samba is an re-implementation of the smb network sharing protocols, which are used in Windows for file and printer sharing.
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Windows 8 : how to enable “net rpc shutdown”
I'm a students and have a few servers/clients at home. One of those computers is running on Windows 8.
On this network, I have an embedded system on Debian that I use for vpn and smb purposes. I has ...
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Ping Ubuntu by hostname in a Windows machine
I installed Ubuntu 12.04 on a Virtual Machine (Virtualbox). The network adapter is attached using bridged adapter.
I can ping the guest OS by IP but I can't ping it via hostname.
I already installed ...
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Samba connection and read only directory
I have a Windows XP computer connected with a Linux computer with Samba.
My problem is that the directory in Linux has all permission, while when I see it from XP it seems to be a read only directory. ...
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Active Directory RealmFlags trust for delegation
I have a setup with a Samba4 AD server.
I want to mark my AD as trusted for delegation. So when logging in via putty to my linux server I want the kerberos ticket to be delegated. What I have now is ...
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Windows 8 login not working on shared folder using Ubuntu with SAMBA
I have a computer acting as a local web development server using Ubuntu 12 with the desktop GUI. I am using SAMBA to share a folder in /var/www (i know this is not advised but it is sharing and this ...
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(Samba Debian x64) Server exit (multiple negprot's are not permitted)
I just changed server and the new server causes issues, samba Always dies within seconds of using it.
Samba dies when trying to connect, sometimes instant, sometimes i get to list some folders.
I've ...
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What is a straight forward way of sharing files over the LAN between Ubuntu and Windows [closed]
I have Ubuntu desktop in an old PC and I bought a new PC, pre-loaded with Windows 7. These are connected in a LAN. I am able to ssh to Ubuntu from Windows fine through putty. Over the years of use of ...
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Can't see SMB directory in Mac Finder when logged in
I setup SMB to show a "Media" section
[Media]
path = /home/Share/Media
writeable = yes
browseable = yes
valid users = stef
guest ok = no
Currently, when I check the Shared entry ...
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moving wamp sql data folder to NAS
I have installed WAMP2.2 on a windows 7 machine.
now I want to move the mysql data files to my NAS.
so I tried to stop the WAMP server, change the datadir in my.ini to point to ...
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Watching a Samba share for modifications from Linux
I'm trying to monitor a remote Windows Share for changes (the server can be an actual Windows machine or a Linux machine with Samba server). AFAIK the SMB protocol supports a kind of event-based ...
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Samba share shows as available, but can't be accessed
I'm having problems getting Samba sharing working on a fairly stock version of Debian (technically Raspbian, but that's not all that different from Debian.) The Samba logs are giving me errors like ...
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smbclient “WARNING: no network interfaces found”
I'm getting a no network interfaces found when trying to instantiate Samba on my DD-WRT. What do I need to configure to make this error go away?
root@RT-N16:~# /opt/etc/init.d/S80samba
S80samba: ...
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How to map Samba share on Windows 7 [closed]
I'm trying to setup a network share that 3 computers in my house can use a backup drive, visible by both Ubuntu and Windows 7 (but primarily Win7). Currently my config looks like this:
# Samba ...
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Samba asking for password when it shouldn't
I just updated Samba on my Arch Linux machine to 4.0.5 and now it is asking for password even when it shouldn't, and didn't do before the update.
This is my smb.conf: ...
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Samba multi file share
I have a diretory like
samba
| test1
| test2
and user A,B.
I hope user A can read and write samba directory.
And user B can read samba directory, but only samba/test2 directory can write.
I ...
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Unable to access SAMBA shares via Windows 7 (The network path was not found)
I have a samba share setup in Ubuntu that i'm able to access via boxee perfectly. In windows 7 starter, it recognizes the share folder (TUX) after configuring the workgroup to be the same.
However, ...
