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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Creating Samba share to exsiting Samba installation
I am unfamiliar with Samba and need some help.
I have an Ubuntu server that has a folder that is being shared and can be seen on windows and requires a user name and password on the windows side. I ...
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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 ...
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Error mounting samba share, cannot mount block device xxxx read-only
After installing Ubuntu 12.04, I'm trying to mount a samba share from Windows under Linux, using a scripted command that's always worked, and the server hasn't changed.
The error is as follows:
$ ...
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Shared folder between Win7 (host) and Ubuntu (guest)
I'm currently setting up my development envirnonment. I'm used to code (web stuff) on mac. Since I don't have any mac private and would liek to use Win7 I thought to just set up an VM.
My VM is ...
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how to share Linux user passwords and Samba passwords
I have set up a Linux system with its own user account administration.
It is not part of any domain (other than DNS).
Now I want to allow its users to mount their home directories on a Windows system.
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Write permission when mounting Windows shares from Ubuntu
I think I'm close to having my dev environment set up exactly the way I want, but one final snag remains. I'm running VirtualBox on a Windows 7 x64 host, with my dev enviroment inside a Ubuntu 12.04 ...
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Samba users with the same permissions, only one can login
Fresh install of Ubuntu Server 12.04 with Samba. The share is setup as follows:
[share]
comment = My Share
path = /srv/samba/share
browsable = yes
guest ok = no
read only = no
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Samba shares on fuseiso mounts don't work
I've set up a CD-server which gets it's ISOs from a remote fileserver via cifs. To mount those ISOs I use fuseiso.
When I try to connect to such a fuseiso mount I get NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME, if I ...
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Permissions errors when connecting from Windows7 to a SAMBA server
I've got a Win7 system that connects to my Ubuntu server, where I keep my music and other media. I can access my media files from the Win7 machine, but I often get permissions errors, for example when ...
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copy shared files/folders using net share migrate on linux
I am trying copy the shared files/folders from others computers on my network via command line from linux ( specifically ubuntu )/
There are both linux and windows computers on my network.
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Setting up rights between Ubuntu/Samba in Virtualbox and OS X as a host
I have a virtual Ubuntu server running in VirtualBox under OSX, everything is setup by default, I didn't tweak anything special.
I added Samba in Ubuntu and created a user to connect with from my OSX ...
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Ubuntu shared folders in other drives not mounting
I have two other Drives in my System, which I have automounting when system startup using FSTAB. And I have installed Samba on my Machine to create shared folders. Then created some shared folders in ...
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Permission on a symlinked directory in a Samba share
I have a Samba share of my home directory set up as described here. On my Windows box I can access the share, open files and write to them. The server I am connecting to is an Ubuntu 12.04 VM running ...
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Nautilus cannot browse samba shares in Ubuntu
I have a problem with browsing samba shares with Nautilus in Ubuntu. I can see work groups but cannot go any deeper.
On the other hand, I can use smbclient and mount samba shares from command line. ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Ubuntu & Fedora sharing with Samba
How can I share files between a desktop PC( with Ubuntu) and a notebook(with Fedora) in the same network using samba? I tried to configure samba to both of them, but nothing?
On Fedora I configured ...
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Temporarily mount Windows share via cmd line? (Ubuntu 11.04)
What is a simple way to (temporarily) mount a windows share from within Ubuntu 11.04 via the command line?
Basically, I'd like the path /home/myuser/windowsbox to map to a windows share. (Need to ...
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Ubuntu, printing page to windows printer works except on firefox?
Just installed Ubuntu 11.04, setup a zebra label printer, and a HP LaserJet 4050t.
Both printers are set up on a networked windows computer and I am connecting to them using samba.
Both printers ...
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How do I find out the credentials I used for a Samba share?
We have a NAS attached to our wireless router which appears to run samba, our Ubuntu laptop connects fine to this and works well. However, we can't remember the credentials used to set this up our new ...
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Why does Samba sometimes take a while to start working?
