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

9 September 2009

Samba 3.4.1 Available for Download

This is the latest stable release of the Samba 3.4 series.

The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. See the release notes for more info.

Samba Team Starts a Blog

12 August 2009

Samba 3.2.14 Available for Download

This is the last bug fix release of the Samba 3.2 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 3.2.13 is also available. See the release notes for more info.

Please note, that this is the last bug fix release of the Samba 3.2 series! There will be security releases on demand only. For more information on current Samba releases, please see the Release Planning Wiki page for more information.

07 August 2009

The first Samba Team Blog post can be read here.

05 August 2009

Samba 3.0.36 Available for Download

This is the latest stable release of the Samba 3.0 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 3.0.35 is also available. See the release notes for more info.

Please note, that this is the last release of the Samba 3.0 series! For more information on current Samba releases, please see the Release Planning Wiki page for more information.

29 July 2009

Samba 3.3.7 Available for Download

This is the latest stable release of the Samba 3.3 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 3.3.6 is also available. See the release notes for more info.

3 July 2009

Samba 3.4.0 Available for Download

This is the first stable release of Samba 3.4.0.

The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. See the release notes for more info.

Please note that the default passdb backend has been changed to tdbsam.

23 June 2009

Samba 3.3.6 Available for Download

This is a security release to address CVE-2009-1888. The original advisory is available online. A patch for Samba 3.3.5 is available. This security advisory is applicable from Samba 3.0.31 to 3.3.5. Past security advisories are available on our security page.

The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. See the release notes for more info.

23 June 2009

Samba 3.2.13 Available for Download

This is a security release to address CVE-2009-1886 and CVE-2009-1888. The original advisory for CVE-2009-1886 and original advisory for CVE-2009-1888 are available online. Patches for CVE-2009-1886 and CVE-2009-1888 are available for Samba 3.2.12. This security advisory is applicable from Samba 3.2.0 to 3.2.12. Past security advisories are available on our security page.

The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. See the release notes for more info.

23 June 2009

Samba 3.0.35 Available for Download

This is a security release to address CVE-2009-1888. The original advisory is available online. A patch for Samba 3.0.34 is available. This security advisory is applicable from Samba 3.0.31 to 3.3.5. Past security advisories are available on our security page.

The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. See the release notes for more info.

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