Generally used to share a resource over a network, including files and folders as well as printers or other physical devices
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Share /var/www/ on Virtual Box CentOS 6.3 VM with Windows 7
I would like the ability to share /var/www/ on Virtual Box CentOS 6.3 VM with Windows 7 so I can:
Browse file tree's in my IDE.
Save changes without permissions conflicts during development.
I ...
0
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0answers
145 views
Wireless hotspot from iPhone 5 working for my MacBook Pro but not for anyone else's PC
I'm able to connect to an iPhone 5's wireless hotspot using my late 2011 MacBook Pro and use the internet just fine. However, everyone else's PC's are able to join the network, but are not able to ...
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1answer
220 views
Ultimate way to use Picasa in a home network
I've been trying a lot of approaches but still didn't find any effective solution.
I want gigs of photos in a network drive (a IOMega Home Media Network Drive, plugged to my wifi router). I'd like to ...
0
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1answer
103 views
Grant full access to files on Windows Server 2008, only for a limited amount of time
I have a local Windows network with a Windows Server 2008 whose purpose is to act as a file server. I'm the administrator.
I want to grant user full access to all the files on a certain directory ...
1
vote
1answer
77 views
Find user/process blocking a network share folder
I have a folder on a network share which I wish to rename.
Some process still seems to have a handle in at least one file in that folder, for which reason I get a 'Access denied' message or dialog, ...
1
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1answer
165 views
map network drive and provide alias
I am running a batch file that automatically maps a network drive on start up using the "net use" command:
net use d:\\server\share <mypassword> /user:<user>
This works fine as the ...
2
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2answers
107 views
I have two networks in the office with their own IP ranges. I need to see them both from my computer
Network One is 192.168.2.xxx
Network Two is 192.168.1.xxx
Computer One is 192.168.2.xxx and assigned IP automatically.
IP 192.168.2.157
GW 192.168.2.1
DHCP 192.168.2.1
DNS 192.168.2.1
Windows 7 ...
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2answers
314 views
Win7 “net use” by ip address works, while computer name doesn't
At home we have 3 computers running Win7 Home Premium, x64. They are all members of the same workgroup. I can map a network drive by ip address but when I use the computer name I get "access denied". ...
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1answer
286 views
Can I share internet connection with my access point?
I have internet connection from isp that use mikrotik. So if want to connect to internet I must to login to mikrotik login page. My problem is isp is limiting the login. So if I want my phones, ...
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0answers
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Speedport controlling the connected devices
how do I control the devices that are connected to a speedport 730B router? I want to disconnect them manually and, if possible, give them online-times. Like a fritzbox would be able to do.
Thanks
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0answers
84 views
Move Windows 7 backup shadow storage
I have a rather idiotic backup setup of backing system partition to another partition on the same drive.
Now the drive space exhausted there and I want to move my backup location to another box and ...
1
vote
1answer
814 views
Why doesn't the network drive automatically connect?
I've set up samba on my Ubuntu desktop.
It appears to be something to do with the server. With all user accounts on Ubuntu(except the default one I use all the time) windows isn't able to/doesn't ...
2
votes
1answer
771 views
Turn off sharing for Users directory
I have a homegroup here I need to be on to allow access to the network to my E: drive to DLNA devices and other computers. But the Users directory does not need to be shared at all. One would think ...
3
votes
4answers
1k views
Can a desktop (windows 7) Wifi adapter serve as a Wifi Access Point (not ad-hoc nor bridge)?
I was reading the many differences between Access Point, Bridge, Ad-hoc or hot spot networks, and as you may tell from the title I'm a bit confused. From my understanding based on the their difference ...
2
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2answers
144 views
Are thin clients an outdated technology?
I was wondering how come I don't see many businesses using thin clients (workstations), like
this one:
Are they an outdated technology? Any cons or reasons why not to use them? What is the best ...
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0answers
65 views
Network drives vanish from “My Computer”, even if they're deleted and re-added
I have a weird situation where I have several mapped network drives which works properly. I can access them by their paths (for example, N:\), and they properly show up in the sidebar in windows ...