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Making a windows share mount on unix recover from lost connections
i would like to simply mount a shared windows drive on Linux but make it resilient to network connection failures or some other kind of error that could happen with the connection to the windows ...
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OSX 10.8.3 slow SMB file access - especially over VPN
Possible same issue here: slow SMB transfers from Mountain Lion over VPN to Windows Server with no answer.
On the local LAN SMB file browsing is OK. It's slower than a Windows client, but ...
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How To Create A Windows Server 2003 Permanant UNC/Mapped Drive
I have been looking around at various question and help sites but still need some clarification on how to create either a Windows share or find documentation on how to specify the correct UNC path ...
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Windows 7 cannot access samba share (error 53 and network path was not found)
For some reason windows 7 cannot see my samba share after moving house...?...
When trying net view \\192.168.0.6 it returns System error 53 has occurred. The network path was not found.
Below is ...
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Samba shares empty and not writeable when browsing OS X 10.8
When I mount a Samba share it works, but it doesn't show me any files, even though they exist on the server, I also cannot write files to the share either.
The server is CentOS 6.4, running Samba. ...
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Samba file sharing on Ubuntu & Windows Computer using SSH
So I've been able to connect to a Samba file share on Ubuntu from Windows using SSH port forwarding, using this guide: http://www.bitvise.com/file-sharing. The steps include creating a loopback ...
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Trouble mapping network drive in one location, but is successful in another
This is kind of a weird problem, that usually Googling has been unable to solve. Setup is such:
Pogoplug (archlinux with samba share) at location A -> windows 7 machine at location B (successful ...
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Can't seem to connect to Win 7 share with smbclient 3.5.5 on Haiku
I did the registry mods mentioned here but cannot seem to connect. I say seem to, because there's no error message.
smbclient \\\\WIN7MACHINE\\ -U myusername
smbclient \\\\WIN7MACHINE\\ -U%
...
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samba library failed to download the shared files of Mac osx
I have tried to download the shared files of mac osx using smb from my ipad but it fails with error( unable to open the file). But it can download all windows and linux shared files.
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Wrong free space reported for an ext4-formatted 3TB drive
I've just bought a WD elements 3TB external hard drive, formatted it to ext4 and mounted it on raspberry pi (raspbian (fork of debian) with latest kernel and package updates), and I've a problem linux ...
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How to Share Windows 8 files with Ubuntu Server 12.10
On my network I have a Windows 8 laptop and a Ubuntu Server running 12.10. I can connect to a Ubuntu file share from my Windows 8 laptop with out any issues.
Question: How would I connect & mount ...
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Can Samba 4 provide the same features as Nitrobit update server and group policy?
Based on my reading I am aware that Samba 4 provides Active Directory support. Does it provide similar features such as the Nitrobit update server as well as group policy engine? If no, are there ...
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Can I install a different Samba client on OSX Lion?
Right now I am using the standard OSX Lion Samba Client to connect to my Windows 2008 Samba Shares. Is there an alternative client to the one that ships with OSX Lion? I am experiencing software ...
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Cannot modify files with SAMBA and CurlFTPfs
I have all my ftp accounts mounted via CurlFTPfs with allow-others option. All directories have --- --- rwx (0007) permission after ftp mount with umask=0770 . This way I can log as another user (than ...
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Making the most out of an old laptop for home improvement [closed]
My old Compaq laptop's (circa 2005) been lying around useless for the longest time so last week I decided to make a Linux box out of it. So far, I have set it up to provide the following services,
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Testing every SMB command
I want to modify samba to add some security features.
After doing the modification, I want to verify that the responses of all the SMB requests are valid.
However, I don't know how to the SMB clients ...
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How do I add additional locations to the Windows 7 Recycle Bin Properties?
I have set up a home network with a small file server running Samba. I read on a forum post that by re-mapping a user folder on Windows 7 to a network drive, a reference to that drive will be added ...
