samba allows windows and 'nix computers to share files and printers with each other.
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smbtree not showing ANY machines in one workgroup
When I run smbtree I get:
tim@fileserver:/etc$ smbtree
Enter tim's password:
WORKGROUP
MSHOME
\\ZYNA mamma
\\ZYNA\C$ Default share
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Samba guest accounts and the “guest account = ” configuration option
I'm having difficulty understanding Samba's guest account permissions. I set the guest account to use my main account on the server but I can only ever seem to be able to modify files if the ...
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Joining another domain from ubuntu samba
I'm fairly new to linux and am trying to use samba to join another primary domain controller. I was given only the IP of the primary domain controller and the login id & PW.
Assuming I've only ...
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Preserve permissions on samba shared files when overwriting
I have a directory shared in my Ubuntu VM. This is my smb.conf:
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[share]
comment = Ubuntu File Server Share
path = /home/foo/share
browsable = yes
guest ok = yes
read only = no
create mask = 0644
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md5sums differ between CIFS and NFS
I'm doing some research on 'cribbage' an Ubuntu 10.04 box which connects to 'prodcsamba01' via CIFS:
cribbage $ mount | grep prep
//prodcsamba01/prepfsnr on /prep type cifs ...
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Force folder creation permissions to nobody:nobody using samba
I have tried force user = nobody but then the users don not have access to their shares.
When a user creates a folder/file i want the the group to be nobody:nobody
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Router + file server build [closed]
I am trying to build an always-on router + file server system that will serve as a (wired) router and as a file server that I will access from my two Windows (7/XP) machines. I am not worried about ...
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MacOS and Samba automount
How can I auto mount a samba share in Mac OS? I have tried this:
/etc/auto_master
#
# Automounter master map
#
+auto_master # Use directory service
/net -hosts ...
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Win7 Mounting network drives depending on network
Is there a way of mounting certain drives with NET USE only when you're connected to certain networks? I use this particular laptop at home and at work. When I am at home and connect to the network ...
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RAID5 + Samba Woes
I'm in the process of setting up a brand-new CentOS 6.2 server. The boot, swap and root partitions live on a 320GB SSD, and my archive files are on a 9,000 GB RAID array.
Problem is that if I setup ...
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Issue pushing file from linux to windows with smbclient
I have a file located on my linux box that is generated by a python script, the file is dropped inside of the /root/ directory
My bash script looks like so:
#!/bin/bash
# Run the HR Data feed
cd ...
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Catering to the lack of 2Wire DNS changing - How do I properly extend my 2Wire network to allow computers to use my dns/webserver
I accessed my 2wire router/modem with the hopes of being able to modify the DNS settings, only to find that I couldn't. I searched online for awhile for a special way to do so, without finding a good ...
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Windows shared folders through VPN and Ubuntu
I use Ubuntu and i need to access to the Windows shared folders of a remote LAN network through VPN. I connect successfully to the VPN through a DDNS service (no-ip.org) but i can't see the folders in ...
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Test if connection can be made to Samba share
I need to write a web app that tests if a user has permission to access a Windows share via Samba.
The idea is that there is a windows share at some location on my corporate domain, where only ...
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Windows 7 connect to Lion file sharing
Trying to access my Mac from a Windows 7 computer, I fail with the infamous error 86 incorrect password.
Now this appears to be a well-known problem with countless threads on the internet giving as ...
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Virtualbox Ubuntu 11.10 Server Guest + Windows 7 Host: Access Guest Files from Host
I have a Ubuntu 11.10 Server Guest machine on Virtualbox and a Windows 7 Host.
I can use SSH to connect and use VIM to edit development files, but ideally, I would like to use a Windows text editor ...
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Creating Samba shares on Windows
I am not very familiar with how SMB and Samba differ. I am using an app on my iPhone that connects to Samba shares to access and play files (AcePlayer) and it seems to not be able to see my Windows ...
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Linux virtual disk stripping or multi-path samba share?
I am trying to build a file storage box for media. It needs to span two or more directories or partitions as one share. There are a few solutions but reasons why I want to avoid them, among these ...
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Samba: Connected clients unaffected by group/share/user access changes
We are trying to solve what we perceive as a problem with the behavior of our Samba server. Please understand we are not claiming this is a bug in Samba. It is simply different from the behavior we ...
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Shared folder on mac: mounted on ubuntu but not writable
I've got a mac (called 'maxw-hackbook') with a folder (called 'work') which i've shared, making it "read & write" by me, "staff" and everyone. I've then mounted it to a folder on my ubuntu ...
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How to compress smb?
I have setup a media center, running arch linux. I have also installed samba on it and have created users for all my roommates.
One of the biggest problems that we've faced is that if all of us are ...
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Creating files through mounted Samba share makes them executable by user
I created a Samba share on my Ubuntu virtual machine and mounted the share on my Windows 7 host using net use W: \\blog.localhost\blog. When editing or creating any file it sets the perms to ...
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Installing Samba
I am setting up Samba on Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric) but the /etc/init.d/samba file is not being created. I've done this before and haven't had this problem. I uninstalled samba, samba-common, smbclient, ...
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How to store passwords for Windows Shares in Dolphin/KNetAttach?
I have several Windows Shares I want to mount with KNetAttach and then add it to the favorites Panel in Dolphin. Now I have to enter my username/password combination everytime I close Dolphin, which ...
