Samba

Opening Windows

to a Wider World

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.

Releases

Current stable release

Samba 3.6.5 (gzipped)
Release Notes · Signature

Release History

Versions & Notes

Maintenance

Patches · Security Updates · GPG Key

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Latest News

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 ( Incorrect permission checks when granting/removing privileges can compromise file server security.).

The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA).

The source code can be downloaded here:

  • download Samba 3.6.5,
  • download Samba 3.5.15,
  • download Samba 3.4.17.
  • Patches against the parents are also available:

  • patch Samba 3.6.4/3.6.5,
  • patch Samba 3.5.14/3.5.15,
  • patch Samba 3.4.16/3.4.17.
  • Please see the release notes for more info:

  • release notes Samba 3.6.5,
  • release notes Samba 3.5.15,
  • release notes Samba 3.4.17.
  • 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:

  • download Samba 3.6.4,
  • download Samba 3.5.14,
  • download Samba 3.4.16.
  • Patches against the parents are also available:

  • patch Samba 3.6.3/3.6.3,
  • patch Samba 3.5.13/3.5.14,
  • patch Samba 3.4.15/3.4.16.
  • Please see the release notes for more info:

  • release notes Samba 3.6.4,
  • release notes Samba 3.5.14,
  • release notes Samba 3.4.16.
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