2
votes
0answers
486 views
NFS Network path not found
I did setup a nfs share on my debian 7 server and been trying to mount it on a windows 7 machine.
I've tried the following:
C:\Users\David>mount \\192.168.178.240\backups Y:
Network Error - 53
...
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2answers
241 views
Cannot access network share - “The user has not been granted the requested logon type”
The issue is that I have a username and password setup on the computer I'm trying to access, but I'm not being prompted to enter the credentials for the network share I'm trying to access. It just ...
0
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1answer
239 views
robocopy from remote server that requires private/public key authentication
I know that the robocopy command will only work with existing drives, not remote servers, so if I'd like to use the robocopy command to run periodic file backups from a remote server, I have to map ...
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1answer
93 views
How to define name of wifi router instead of IP address
I am having a one scenario,
I have Wifi environment which is using to connect computer for internet sharing.
The Router is having USB port, i have connect the USB drive and share the data across to ...
0
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0answers
79 views
Mac OSX turning on debugging of Automount - shares in LDAP not reconnecting
I am using an Ubuntu server as the storage for media on my network. I have a Mac iBook upstairs that connects to the server and uses one of the shares as the iTunes library.
I have created the ...
0
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0answers
30 views
MAC OS X: How to share internet through the same WLAN?
I have several devices connected to a local router but only one device can access internet because of login system. I want to use my macbook as a router for other devices for internet access. how can ...
2
votes
1answer
5k views
Play video from SAMBA share on Android--Any shared volum from Linux or Winodows
I use Ubuntu12.10 with Gnomeshell
Installed latest version of samba share,
configured to share my Video folder ,access restricted via login(uid n password needed)
SMB share accessed via Solid ...
1
vote
1answer
80 views
Synchronize folder on network, preserving hard links
I have few computers using Windows XP Pro. I want to synchronize/back a folder from one machine, to another one. This far, It's a simple problem, and I've used FreeFileSync for such operations, with ...
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2answers
1k views
How do i map a linux network drive to linux mint?
Sorry, I'm new to linux and I've been searching on how to do this but all of the tutorials I've found are for mounting windows shares. I have a number of osx shares that I want to map to linux mint so ...
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1answer
514 views
How to get read/write access to WHS v1 shares from Windows 8 using a Microsoft Account?
I have a Windows Home Server v1 (based on Windows Server 2003). I recently upgraded my machine to Windows 8, but now I am unable to get write access to my network shares. The ones that are set for ...
1
vote
0answers
325 views
Error 53 network path not found Windows XP
I want to access a shared folder on a network. I was able to share data through this folder two days ago. Now, when I double click the folder on workstation, I have error message
network path not ...
0
votes
1answer
117 views
Correctly configure Samba
I'm trying to set up samba on my arch arm box, for shares that I can access from various places but I can't seem to get it right;
What I'm after is the following:
Users:
Log-in with system user ...
2
votes
2answers
337 views
Password Protect Specific Shared Folder in Windows XP
how can i password protect a specific shared folder and all the sub-folder/contents in it?
The PC which I want to password protect the folder is running Windows XP. My Workgroup are all using Windows ...
0
votes
1answer
137 views
Setting homegroup in Windows 7 for sharing files on a Network
I'm running a windows seven system which is connected to the hostel network.There are dozens of connected PC's that are using windows seven.My friends and I wanted to share files with each other on ...
0
votes
1answer
131 views
Can't re-share a previously shared drive
I have several shared drives on my pc, connected to a home LAN. When I wanted to rename one of those shared drives I received an "Incorrect function. Can't share drive" error. As a test, I plugged in ...
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votes
1answer
75 views
Mapping an entire network drive, not a folder
I click on the 'Map network drive' button on my server's 'Computer'. There is a line asking for the 'folder' or essentially the network drive location. I have another server running on the IP ...
5
votes
1answer
121 views
Set up a home network with different OSs
Here's a picture of my current network:
I guess you will need a little bit of explanation here:
I have a router (LevelOne WBR-6005), which receive my WAN signal, provided by my ISP.
The only cable ...