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Setting up a file share for a lab of Windows PCs with Samba or NFS
I am trying to setup a "shared drive" for our lab on a university campus. I installed Debian on a spare PC we have here and the "clients" are all using Windows 7 Professional.
Ideally, they all want ...
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How to automatically move files to the network
I'm looking for an open source solution to a piece of Windows software that will monitor a folder on a Linux server via Samba and copy them to the local machine. I need this to run on a virtual ...
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Is there a 'Home' directory mechanism in Windows Server 2003/08 that works like the default SAMBA home shares?
SAMBA allows users to access 'home' shares as a 'default' setting in smb.conf. It creates a directory under the AD User home directory the first time they try to access it, and makes it ...
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Mount a SMB share's subfolder as a drive in OS X Lion
In Snow Leopard I was able to mount a subfolder of a Samba share directly using a path like the following in the "Connect to Server" Finder dialog:
smb://someserver/someshare/where/i/really/want/togo
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Windows 7 - Samba Shares - multiple credentials
My home setup has a linux server which serves several shares, each with a different user & password.
i.e.: public, user1, user2
I can connect to my shares individually via \server\public with ...
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Mapped network drive unavailable on reboot until viewed in windows explorer (windows 7)
I have an ubuntu 11.04 machine with a samba share, which I access from a Windows 7 machine. Both have same username and password. The network drive is mapped and remembered on Windows. When I reboot ...
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How to I create an open smb share on a Windows 7 box?
I have a Windows 7 (Home Premium if that matters) box witch I want to set up a SMB share on for a network media player to play videos from. Ideally I would like this to be open so it can be copied ...
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Generate samba password hash programatically
I was wondering if there is a standard linux/ubuntu command to generate SMB password hashes to stdout. For the curious, I am wanting to manage a set of of usernames and passwords across multiple ...
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Backing up Mac OSX to Windows/Samba share
This should not be this hard ... is there an easy way to back up a mac to a windows share?
so far, I've tried the suggestions here, but am getting error:
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samba on linux, hosts allow doesn't work correctly
I hosts allow setting:
hosts allow = 127.0.0.1 192.168.1.0/100
So I want every computer within my network to be able to access the server.
Now every IP is good with this setting, but 192.168.1.2 ...
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Samba outside local subnet?
I just transitioned my home server from and older desktop with two LAN ports (Server B) to a new low-power one (Server C) with only a single LAN. I get three IP addresses from my ISP and me and my ...
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Trying to connect to DNS-323 NAS, Getting “The Share Does Not Exist”
I'm having trouble connecting to my NAS all of a sudden. I have a samba share set up at smb://192.168.1.15. In the DNS-323 Admin, Network Access Settings, I have a share called Volume_1 in the SMB ...
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I can't open executable shared on my network
I just set up a new Windows 7 machine and I am having accessing files on my network. I had no problem accessing the network shares and browsing through the files, but when I try to actually open an ...
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mount Command Works, but fstab Version Fails - Samba Issue
I can mount a share with this command:
sudo mount -o username=user,password=pass //192.168.5.227/share /mnt/share
And in my fstab I have this line:
//192.168.5.227/share /mnt/share cifs ...
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Mount Network Share to a folder
With net use or regular ui "map network drive" I can mount network share to a drive letter (a volume) in Windows. But what if I want to mount it to a folder?
Say to d:\myUbuntuShares and not z:
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Samba transfers fail randomly without errors in Windows client
I just set up a new server for home use running Ubuntu 11.10. Installed the regular samba pkg and added a share through webmin. Seemed to work fine until i started transferring large quantities of ...
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Samba share automatically do username and password
Right now I'm connecting to network shares on my windows 7 machine with a command like sudo mount -o username=Robert //192.168.1.56/share /mnt/share and then it asks for my password. No big deal, but ...
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Correct user rights for Samba share
I have a server which I want to use to share files on a local network. Each user should have a own directory for himself as well as several shared directories:
FolderUser1 ... FolderUserN and ...
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Fedora 16 can connect to samba share using smbclient but not in nautilus 3.2.1
I have a machine running Ubuntu 11.10 Server acting as a Samba server to share my home directory. Everything works fine on my Windows 7 machine, but on my Fedora 16 laptop, if I use Nautilus to try to ...
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Basic linux based fileserver for home use, what file sharing protocol to use to serve Linux, MacOS and Windows filesharing clients?
I got an aging Gentoo Linux laptop which I am about to transform into a fileserver for our home users (to view our family photos, films etc). Clients to support will be Linux, MacOS and Windows.
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Samba drives in network keep disappearing from Windows
I have a home network with the Linux boxes with Samba shares and a couple of Windows 7 machines. For some reason the Samba shares disappear from time to time from the Windows' boxes and I can't figure ...
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Samba without central server?
I have found Samba to be a real pain to keep working at home (having half a dosen Windows & Linux computers)
Without a central server, samba keeps moving the domain master browser as computers ...
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CIFS over AnyConnect, Mac to Linux = Corrupt Files
I have a friend who works from home. He produces files that he needs to upload to the company's server. He uses a Cisco AnyConnect VPN to connect, and then drags/drops the files to the server. To ...
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SMB share and UNC name resolution windows 7
I have a samba share on a VM with CentOS inside my company network.
For authentication only one user was added, which works fine.
security = user
username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
Furthermore i ...
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samba on netgear WNR3700 ddwrt
I have the latest ddwrt firmware for netgear WNR3700.
Is there nmbd included? Router hostname is not listed in ms workgroup machines but I can access it by hostname and IP via explorer.
smb.conf
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