In the News, SerNet's Samba Team regularly provides information on current versions, security updates, events such as sambaXP, etc. They are also a good source for Samba admins to keep up to date.
samba.plus and the SAMBA+ shop shop are now available in French. SerNet would like to do justice to the great interest that SAMBA+ arouses among French-speaking countries.
Please note: Communication with our team and support of SAMBA+ will continue to be in English and German respectively.
samba.plus et la shop SAMBA+ sont désormais disponibles en français. SerNet tient à rendre justice au grand intérêt que suscite SAMBA+ auprès des pays francophones.
Veuillez noter: La communication avec notre équipe et le soutien à SAMBA+ continueront à se faire respectivement en anglais et en allemand.
SAMBA+ packages and all later versions are available as software subscription. They can be purchased at the SAMBA+ shop, detailed information and prices are listed at https://shop.samba.plus. The subscriptions are managed at our platform OPOSSO (https://oposso.samba.plus). Users can activate their subscriptions here and manage access credentials. The new SAMBA+ packages are included in existing subscriptions.
SerNet is expanding the range of defined budgets that can be purchased directly via the SAMBA+ Shop: The Support Budget XL with a scope of 50 service hours now complements the SAMBA+ portfolio. The contingents can be used directly after purchase – customers can thus benefit quickly and easily from SerNet's accumulated Samba know-how.
The Support Budget XL with 50 hours of services already includes a discount of 5% on SerNet's normal hourly rates. Up to four of these contingents can be purchased at once, which corresponds to 200 hours or 5 work weeks. This is ideal for more extensive projects!
The smallest time unit for a request is a quarter of an hour. Monthly account statements as well as a final statement guarantee a transparent overview. Further details on budgets are available on the SAMBA+ website or in the SAMBA+ Shop.
Volker Lendecke, SerNet co-founder and long-time Samba Team member, was once again a speaker at SDC EMEA. At this year’s conference (February 4, 2020 – Tel Aviv, Israel) he specifically addressed integrators who want to use Samba. The recording is available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/RHHsTfKmI_c (direct link).
Lendecke deals with these points in his lecture "Samba for integrators":
Samba architecture:
What components does Samba consist of?
What protocols does Samba implement?
What process model does Samba utilize?
Samba SMB server:
What file system features does Samba expect?
Common complications and performance issues
Samba features for NFS interoperability
Samba authentication:
Overview of authentication mechanisms in the Active Directory world
The role of Samba's winbind daemon: Authentication and idmapping
Winbind API and services for non-Samba SMB servers
Samba Remote Procedure Call services:
Requirements for seamless Windows interop beyond SMB
Protocol description for RPC services (direct TCP, named pipes)
