News (14)

  • Australian Samba creator joins Torvalds at OSDL

    Australian Andrew Tridgell has been appointed a Fellow at Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), a move which will allow him to continue leading global development on the open-source Samba project.

  • In depth: Australia's Samba man gets smartest person gong

    The creator of the popular Samba software, which enables Linux machines to act as Windows file-servers, Andrew Tridgell, has been named Australia's smartest person in the ICT sector by Australia's Bulletin Magazine. ZDNet Australia spoke to Tridgell, and Professor Bill Caelli of Queensland's University of Technology (QUT) -- a runner up on the 'Smart 100' list -- about the state of open source in Australia and the future of ICT and open source.

  • Security company apologises for disclosure foul-up

    A US-based security company has apologised for prematurely disclosing code that took advantage of a serious vulnerability in Samba, the Linux-based file and print sharing software commonly used in Windows environments.

  • Special report: The birth of Samba

    In this ZDNet Australia special report, the creator of the open source file sharing software Samba explains how he came to write the software that has earned him Bulletin Magazine's Smartest 100 award in the ICT sector for 2003.

  • Samba and Microsoft strike interoperability pact

    Open source software project Samba has signed an agreement with Microsoft to receive protocol documentation for the software giant's Windows workgroup server products.

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Features and Case Studies (4)

  • Innovation Series: Developers

    Though they may not be household names like Thorpie or Lleyton, local developers rank among the world's best.

  • How open source is losing the charity battle

    Non-profit organisations are keen to take advantage of emerging technologies such as social networking for fundraising and software as a service for administration, but a lack of perceived support options is keeping them away from open source software and focused on traditional providers such as Microsoft.

  • Troubleshooting Samba

    Samba is a great tool for making Windows and Linux play nice together, and these basic troubleshooting steps will help you resolve common problems.

  • Troubleshoot Samba with these tips

    Learn how to approach some common problems that can lock up Samba.

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