2
votes
0answers
177 views
Accessing Windows share over VPN sort of slow
I have a server at home running Windows Server 2012 Standard (RTM). The server is accessible via VPN (SSTP) over the internet. This works pretty well.
But when I access one of the shared folders from ...
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0answers
220 views
Access Denied when Mapping Drive from Windows 7 to Samba Share
I'm at my wits end with this, I've tried connecting to my samba server with smbusr, and smbusr_RO from windows 7 by mapping a drive. It says S:\ is not accessible, access denied. I know I'm putting ...
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1answer
74 views
How to give the database server higher priority on network connection
I have a sybase database engine installed on a windows server 2008, there are shares also and active directory on the server, when the shares are accessed from many users at the same time the ...
3
votes
1answer
1k views
How do I add a network folder to a Windows 8 library? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Windows 7 - creating a local library with network shares/drives
A follow-up to this question: Add a network folder as a readonly Windows 8 library location
When I try ...
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0answers
62 views
Connecting a network drive only when the VPN is connected?
I have a thumb drive that I want to be able to connect to the same place over the network at one location as it is locally.
Sometimes I leave it at the other location, but usually if I'm going to ...
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votes
2answers
348 views
Why using swap file over a SMB/NFS mounted filesystem is not possible in Linux?
I'd like to use another machine's unused RAM as swapspace for my primary Linux installation. I was just curious about performance of network ramdisks compared to local (slow) mechanical hard disks.
...
2
votes
1answer
525 views
Mapped network drives could not be restored
This issue has occurred on both Windows 7 and Windows 8 machines. My computer is a member of an active directory domain Foo and I map a network drive using credentials to a remote domain Bar.
Anytime ...
0
votes
0answers
81 views
Joining windows LANs through SSH tunnel
I have at home a computer (a windows 7 ult machine) I need to use to manage stuff at the office which hosts windows and linux servers. I am able to set up a SSH tunnel (atleast for firefox proxying) ...
8
votes
2answers
3k views
Default username/password for accessing network shares in Windows 8?
I always had the same username and password on all my network devices (NAS, desktop PC, laptop) in my small home network. This allows me to access network shares of other devices without having to ...
0
votes
1answer
65 views
Accessing a drive remotely
2 Computers:
1-> Laptop with Windows 8 running in hostel room (single partition c:)
2-> Desktop PC with Windows XP and/or Windows 7 running in a Lab
Both computers are connected via LAN and remote ...
3
votes
2answers
2k views
Enable (or work around) Administrative shares in Windows 8
So in using Windows 8, I've discovered that the administrative shares are disabled. There seems to be no easy way to get them re-enabled.
Is anyone aware of a work around, or solution?
I did not ...
0
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0answers
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\\server\users\name doesn't show all contents
With Win7 Home Premium computers when I browse or map to \\server\Users\myname only 3 folders are shown - Documents, Music, Pictures - yet when looking at that directory from the local console there ...
3
votes
1answer
4k views
Using photos from network drive with Windows 8 photo app
I have photos on my network drive that I want to display (in live tiles preferably in the photo app).
Under c:\users\paul\pictures I have made a link to them, using mklink /d:
And this works fine ...
0
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0answers
126 views
Mountain Lion fails to connect to Windows share after the connection is interrupted
I have a Windows 7 share that my Mountain Lion Macbook Pro connects to. The windows share is simply a user account.
For whatever reason, when my connection gets interrupted, the mac will show a ...
0
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1answer
65 views
What is the correct domain with a samba server?
I have the following: I have a server running linux and samba. I have a Win XP Pro laptop that should access files via samba. The username on the laptop and teh samba server are different. Therefore I ...
1
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1answer
75 views
Trying to share a folder from windows 7 to any device on network
Basically I want to share a folder from a windows 7 (Ultimate) PC to other windows/linux PCs running on the network.
Server Settings:
Trying to share folder D:\Media
R-Click -> Properties -> ...
1
vote
1answer
89 views
Use Thunderbird only to download messages with No up -sync to the Server
I am trying to have ThunderBird setup in such a way that it can be used in read only mode. I am planing to set it up in a shared server and share the Mail messages with multiple users...
I want to ...
