Samba on a Mac
SMB file sharing (+ Time Machine) · Storage & NAS
Samba is the standard SMB/CIFS file server for macOS and Linux — the modern replacement for Apple Server's File Sharing (and, with the fruit VFS module, its Time Machine service). Install with Homebrew (brew install samba) or your Linux package manager, define shares in smb.conf, and set vfs objects = catia fruit streams_xattr + fruit:time machine = yes for network Time Machine backups.
Run Samba with FrontierStack
FrontierStack lists Samba in its Storage & NAS catalog. Install or connect it from one place, then monitor its status, ports and certificate, secure it with the firewall and Malware Audit, and back it up.
Run it all from one Mac app.
FrontierStack installs, monitors and secures the whole stack — locally and across your fleet — from a single native macOS app.
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