I was trying to get Samba to start sharing a directory. I couldn't seem to get it working, got frustrated, and gave up. Then I checked back later, and it had started working with the configuration I ...
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What is the shortest Ubuntu passwordless (readable only) sharing via Samba smb.conf?
I'd like to enable passwordless (userless and loginless) sharing via an Ubuntu server on a small commune Windows network.
I've tried various online examples which either asks for an initial username ...
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Space in credentials file, smbfs & fstab
I'm trying to mount a Windows share on an Ubuntu Server box. It works with smbmount, and with an entry in /etc/fstab.
//Kubrick/Projects /mnt/projects smbfs user=Eric\040Fritz%{pass},rw ...
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OS X File Permissions, File Sharing, and Git
Here's my setup:
Mac Mini running Snow Leopard
Sharing a folder with a bunch of code in it. The folder and everything in it is set for read/write access for both the main user and the "staff" group
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How can I make a samba share read/write for all users?
I'm trying to mount a samba share in ubuntu, however I can't seem to make it read/write for other users (I can read write to it fine).
This is the fstab entry:
//10.0.0.1/storage/dumps /media/dumps ...
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Windows 7 fails to connect connect to samba
I have a local workgroup network.
It has one ubuntu 10 LTS machine, two XP boxes and a Windows 7.
I everything works great eccept for the Widnows 7 box. I can see it and access it from the other ...
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Setting up a samba share between windows xp and ubuntu 11 in a vm player
I am trying to mount a shared folder from windows xp to my ubuntu vm. It is running in vm player.
I installed samba with sudo apt-get smbclient smbfs
Next, I run smbclient -L computer_name_here ...
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How to get list of Windows's shared folders on Ubuntu
We have a small LAN in my office, I use Ubuntu and other PCs have Windows XP and 7 - they have some shared folder on them.
How dp I get a list of Windows's shared folders on Ubuntu in Terminal (using ...
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How can I apply separate permission for each user of same group in samba (Ubuntu 11.04)?
I have created a group named Readers and added three users readera,readerb,readerc. The share folder created like /home/Readers/readera,/home/Readers/readerb and /home/Readers/readerc. Here how can I ...
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Running apache with the doc root as an SMB share
I'm in Ubuntu 10.10, just mounted my new NAS in the /media directory. I then proceeded to add a new DNS entry called newtesting.cdw, and added this as a virtual host to my apache (using webmin).
When ...
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Creating a samba share where everyone has write access
I have an Ubuntu server in my house running samba. I'm trying to set up a samba share where everyone has read and write access.
I have all the users in a 'sambashare' unix group and want to offer the ...
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Proper Way To Organize File Server
I am setting up a file server using Ubuntu and want to make sure I set up a folder structure that will last. Where should I be placing everything that I am sharing (Music, Pictures, Videos, etc)? In ...
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Server - Can't access home directory over SMB!
Quick question – I have a server running Ubuntu server edition with SMB server all set up and running. I've set up the main root of the drive to be shared and I've set up a user in /etc/samba/smbusers ...
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Need to setup a wireless network with hostname resolving and samba shares?
I'm new to networking in depth, I may ask silly questions. I hope you can point me in some right direction.
Info
I have a Belkin N 150 wireless ADSL router that also acts as a wireless hub. I have ...
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How to make Windows 7 remember credentials for a Samba network drive?
I have a Samba share on my Ubuntu server which I map as a network drive on my Windows 7 Professional computer.
After every reboot it shows the drive as disconnected and to access it I have to renter ...
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List windows shares/computers
On Ubuntu, how can I get a list of all windows machines/shares on the network? I tried smbclient, but it only seems to list the shares of a known machine.
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Windows 7 can't find Ubuntu computer by hostname
I got a new Windows 7 machine, and was using VNC, SSH etc to connect to my Ubuntu machine, and it worked fine previously connecting to the Ubuntu computer's hostname. Now it doesn't work if I use the ...
