Allowing more than one user to have access to a file. This can be via a network share, some method of cloud storage, using an FTP server, or other methods.
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Win 2003 Servers keep becoming “not accessible”. Licensing issue? [migrated]
We keep finding that on our small company LAN (7 users, 3 servers) that some servers keep becoming "not accessible" for the purposes of file sharing. They display the message "\SERVER is not ...
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3answers
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How can I allow someone to view a spreadsheet but NOT be able to save or print it?
I want to allow someone to look at a spreadsheet I have.
Is there a way to share it (via skydrive etc) but be able to stop the person from saving the data to his machine or print it out?
EDIT
I ...
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0answers
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How can I get an amule daemon to follow an ed2k link?
I'm running amule headless, as a daemon, on some machine. I use the amule client-GUI version of it on my (Windows) machine to connect to the daemon. Now, I can't figure out how I'm supposed to add ...
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0answers
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How do I update SMB/CIFS in windows / file sharing services?
OLD QUESTION:
From what I have read on the internet, windows uses "SAMBA" to share files over the network, right?
Lately I have been encountering a memory leak (LSASS.exe / security accounts manager ...
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6answers
89 views
Distribute large files in WLAN using bittorrent?
I have a wireless local area network (no internet connection) consisting of 10-20 computers connected by a single router. I want to share some gigabyte-sized files from one computer (let's call it the ...
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1answer
74 views
Slow file transfer on network between two 802.11n laptops (connected directly together via access point)
Me and my friend have both two exact the same laptops, bought from the same shop at the same day and I decided one day to go wireless because I forgot my ethernet cable to the LAN party (with a few ...
3
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2answers
51 views
Best way to let others put a file in my desktop via Internet
My friend who is in charge of a printing store wants others to be able to send files to him. Normally we email pdf files to his email account. The problem with this is he need to manually download the ...
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1answer
22 views
Can gnunet-0.8.1 (2 yrs old) be used and useful?
I've configured and started gnunet-0.8.1-alt1.M51.1 service on my system (the reason I use a more than 2 years old version is that the system is an old installation of ALTLinux 5.1, and I wanted to ...
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1answer
35 views
How do I safely allow unprivileged users to copy files to my server?
I know that I can use rsync over ssh to send files from one Linux computer to another. However, in this case I need to give access to my system to users with a lower level of trust (people who may ...
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1answer
24 views
How do I share files and folders between computers with Windows 7?
I am talking about secure file sharing with a password. I once found a guide that did just that, creating a separate user account with a password whose only purpose is another computer to login ...
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0answers
39 views
Torrent tracker site on my PC [closed]
I really need to create a torrent tracker site today and its really damn important to me.
I've been lurking here for some time and you guys are really great.
I would love someone to hold my hand and ...
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1answer
73 views
Windows 8 prompts me upon deleting network files but Windows 7 did not
Based on @charleswj81 accurate response I corrected my question. @charleswj81 thanks for pointing out my error!
When I was running Windows 7 and deleted a file on a Windows server share (network ...
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2answers
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Client-server software for file system read/write over internet? [closed]
Example:
I have an actively used Windows computer connected to the internet and I would like to allow another computer to log in to the file system stored on it, with the ability to download or ...
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1answer
34 views
How to view file sharing from computer on iphone [closed]
I am not sure this makes sense but I will explain here. I've recently got a router for my new internet provider. In the router it has a USB port which I can plug a usb in it and able to share files ...
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2answers
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Windows 7 File Sharing
Edit:
I am now having a DNS issue for sure. When I ping ComputerName it tries to ping ComputerName.DNS suffix
But this suffix doesn't have any resolution on my network. The DNS servers are all ...
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0answers
34 views
SSH Reverse Tunnel connect to file share [duplicate]
Trying to setup a SSH Reverse Tunnel to share files from a Windows computer that is behind a firewall and I cannot open any ports.
Computer A= Ubuntu Server running SSH Server at home.
Computer B= ...
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2answers
58 views
Use web hosting as file storage [closed]
I am thinking about using web hosting instead file storage service for personal needs.
For example hostgator.com offer unlimited storage and bandwidth for less then 4$. On the other hand, dropbox ...
