for more info.
25 January 2012
Samba 3.6.2 Available for Download
This is the latest stable release of the Samba 3.6 series.
The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. A patch against Samba 3.6.1 is also available. See the release notes for more info.
17 January 2012
LCA: A Samba 4 update
Read what Jonathan Corbet and many others got presented at linux.conf.au 2012 at the A Samba 4 update talk.
02 November 2011
Samba Notes Passing a Milestone
Microsoft developers submit Samba patches!
The whole story can be found here.
26 October 2011
Samba 3.5.12 Available for Download
This is the latest stable release of the Samba 3.5 series.
The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. A patch against Samba 3.5.11 is also available. See the release notes for more info.