Microsoft Windows is usually a presence in most computing environments, and UNIX administrators likely will be forced to use resources in Windows networks from time to time. Although many are familiar ...

The big file-sharing leap came with Samba 4. That release brought Linux an Active Directory (AD) domain controller. With that version, Samba gained the ability to share files with both old and new ...

There's an SMBfs (SMB filesystem) that lets you mount SMB shares as actual filesystems. It'a part of the standard kernel. I don't know where the docs are, but Google is your friend.