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0answers
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Sharing data online with version control, encryption and email notification [closed]
I want to share some documents on an online server with some colleagues. The solution should have the following features:
Data should be encrypted (at best locally before pushing it to the server)
...
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0answers
26 views
Windows 7 share files with just one other computer
I have two computers at home. Between them, i have a utp cat 6 crosswire cable for file-sharing. Both are running Windows 7 (pro) and 8 (pro). I was wondering how to share a partition only with one ...
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0answers
75 views
Accessing network share freezes computer
I have two computers, one Windows Vista SP2 that hosts a network share folder, and a Windows XP SP3 netbook that access this share. When I try to access the share on the XP computer, Explorer (and ...
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1answer
48 views
Windows Local file system
I am running a desktop on windows and would like to access the files in a certain folders from my laptops via my local Lan network. What is the easyist way to do that?...
My desktop is Running ...
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4answers
166 views
How do I have Wordpress keep its database in the same directory as other files (for sharing via Dropbox)?
I am working on a Wordpress site with another person. At the moment the Wordpress files are on a shared Dropbox folder, which allows both of us to see all the files we need to work on. However, ...
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6answers
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What is the most reliable way to send a big file between two Windows computers via network? [duplicate]
The file is around 170GB. I wouldn't upload it on the FTP, and download it. It is not reliable, sometime, connections drop, and it will have big trouble. So, is there any better way to do so? Anyone ...
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1answer
124 views
How can I sync ALL of my files between my Macs in the background?
I have multiple macs and I want to sync files between them. I don't want a designated "shared files" folder that I have to manually save things to -- I want my Documents, Desktop, Pictures, Downloads, ...
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2answers
89 views
What is a cost effective way to set up a media server? [closed]
What I'm wanting to do:
I would like to have a hard drive designated to share my media over my wifi. I have room mates that might want/need some media that I have on my hard drive at any given time ...
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vote
1answer
66 views
Optimal way to share one external drive to multiple machines [duplicate]
I bought an external drive (WD "My Passport" 2Tb USB3.0) and am looking for the "right way" to share it between a PC and Mac. I am currently sharing a folder on the PC's HDD with my Mac over wifi ...
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1answer
48 views
How to access shared folders set up on Windows 7 using a Windows 8 machine?
I set up several shared drives and folders on my Win 7 machines, so that any new machine running Win 7 with the same user name and password log in can use those drives and folders.
But on Win 8, I ...
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2answers
62 views
OSX 10.7 and up file sharing issue
first question here. Be gentle with me.
So....my question.
Since I upgraded from OSX 10.6 to 10.7 (then all the way up to 10.8.2). When I share files with my windows PC. It can see my entire mac ...
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votes
3answers
131 views
Can Windows shares potentially be accessible from Internet?
I've set up a Windows homegroup and made some folders shared between the computers on my home network. Strangely enough, it's not the automatically generated homegroup password (which is quite hard) ...
3
votes
2answers
74 views
Restoring lost group permissions on mac
Using mac's terrible file sharing prefs, I managed to goof up permissions on my Documents directory. My non-Documents directories have permissions like this:
drwx------+ for .
drwxr-xr-x+ for ..
...
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1answer
360 views
File and Printer Sharing will not stay on after enabling
I'm having the same problem I've seen many people post on here and elsewhere on the web, sometimes resulting in dead-ends or very obvious answers.
Mine is one of those dead ends - every time I try ...
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1answer
63 views
Can I combine multiple network filesystems into one? (WebDAV specifically)
My aim is is not redundancy but rather something akin to a file-level version of RAID-0. I have two basic goals
to increase overall performance using multiple connection threads.
I'm often working ...
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votes
1answer
447 views
Why can I not access files on another computer on my network?
I have set up the workgroup all to the same word, for this I'll replace it with SUPERUSER. When I try to access files from another computer which is also on SUPERUSER, a pop up comes up and says:
...
2
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1answer
93 views
How to create a new file/folder in Fat32 USB drive from MAC OSX with netatalk file sharing
I mounted the FAT32 USB Drive with the command
sudo mount -t vfat -o rw,auto,user,fmask=0022,dmask=0000,uid=debian-transmission,gid=debian-transmission /dev/sda1 /media/MEDIA
I see the folder in ...