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Give samba server a network name
I have samba server running on ubuntu 10.04 lts. At the moment I am connecting to it from windows 7 by typing \\192.168.1.3\sharename. Is there a way to give the ip a "name". At my school I can type ...
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Troubleshoot VirtualBox Linux Ubuntu guest access from Windows host
I'm running VirtualBox on a Windows 7 Host, with an Ubuntu Linux guest OS.
I'm trying to set up Samba on Linux to access a folder (/home/user) from the Windows host as a share - which I believe ...
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samba: files written to public share belong to nobody
I have setup a samba share like this:
[shared]
path = /home/shared/
comment = shared
public = yes
writable = yes
printable = no
I can access it from windows, but when I ...
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Mounting samba share from fstab
Currently I have 3 network drives I mount each time i restart my system. The command I use is:
sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.1.8/ARES /media/Ares -o user=USER,password=***
sudo mount -t cifs ...
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samba 3.6, group permissions from active directory, "
I'm doing zfs configuration testing, and I'm trying to join a server to our AD domain. So far as I can tell I have successfully joined the domain with SAMBA 3.6. I can query for users and groups. ...
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yum fails to install Samba Server on RHEL 6.2 [closed]
[root@9.126.41.59 Packages]# yum localinstall samba-3.5.6-86.el6.x86_64.rpm
Loaded plugins: product-id, refresh-packagekit, rhnplugin, subscription-manager
Updating certificate-based repositories.
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After disconnecting mapped network drive, cant reconnect
After I right click on a mapped network drive and click disconnect, I cannot reconnect. It tells me that the location is unavailable.
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Can't get Raspbmc to browse samba shared folders
I can't get Raspbmc to browse my shared folders on my Windows 7 computer that is in the same network. When trying to add a networklocation, I get 'connection timed out'
Things I have tried:
I ...
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1answer
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Mount SMB share without 2GB filesize limit in OSX Lion
I want to mount a network attached drive onto OSX Lion with Samba.
Usually I do this in Finder with "Go>Connect to Server" and type "smb://192.xxx.xx.xxx" in the Server Adress field, however doing ...
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1answer
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samba 'homes' share works, raid doesn't [fedora 17 to windows 7]
I have a basic LAN at home, and am trying to share a raid drive mounted on my Fedora 17 machine to Windows 7 via samba.
I can browse to my home directory (ie: through the homes share), but not to the ...
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Checking for samba transfer bottlenecks
This is a question about my home network setup.
I have a NAS, connected via gigabit ethernet to a switch, which is connected via 100mbit ethernet to router. Then I have my mac, connected via wireless ...
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Can't write to samba share as a group member in Windows
I have a desktop running Ubuntu Server 12.04 with samba installed to share files to multiple Windows computers in the house.
I have a folder /test which has it's permissions set like so:
drwxrwsrwx ...
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SSH Tunnel for Samba over SSH Proxy
So I am trying to do something that is relatively simply in theory but my use-case seems to be hard to find since most proxying I find on the internet is in regards to setting up a proxy for your ...
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Unable to access certain Samba shared folders from Windows 7
I installed Samba and shared some folders to allow access from my Windows 7.
But currently I'm having some issues.
In my smb.conf
[MYFOLDER]
path = /usr/bin/MYFOLDER
read only = no
browseable = yes
...
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1answer
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Who creates /home/<user>/Public every (boot) time?
I have a debian squeeze machine on which, after every boot, there is an empty directory "Public" (yes, capital P) in all the /home-Folders.
It obviously looks SMB- or FTP-related, but I can't figure ...
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is it possible to mount Windows file shares on Chromebook
I have a cisco e4200 router that exposes my media library as windows file shares.
Is it possible to access them from my Chromebox?
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How to set up samba share for win network
TY in advance for all help I'll get on this issue.
I got this unpleasant task to set up an Ubuntu server with samba for file server.
To make it more complicated I have to do it as follows:
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