Questions tagged [file-sharing]

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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administrative shares c$, d$ all visible from linux!

why are the administrative shares of windows XP and Windows 7 OS c$, d$ , E$ etc...all visible from linux! i used ubuntu to see the shares!... isnt that a security breach! i can limit its access ...
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Windows XP, having to add Everyone each time for each file?

In the last few months I've had to make some changes to file sharing on our home LAN. We now have a Windows 7 laptop and a Mac Mini and I had to move away from simple file sharing. I find myself now, ...
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Windows 7: Is it a bad idea to Share the entire 'Users' directory with Everyone?

I want to be able to peruse the Documents, Music and Pictures folders on my Windows 7 machine from my Macbook. The only way I could find to do this was to go the the Libraries, right-click Share With: ...
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What's a good way of sharing documents securely between two parties, without having a web server of my own?

I am looking to share sensitive documents but I don't want to send them over email. Because the document is visual, I don't care to send it via FAX either, since it won't reproduce well. Is there a ...
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What site is there for sharing Linux custom configuration files?

I remember someone here at SU gave a link to a site where you could share your Linux custom configuration files (like bashrc, vimrc and others), but I don't remember what was that site. I already ...
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Folder sharing for private group

I would like to share a folder with a group (requires some sort of Invite) The current structure is: Group/ User1/ User2/ User3/ All users (that are invited) can view all ...
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Accessing Windows 7 from Ubuntu on a network

What is the simplest way to access shared folders on Windows 7 system from Ubuntu?
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Cannot set up Windows 7 HomeGroup - "An error occurred"

Naive as I was, I convinced my grandparents to replace their XP machines with new Windows 7 computers, since HomeGroups would relief all of their sharing pains. Was I wrong... Ever since I've been ...
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Share files and devices using Belkin N150

I have a Belkin N150, wireless modem+router. I have connected my desktop with a LAN cable and my laptop uses Wi-Fi. My desktop is connected to External Hard Drive and Printer and is always switched ...
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File sharing between Windows 7 Ultimate PCs

I've got two computers, a desktop and a laptop, both running Windows 7 Ultimate x64. The desktop is wired to the router, the laptop is wireless. On the desktop there are two user accounts, my own and ...
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Is there a way to make Dropbox public folders read-only?

I basically want to share a folder in Dropbox but I don't want that others have read-write access. How to achieve that?
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Dropbox folder sharing - options for email address is not there after upgrade to windows 7

I have just been upgraded to Windows 7. Now my Dropbox folders are no longer sharing, and the option to share with another email address is no longer there?
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How can I open a file that is stored in a virtual machine from host?

I'm running Red Hat Linux on VMWare installed on Windows 7 and I want to be able to open a text file that is stored on the VM from Windows. How can I achieve this? Thanks
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File Sharing from a Mac to a PC Issues

I am trying to share a folder on the Mac (Leopard) to my Windows XP laptop. I went into System Prefs, clicked on Sharing, added the folder called TwoTB and it seemed to work (more or less). That is ...
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Give full permission to files inside a shared folder in Windows XP

I want to share a folder on my Windows XP PC and let everyone read or write or delete the files in shared folder. However when I use another Windows 7 PC access the folder and want to copy or cut the ...
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Sharing a folder with full access in Windows 7

I have the following situation: I need to share a folder in the root of drive C: on a Windows 7 machine. The share should provide read/write access for anybody on other machines on the local network....
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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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Remote users are denied access when trying to access a share from Windows XP Professional

I'm trying to set up file sharing access on a fresh Windows XP Pro machine, but the clients are getting access denied messages when I map drives or browse to them. The accounts set up on the server ...
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Strange share editing behavior

For a while now, I have had issues attempting to change the share properties for any file or folder on my computer. When I open up file properties, this is what I see: I am able to edit these ...
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Increasing download speed for torrents?

Can you please list out any torrent client configuration to get max out of available net speed?
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Windows 7 Wont stop sharing my files on my network

I'm running Windows 7 and network discovery is turned off. When checking my files and folders they all say not shared, and I have password protected sharing on (have tried turning it off as well). But ...
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How to use AppleTalk to transfer files between iPhone and Mac wirelessly?

I've used scp and ftp to get files in and out of my iPhone. But they are kinda awkward and un-Mac. I was thinking whether it's possible to share out my iPhone using maybe something like AppleTalk, ...
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Recommend me a file sharing protocol [closed]

I'm looking for a file sharing protocol that. has client software for ubuntu and mac os x has server software for ubuntu. lets me mount encrypted file partitions using pam_mount. (or something ...
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How to get full permission on client

When sharing a folder across the network with Windows 7 on the server, and Windows XP on the client, how can we give full permissions to the client?
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Disable streaming of a shared video

I work in a corporate office, I am in charge of distributing the training videos. I have all 100+ training videos shared over the network. The plant managers open the videos in WMP so it's ...
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Relocating a Hard Drive with shared folders from Windows XP to Windows 7

I have a secondary SATA HD in NTFS format that used to be a non-system HD for my Windows XP machine. I have folders that were shared in the network. The Windows XP has since gone out of commission, ...
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What's the difference between a file server and a non file-server OS?

