samba-team/samba

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Samba is the standard open-source Windows interoperability suite for Linux and Unix, implementing the SMB/CIFS protocol for file and print services. It also provides an Active Directory domain controller and domain member implementation, integrating Linux/Unix systems into Windows environments.

Use cases

• share files from a Linux server to Windows clients over SMB
• set up a Samba Active Directory domain controller
• join a Linux server to an existing Active Directory domain
• build a network attached storage (NAS) appliance
• provide print services to Windows machines from Unix
• replace a Windows file server with a Linux one
• authenticate Linux users against Active Directory with Kerberos and LDAP

When to choose

• you need SMB/CIFS file sharing on Linux or Unix
• you must integrate Linux servers into a Windows Active Directory environment
• you want an open-source AD domain controller
• you are building NAS or software-defined storage with SMB support

When to avoid

• you only need NFS sharing between Unix systems
• you need a full Windows Server replacement with Group Policy management tooling
• you want a simple GUI-driven file server without configuration work

Facets

application · maturity stable

http-server auth security file-system networking networking self-hosted operating-systems backend cross-platform self-hosted smb cifs active-directory file-sharing print-services domain-controller nas windows-interoperability linux

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