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3answers
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Samba Server Configured in Fedora 13 ,but unable to access from windows
Configuration file :/etc/samba/smb.conf as follows
[global]
workgroup = workgroup
server string = SambaServer
security = user
name resolve order = hosts lmhosts
; ...
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0answers
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How to easily share files and folders on the network with OSX Lion?
At the office, we need to share files constantly.
I tried sharing a directory on our main mac (which hosts OSX Lion) and then mapping the share to a drive on the other computers. The share shows and ...
2
votes
2answers
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Is it worth installing java for a single application? [closed]
I'd like to use AeroFS as Windows Live Mesh is going away. I'm a heavy user of the PC-PC sync functionality and there's nothing similar available on the market.
BUT, AeroFS requires Java. So, in ...
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1answer
184 views
Network/Sharing solution needed for Win7 and XP-SP3
I have an unusual problem effectively connecting all of the computers in my house.
1.) Win 7 Ultimate / Dell Inspiron N4110
2.) Win 7 Home Premium / Dell Inspiron N4010
3.) Win 7 Starter / Acer ...
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0answers
101 views
How to prevent accidental moving or deleting of certain folders?
With some colleagues, we are sharing a Dropbox(tm) space, with hundreds of folders and thousands of files. Everything is organized in a very classical, hierarchical way.
Now and then (i.e., 3 or 4 ...
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votes
1answer
180 views
Dropbox: no direct access?
I've created a Dropbox folder, with a .png and .html in it. Obtained these links via "Share link":
png, html
However, they don't open directly. Only through Dropbox logo or download. What's wrong?
...
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1answer
203 views
What problems are there sharing folders on Mac Snow Leopard with Windows 8?
I've happily shared folders from my Mac Mini to a Windows 7 PC for years. My Win7 Laptop can still see the shared folders on the Mac.
This week, I upgraded my desktop to Windows 8. Now I can see the ...
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1answer
40 views
How can I chat and share files with other users? [closed]
How can I chat and share files with other users over Wi-Fi on Windows 8?
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0answers
89 views
what is the fastest way of sharing files between VMs?
I've got four guest OS (2 Window XP, 1 Ubuntu VM, 1 FreeNAS) with guest additions installed on each, hosted on an Ubuntu server (12.10) using a headless VirtualBox (4.2.6r82870) setup.
Currently, I'm ...
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1answer
112 views
Permissions on newly created files and nested shared folders
On OS X Mountain Lion, I use two accounts (login users); one which is my primary account and the other which I created to share a Google Drive folder with the primary, since the latter also have an ...
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3answers
533 views
Unable to connect to samba shared folder via windows
im new to linux and Samba.
Aim
Create a called Shared_folder which can be accessed by ALL users (group name = users). Therefore, in order to map the drive in windows, the user is promoted to enter ...
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1answer
325 views
Windows 8 Unidentified network on direct wired connection
Having a laptop and desktop, both installed Windows 8 x86. I have Ethernet cable which is plugged directly without any router or any other device. I've followed this steps : ...
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1answer
274 views
How can I share files from my Windows 7 machine to my friend's Ubuntu machine?
I run a Windows 7 Pro SP1 laptop as my home machine, and my housemate runs an Ubuntu 12.04.1.05 desktop. We share a WLAN. I would like to make certain locations and files available for him to read and ...
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1answer
79 views
Windows 7 Power User on Domain cant do file shares
At my organization we are running windows 7 and all of our users are power users and are not local admins on their machines. I am running into an issue were the Developers aren't able to create any ...
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1answer
280 views
How can I set Windows 8 sharing to enable writing to root?
I have a file-server running on Windows 8. The data drives in the server are shared to admin users with full control permissions on the whole drive. However, for some reason, I am unable to write or ...
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vote
3answers
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How to transfer files between mac users folder
I would like be able to copy files from one user profile to another. For example download photos to : /Users/user1/Desktop and then move than into /Users/user2/Pictures. Default Mac OS X setting do ...
