Abbreviation for "Server Message Block"; an application-layer network protocol for sharing files and printers, popular in Windows environments
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File access from client Windows Server 2012 works with procmon enabled, otherwise doesn't
Windows Server 2012, running Terminal Services has a client application installed. The server part is located on another Windows Server 2012.
The client application is an old one, based on dBase.
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Mapped drives “stuck” on Windows 7 after disconnecting them..solutions?
Some digging around suggests that this is a common-ish problem, but instead of workarounds, I'd like to see if there is a way to fix this once and for all. Having to restart the shell to get basic ...
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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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Multiple user accounts from same client on network share?
My Win7 professional client has a connected network drive to the server with cached login (user/pw) data. How can I connect to the same server as a different user simultaneously?
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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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Merge SMB files with local Copy OS X
I'm currently using a MacBook Pro, 10.8.3 and I'm looking to view my work files via smb. At the moment I use Finder->Connect To Server method which works fine when I'm online.
However, I'd like to ...
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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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Win7 share cannot access \\localhost and cannot share folder
My problem occurred literally over after my switch crashed. Resetting the switch brought everything back to normal except my Win 7 laptop lost connection to my network share. The Win 8 desktop can ...
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Opening file/application through smb/ftp
I know that if I open a file/application through ftp, the file gets downloaded on windows 7 and then I run it.
My questions are as follows:
1.On ftp on windows, does it get downloaded to the ...
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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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Mapping a SMB share in Windows
I have a SMB/AFP network share that needs to be accessed via Windows and Mac computers. The AFP side works fine for the Mac OS X clients.
However, I can't get it to map on Windows. I've tried the ...
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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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Raspbmc loses connection to windows shared folder after sleep
I have a Raspberry Pi with Raspbmc installed onto it (I have recently updated to the latest nightly build), and, after a bit of playing around, I have managed to get it to connect to a shared folder ...
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Windows 8 to Windows 2012 slow upload network transfer
I'm have a quite peculiar and highly frustrating problem.
I have recently set up a Windows Server 2012 file host, sitting on top of kvm, using virtio drivers and a PCI-E passthrough HBA (debian ...
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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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On login, how do I get Windows to mount/connect a mapped network drive automatically?
How do you automount an SMB share in Windows 7? When I first login, the drive appears but is not "mounted". It is a mapped network drive, but iTunes will not find the music located on the server until ...
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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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Accessing shared folder asks me credentials
I have a shared folder on a Win 2003 server: user Guest can access in read-only mode.
On the network I have many different pc with different OS (Win8, Seven, XP) and almost all can access that folder ...
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unable to ping google or smb personal server
I am unable to ping google or my personal server. I suspect this is also why I have issues connecting to my server using smb. Here is the output:
[~]$ ping http://google.com
ping: cannot ...
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Windows, wired and wireless at once, force SMB to use Ethernet to get faster transfer
I'd like the access to remote files by My Network Places (SMB or Samba) was done by wired connection always when it's available.
It makes big difference - WiFi G (about 2-3 MB/s) vs Gigabit Ethernet ...
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Samba not connectable “Go away, we're not home”
I'm having an issue connecting to my dedicated server using samba. The server is a debian (squeeze) box running a samba server, only small modifications have been made to the default config and the ...
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How to make edits in Windows to files on a linux server?
I have an SMB connection to an Ubuntu Server 12.10 host that has shell scripts and config files I want to edit with a Windows 7 client using Notepad++. I am able to open the files and make changes, ...
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Windows 8 Pro NAS not recognized?
Some time ago I upgraded from Win7 Ultimate to Win8 Pro x64. Everything works fine, but my Netgear ReadNAS Duo won't show up anywhere besides in the router control panel. There I can see that it has ...
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How can I connect OS X 10.8.2 to Windows Server 2008?
I'm trying to connect from my Mac OS X 10.8.2 to Windows Server 2008.
I've tried
smb://ServerName/ShareName
smb://DOMAIN;User@ServerName/ShareName
mentioned on the Apple docs, but it keeps ...
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OSX AppleScript mount SMB Share using the Guest user
I know how to do it with an AFP share thusly:
mount volume "afp://;AUTH=NO%20USER%20AUTHENT@NAS_AB01(AFP)._afpovertcp._tcp.local/Images"
How do you do it with an SMB share?
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Office 2011, Mac OS Lion, Excel creates temporary file on Windows server 2008, SMB share how to stop?
I have an issue with Mac's and a windows SMB share, when using Excel 2011.
If I open an excel document from the windows share it will create a "Ghost file" starting with ~$ then the full filename e.g ...
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How To Fix Samba File Permission Issues in Mac OSX
I've had this problem for a long time, here is the basics of it... I use a mixed environment of Windows 7/8 computers with Mac OSX Lion/Mountain Lion. Whenever a Windows computer creates a file on a ...