In my current Windows Vista install (as well as other Window's installs), I can share files by sharing folders and having public directories. What's the difference between having an actual file ...
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How to establish a file server?

I want to build a file server to share huge file in a company intranet using windows XP. I want to the client side can download and pause and continue downloading. And the client side can use most of ...
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Can you share offline files cache with two user accounts?

I have a new laptop that I use for both home and work. It runs Windows 7 Ultimate, and is joined to the domain at work. It is okay to use this laptop for both work and personal activities, and I ...
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Windows file server -- Where to start

I have a Windows 2003 server, a whole load of PDFs on it that need to be accessed from various computers, both on the local network and not, and including mobile devices, and files that have to be ...
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Share folders between three PCs over WIFI network?

What is the process of sharing folders and files to other computers using the WIFI network (D-Link router)? Can you point me to a good tutorial on how to do this? I'm in my computer (desktop), and I ...
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Setting up a music files server [closed]

My friends and I want a to setup a server where we can just dump all our music files. I would use my computer for the storage space, and my friend (who lives somewhere else) should be able to access ...
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Samba share disconnects on client reboot

I've recently set up a simple Shamba share on my home server, running Ubuntu 12.04 x64. The share is basically a whole LVM volume residing in my home directory. Although everything is working more ...
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What happens in background when a local file is accessed over the network

If I share a file which is i.e. located at C:\share\somefile.txt to the network what happens when I call it on my computer this way \\MYCOMPUTER-PC\share\somefile.txt. Does the communication flow over ...
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How do I auto-mount a network share from a Linux Samba server on Windows 7?

So I started working for a company that has a Windows Small Business Server 2003 as the domain controller with the workstations being Windows 7. We have a Linux server with Samba installed, which ...
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Batch or PowerShell to mount drives on a FQDN

I currently use a batch script to mount my network shares each morning: NET USE * /DELETE /Y NET USE Z: \\<IP>\<SHARE> <AUTHENTICATION> /persistent:no ... Which is fine when I'm on ...
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Robocopy causing network disconnects

PROBLEM: I am trying to copy a large folder (my music) from my Windows 7 machine to a Windows 8 machine via a LAN. Inevitably, once robocopy is run, the state of the network will start fluctuating ...
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Cannot find share on Ubuntu from Windows 8 using samba

I have properly set up a share using samba (as best I can tell because I can access the share with my Macbook by navigating to smb://192.168.1.14/share). How do I connect to this same share called "...
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how do i share files between windows computers on a local network?

We are trying to set up a home network where all computers can see shared files on all other computers. So far we've got two computers connected via a wireless router/modem, connected via ethernet ...
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Files on SMB-Share are locked and some apps can't touch them

Why do all files from a SMB share mounted on OSX are locked, generating Opearation not permiteted on some commands? I have a Windows 7 x64 machine is providing a share. The OS X 10.6 machine has ...
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Turn a shared folder into a network item always present

I would like my network users to have a shared folder mapped without having them to do anything themselves. Is it possible to turn a shared folder into a network item like the list of PC's there is in ...
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Windows 7 Password sharing OFF

I try to access my computer without password protected .it popup me username/password when i try to access my computer to another computer in the same LAN. i try to OFF the Password Protected Sharing ...
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Can't connect to Windows (SMB)

I have a MacBook Pro (OS X 10.8.4) and a Windows 7 Ultimate machine. I can't connect to the latter because of incorrect password or login. I tried to create several users on Windows machine and even ...
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How to connect two windows PC which uses same Router for internet but one is connected via wired LAN and another is on Wi-Fi?

I use DIR-555 Dlink router for Internet for my laptops and Desktop. My laptop is on Wi-Fi but my desktop is connected to Router via wired LAN. Internet works fine on both. I want to share a Desktop ...
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Sharing to Hyper-V without requiring credentials

I'm running Windows 8 on a domain joined machine (i have local admin, not domain admin). I have VM's on hyper-v and I want to share a folder without requiring the VM's to logon. The VM's are setup on ...
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How to make changes in shared folders between two Mac computers and save those changes?

I have a follow up question to the question on how to share files between two Mac computers. I've gotten that far using the "sharing" option in "preferences". Now the problem is that the person I'm ...
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Different networks with different NICs (more details inside)

I have two computers: a desktop (Windows 7 Professional) with an ethernet jack in the motherboard and room for another (PCI or USB) and a laptop (Win7 Home Premium) with an ethernet jack. Internet ...
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Win 2003 Junction Point to Remote Unix Share

Env : Windows Server 2003 with already established shared folders over the local Domain via Windows DC and AD. - Linux box being used as a fileserver with the folder /files/share being R+W by all ...
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Secure Windows File Sharing over Internet

When away from the office, I would like my Windows 7 laptop to connect securely to a Windows 7 file share behind a basic home router. By "securely" I mean: The network traffic is encrypted. Access ...
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Shared Folders - Network Resource not Available

We have five computers (example "COMP1", "COMP2", etc.) at a remote site hooked-up to our domain. Each computer has a shared folder which gives full permissions to the local administrators group. To ...

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