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Oracle VM VirtualBox;Shared folder does not exist on the host?

I had installed Oracle VM VirtualBox version 4.2.10 r84104 on Windows 7.Then I create a Windows seven operating system(form an iso image file) as a guest on it with a shred folder.But when I try to ...
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A fast modern network filesystem to replace VirtualBox's shared folder emulation

My work code repository is stored in host Linux system, and is accessed from Windows guest; currently, guest can access the repo via 'shared folder' which looks like a samba emulation. But, it just ...
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Cannot access shared folder between two Windows8 computers

How do I share a folder on one Windows8 computer and access it from another Windows8 computer? I do not want to use HomeGroups. I set them up initially, but I'm much more content with mapped network ...
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Sharing folder to a domain server without adding it to the domain server

I was trying to share a folder in my local pc that other pc's can access but when i try to look for it in the server in the network i can't seen to see it. the server is in a domain and the pc that is ...
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Is virtualbox shared folder working for Debian guest

This is very strange. I'm running Debian and Ubuntu guests under the same virtualbox (hosted under Win7). And the Debian and Ubuntu mostly have the same packages installed. And I did the same steps to ...
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Access a remote Windows shared folder from Linux Mint

I am a Windows intermediate user and I have recently installed Linux Mint 13 Maya 32-bit version on my laptop. Earlier my major activities in my Windows box were: Connecting to internet, wifi, VPN ...
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How to include multiple folders in SMB share

I want to share multiple folders on SMB share (Windows Server 2012). Is it possible to and if yes, how to do it?
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How can I navigate in command prompt to a remote folder which has been shared among users? [duplicate]

So basically I want to go to 192.xxx.xxx.xxx\myFolder to see the files in it. I go with Explorer and it works fine, I can even delete and/or modify and add files to it. The problem is that I'm ...
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How can I create a Windows shared folder which requires absolutely no authentication to write data?

I want to create a folder on a domain joined Windows server (NTFS), which any user can generate logs files to. When I say any user, this may include built in Windows user accounts, and from any OS ...
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How to use UNC path correctly to share a folder on remote computer?

I would like to know if somebody knows the correct syntax for giving a folder a share on remote network machine's folder. Please write a syntax you know for sure that it's working. This operation ...
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My Network Places XP to Win 7

I am changing from XP to Win 7, I would like to "Add a network location." How can I do that? It seems that they changed the procedure for this.
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connect to Windows share from Ubuntu Server using reverse ssh tunnel

I'm missing a piece of this puzzle so I hope someone can help me. The SETUP: My computer with Windows O/S is behind a NAT/Firewall at work and I can not open any ports to forward. At home I have a ...
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Setting up a network drive on a home network

I've setup a home network using Netgear N300 wireless router (using Windows 7). I'm trying to get one of my hard drives to be available on the network, so I went to the "sharing" tab of the HD's ...
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What do these shared folder settings mean?

I just got a new pc from work and when I check the shared folders from computer management section I see that there are 4 share names: Admin$ C:\Windows, type windows with the description remote ...
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How do I have Wordpress keep its database in the same directory as other files (for sharing via Dropbox)?

I am working on a Wordpress site with another person. At the moment the Wordpress files are on a shared Dropbox folder, which allows both of us to see all the files we need to work on. However, ...
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Temporary deny use of windows share

I would like to know if it is possible to temporary deny access to windows share folders for a specific user at a specific time range? Example: Deny access to user User1 for folder WolfyShare from ...
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file_exists() and mkdir($a, $b, true) do not work properly if my Apache runs in a VirtualBox and the DocumentRoot is a shared folder. Why?

I have a Windows7 PC with a hosted VirtualBox (Ubuntu). On the VirtualBox is an Apache2. The is shared to the Windows7 host. So if I use ls -l I see that the contents are owned by root:vboxsf. If ...
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Sharing files from Win XP to Win 7

I have a computer with Windows XP (PC1) that acts as a File server. On this computer there is a shared Folder with some files. I want to access those files in read/write from another computer with ...
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tool to share text file and notify collaborators of file changes?

I would like a tool that will allow me to share a text file with a colleague, and if the file changes, will email them with a list of any additions or deletions. I believe Dropbox can notify you ...
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Setting up a small office shared network with wireless tv

Recently my brother asked me to help him set up a shared network for his small business. Some of the stuff he was asking for seems reasonable, but other things I'm not sure where to begin. He has ...
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How to access shared folders set up on Windows 7 using a Windows 8 machine?

I set up several shared drives and folders on my Win 7 machines, so that any new machine running Win 7 with the same user name and password log in can use those drives and folders. But on Win 8, I ...
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Can I update a shared dropbox file while not changing the link?

I have a file I would like to update on dropbox. About 900 people know this shared link. However, when I update the file the link is changed, e.g. from ...
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PHP in VirtualBox Windows-guest on Fedora-host can't use shared folder

I'm running a Fedora 14 LAMP stack and I have a Windows service the website needs to talk to process and create files. The shared folder mounts as E:\ in Windows 7 and works perfectly if I'm dragging ...
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How would I configure a music server that allows remote management of files?