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slow SMB transfers from Mountain Lion over VPN to Windows Server
I am experiencing slow SMB file transfers from my Mountain Lion 10.8.2 pc over a VPN to a Windows Server.
I found this procedure for speeding up such transfers on Snow Leopard ...
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Is there any chance that my data will get silently corrupted with a robocopy SMB network transfer?
I'm setting up a NAS box for the first time. At the moment, I have most of my data backed up to a few local hard drives, and I intend to transfer all the data to my NAS over ethernet once the RAID ...
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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 ...
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Create read-only files on SMB share
I have a home server set up with SMB shares. Those shares are actually external HDD's with NTFS connected to the server.
My question is, how do i make it so that users can create or delete files on ...
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Moving files in Windows smb share
I got two folders mounted via smb. One is G drive and the other is H drive. Both share is from the same nas box.
When I move a folder from H drive to G drive, some folders moves instantly and some ...
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Move files between two windows file shares on the same server
Using Windows 7 I have a server with shared folders set up. If I open one of them and take a file and move it to a subfolder it's instant - the file is obviously only being moved on the server. The ...
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Robocopy multithread option
I got two Windows server 2003 which one backups to the other using robocopy. The old version of robocopy is only single threaded. I was thinking if I use another windows 7 machine and mount both ...
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Can’t Browse SMB Share After Temporary Outage
This is a strange issue that I’ve not seen before, but maybe somebody here could help?
I have a Mac (running Snow Leopard) that is a SMB client accessing a Windows 7 share. The Windows 7 server has ...
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How to cd into smb://user@100.100.100.100 from terminal?
I am using ubuntu and gnome on my computer.
When I open up File Browser, on the left hand rail, I see conveniently a folder called "Work Server". When I mouse over it, the following caption appears ...
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Error when trying to access Shared files from iMac via smb
I used to access all my Windows XP shared files on my Mac using Finder --> Window --> Connect to server.
Now all of a sudden, an error crops up when I try to connect. I get the error
"There was a ...
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Is there no SMB/CIFS client component in Windows?
I know that Windows acts as an SMB/CIFS server by default. So one can easily access Windows files from another machine in the network with a proper SMB client. But what if I want to do the opposite ...
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smb mount cannot sync file automatically
Under Ubuntu, I use smb to mount the directory of the server(Ubuntu too), and set to a local directory, like /home/username/server. When I change some files of local directory, the files in the server ...
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Network drives are restored with delay after standby
My computer running Windows 7 Professional is connected to several mapped network drives provided by a Windows Server 2008 R2 (Intel Atom CPU, used as a homeserver serving a maximum of three clients).
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Install MC with SMB support
how to install MC (Midnight Commander) with Samba support (smb:// link like ftp).
Im unable to install it thou apt-get. Ive got just mc version without smb.
And install from sources failed. I try to ...
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Mac can't see smb shares when connected to a Windows 7 VPN
I have a simple VPN setup at home that is running off a Windows 7 machine. I used the tutorial here, which lets me connect to my home network. I've confirmed this works correctly since I'm able to log ...
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user account for SMB
is it possible to create user accounts under windows just for home network sharing?
I don't want the account to appear in the list of login windows. I don't need it to have its own set of folders, ...
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Samba - Hide unauthorized directories
I currently have a number of read-only directories shared for the public. There are a number of other shares that only I have access to. Hence when other people try to access the shares, they are ...
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How to share files from Mac mountain lion to windows 7?
I've been trying to share one particular folder on my imac to other windows users but having difficulty of sharing just one particular folder. I've tried to google around and the methods work only for ...
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Long delay until a folder appears when accessing through windows file sharing
We have an application that creates a folder with files on a remote machine, and a python script that looks for this folders from a local machine using its full UNC name and responds accordingly (for ...
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Write to NTFS drive mounted with SMB in OS X Mountain Lion
I wanna be able to write to an NTFS drive mounted over SMB.
I've tried following this guide but when I run diskutil info /Volumes/inetpub (inetpub being the name of the drive) I get Could not find ...
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Samba Share: smb doesn't set group id bit
I have some problems with a smb share. Every subfolder should get the group id bit. If I create a directory local on the machine with:
$ mkdir local
the bit is set, but if i create it via the smb ...
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How to see if a network share is used?
In my network there are Windows and openSUSE machines. The openSUSE boxes are using Samba shares to show their data to the Windows ones and they are using NFS to share data among themselves.
Now I ...
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Connect to a remote SMB server (external IP)
I just moved to a new city, but left my server back at my old home and would like to connect to it just like how I used to.
I opened a random port for the local IP from my router, and the firewall on ...