There are lots of music servers/solutions that take a media player, or an existing music library, and serve it to remote clients. Most of them are read-only: you manage the media files on the server ...
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Assigning existing dir structure as new samba share

With an existing dir-subdir1-subdir2 structure assigned to be a samba share dir i would like to see not only upper dir level but also a chain of nested subdirs, how to do it? I want read-only share, ...
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\\ComputerName is not accessible do not have permission to access folder

Additional message: account disabled This truly pissed me off. I tried to access a network drive. At first I was asked for log on information. At that time I didn't know the logon information, put ...
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New files on host not showing on ubuntu (vmware)?

I have a host machine (Win7 64bit) running a VM with Ubuntu 12.04 64bit. I have set up the shared folder fine (although that was a headache in itself) and everything is working great. I use the Ubuntu ...
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Windows 7 shows all drives when on Ubuntu

I have a laptop and a desktop. On my Desktop I have Windows 7 Pro 64 bit and I just recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my laptop. In Ubuntu I setup samba, and attached myself to the network which ...
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How to open a network drive using \\ipaddress\driverletter+$ in windows 8 [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Enable (or work around) Administrative shares in Windows 8 I have two computers in my home both connected to a LAN through a router. When I use \\192.168.1.3\c$ in Run ...
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Cannot access the shared folder

There is a shared drive in our university where anyone can share files. I had mapped this as a network drive on my computer earlier but cannot access it anymore. I am using Windows 7. When I put the ...
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Dual booting and Folder redirection for sharing between user profiles

I have a Vista Home Premium local machine profile and a domain profile on Windows 7 Professional. Both are installed on separate partitions already and boot fine. Will I totally ruin everything if I ...
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Copying shared folder between two servers automatically

I have two Windows server (server A and server B) which I use for sharing folders (as file servers). I want one shared folder in server A to be copied with its data automatically & periodically to ...
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Shared server folder showing MessageBox with security warning while moving files

I have a shared folder on a Windows 2008 R2 server to Everyone on the network with Read/Write permissions. I am accessing this folder from Win XP computers, copying, creating new files, everything ...
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Use Ubuntu Server as web server on Mac OS X via VirtualBox

I have successfully installed Ubuntu 12.10 Server edition using VirtualBox 4.2.6. I have set up terminal SSH access to the Ubuntu guest from my Mac OS X (host) I have installed nginx, mysql, etc by ...
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robocopy from a shared folder using winrm

My goal is to use winrm to connect to a remote machine and then run a robocopy command on this remote machine that results into copying files from a remote shared drive on the network into this ...
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dropbox folder that is shared for multiple users [closed]

In the dropbox is it possible to share a Folder with another user or users. Assume you want to share a folder only with the UserA. How to ensure the UserA doesn't share it with another user or users? ...
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Can folders be shared between two guest OS (Ubuntu and Windows XP ) in VMPlayer

I have a machine with CentOS 6 and VMPlayer 5.x running Windows XP and Ubuntu 12.04 guests. I am trying to find a way for the Windows XP and Ubuntu guests to share folders with each other. Each guest ...
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access Windows shared folder with Xcode

I am developing some multiplatform software and have to develop, build and test on both, Windows and OS X. Very often I am in the situation that I have made some changes on one OS, that almost ...
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Getting an error trying to set up shared folders on an Ubuntu instance of VMWare Fusion running on OSX

Receiving the following error: Unable to update runtime folder sharing status: There was an error mounting Shared Folders file system inside the guest operating system. Running VMWare Fusion ...
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Mount permanently a windows shared folder on linux

I have a little server with a shared partition called D. I'd like to mount it permanently on a local machine with Linux Ubuntu, in order to access them easily. I have looked for similar questions, but ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Shared drive/Folder issue

I have over 6 computers that are not listed on a domain, just normal local logins. There is one computer which is called User-PC which has a RAID Array. We also have another computer called TV-PC ...
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Automatically organizing a network drive

The non-profit I work for has recently purchased a 42TB NAS unit. This unit will store media production files: .jpg, .mp4, .pst, .indd, etc. I'd like to be able to specify a set of rules for a folder ...
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Access Ubuntu Host Files from RHEL installed on Virtual Box

Im trying to access Host files (Destop Folder) from RHEL installed on Virtual Box. First I Shared a folder from menu bar of VirtualBox. Then I make a directory in /Media/ubuntushare Then I tried to ...
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Common folder in linux

I have two users on my Ubuntu machine. I want to share some media files between these users, so I created a directory in /home/ called 'media'. I made the group 'media' and I added my user 'rks171' ...
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2 users cannot share one encrypted offline files share

This question I asked over a year ago in the MS social forums, with the answer being that by design it is not possible. I still wonder whether one could hack around this limitation, without using ...
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`:Zone.Identifier` files keep on appearing in Windows XP virtual machine

I have a Windows XP Home Edition guest and a Linux Mint 13 host. I use VirtualBox and the ~/Public directory is shared with the guest. It sometimes happens that I use IE on the guest system to ...
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Share folder (fileserver) on local network without passwd Win7

We have local network. everyone are on the same switch and there is one computer that is used as a file server. I created a shared folder on it to be a file server that holds files that other users ...
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Tools for file transferring on Windows shared drives [closed]

Is there any FTP client-like tool designed for file transferring on Windows shared drive? I am looking for a better interface to manage files. Also, Windows Explorer usually gets unresponsive when ...

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