Questions tagged [file-sharing]
Allowing more than one user to have access to a file. This can be via a network share, some method of cloud storage, using an FTP server, or other methods.
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how do we share files from Mac to Windows?
Is there anyway we can read the files in a Mac laptop using a Windows laptop?
Like I have a movies folder in Mac and I want to view those movies in my Windows laptop (without having to transfer those ...
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Make a network drive available over the internet?
I recently built a small server machine, using Ubuntu Server and Samba, to act as a file server (among other things) so that my entire family can access certain files over the network from Windows ...
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Windows 7 file and printer sharing doesnt work for me
Until a few days ago I hadn't had any problems, but now I can't use file and printer sharing in Windows 7 but everyone else on the network can.
It is possible I installed some program that made a ...
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Synchronize two directories on linux pc
I need a distributed filesystem (or a synchronization tool) that is capable of keeping a directory synchronized across 4 pc.
My requirements are:
offline access (data must be available offline on ...
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How to access my Home PC from the office?
At the office I'm working behind a proxy. Is there any way to access my home computer, or just files shared there from my office?
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10GbE Win8.1 file sharing between 3 PCs without a switch
I have 3 windows 8.1 PCs, and they each have two one-port Mellanox 10GbE NICs. I'm using 3 SFP+ Twinax cables to connect them all as per below diagram. Only one of those PCs is also connected to ...
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Windows reverting changes made by Linux to FAT32 partition
I have a laptop with dual-boot Windows 10 and Linux Mint 19 Tara installed to the internal M.2 SSD.
Apart from all the OS-specific partitions, I have a 4 GB FAT32 partition on that SSD that I intended ...
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Windows 10, can ping other PC but cannot access shared folders! What gives?
I have a computer running Windows 7 that shares a Git repo on drive D. Let's call this PC "win7". This repo is the origin of a project that we push to and pull from.
The network is a wireless network....
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"Users" folder shared with everyone
Today I found something strange on my newly installed Windows 7 OS - my "users" folder C:\Users was shared and "Everyone" had full access... I disabled that and now it seems fine, however I'm a bit ...
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AFP, SMB, NFS which is the best data transfer protocol?
I have a computer with large hard disks running Gentoo. I have to serve med/big files via a wired network to Apple devices (all of them running OS X).
Which protocol is the best for the following ...
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Cannot connect to Windows share via local network IP address, but can by localhost
I'm stuck a bit in figuring out why can not I access Windows Shared Folder via my local network address even from the very computer that exposes the share.
When I try to see shared folder via \\...
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My network stop responding when trying to transfer files to server share
When I'm trying to transfer files from my server share to my windows 7 and My network doesn't respond.
Every-time I use windows backup to transfer files to the server share or just trying to copy a ...
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How can I share files from Windows to Mac OS X?
I've got a Windows laptop and another Mac laptop. I'm wondering how should I go about setting up my Mac to be able to read files from my Windows laptop?
Let's say I have a file C:\test.txt and I want ...
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Force turn on file and printer sharing
I am trying to set up File sharing on a friend's machine who is using Windows 7 64 bit Ultimate edition. In advanced sharing settings, I select the radio button "Turn on file and printer sharing" and ...
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Sharing files in Windows 7
When I share files to my home group, I find the the other users are prompted to enter my username/password to access my resource. Is there any way to avoid this?
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windows file sharing - one computer cannot view others shares
advanced file and printer sharing A can do it on B but B can't on A, it prompts for user/pass
I have 2 computers. Both Win XP Pro
Both advanced file sharing.. I want that.
But when I connect comp A ...
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How-To define an Alias-Name for a given Fileserver?
I'm building a testsystem and want to use the servernames like in the productive environment.
For tcp-traffic i made an entry in the hosts-file but that seems not to work for fileservers (smb).
How ...
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How do you share files between Windows 7 and Windows XP?
I have shared folders on both my Windows 7 and Windows XP laptops. How can I find these from either OS? Ordinarily I would just enter \\hostname\ into explorer, but this doesn't seem to work. I can ...
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How do I connect two computers using USB 3.0?
I know this question exists, but it's about USB in General. Mine is about USB 3.0 and newer specifically.
USB 3.0 specification introduces the feature known as direct host-to-host connection with ...
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Files/Folders get weird names and become inaccessible on Samba share
Here is our current setup:
Mac OS X 10.5.8 File server using Mac OS Extended (Journaled) file system. There is a share that is shared over AFP (For Mac desktops) and Samba for (Windows desktops).
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Easiest way to send 20GB folder [closed]
What's the easiest way to give someone a 20GB folder? I've thought about starting a bittorrent, but it seems like there must be a simpler way. It's too big to email or upload to any free filesharing ...
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Stop Windows NLA from repeatedly detecting local network as a new, Unidentified Network
I am managing a small business network with a number of Windows 10 and 7 PCs.
Intermittently but quite frequently users complain that they can no longer access shared folders with other co-workers.
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What's the best way to share files between linux and windows 7 on a dual/multi boot computer?
Just got myself a new computer and thinking of how set it up.
I have win7 HP and will probably install at least some version of Ubuntu on it shortly to have dual boot. Might come other Linux distros ...
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What's the typical performance of Windows File Sharing (SMB) on a gigabit ethernet network?
I've recently set up Windows file sharing over a gigabit ethernet network (I'm not using jumbo frames) with a Samba server and a Windows Vista client. I've done a few file copies, but the maximum ...
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Windows 7 drive (P:|)shared with Everyone but not accessible by Windows XP computers on our network
I'm trying to share my P:\ drive on a Windows 7 (Pro) PC with other PCs (WinXP) on my network.
I shared it and set permissions to give Everyone Full Control.
Symptoms
Computer XP(different computer ...
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Increasing download speed for torrents?
Can you please list out any torrent client configuration to get max out of available net speed?
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Sharing Drive Between Ubuntu and Windows 7
I'm dual booting between Win7 and Ubuntu 8.10. Is there anything special I need to do to share a drive between the two? Or since they're on different file systems you cannot? For example a ...
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Edit restriction in Microsoft Onenote
I have multiple notebooks shared within my team. However, I want one of the notebook/page, to be restricted. Other team members should not have the access the edit a specified notebook/page. They ...
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Cannot access c$ administrative share in Windows 10
I have two machines at work running Windows 10. From one, I can connect to the c$ administrative share, but trying to connect from the other to the first computer's c$ share fails.
I have read about ...
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Windows 7: Is it a bad idea to Share the entire 'Users' directory with Everyone?
I want to be able to peruse the Documents, Music and Pictures folders on my Windows 7 machine from my Macbook. The only way I could find to do this was to go the the Libraries, right-click Share With: ...
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"Sharing and Security" is missing from my XP Laptop
I have this work laptop with XP SP3. I am missing the right click option "sharing and security" which allows me to share folders and such. The "Sharing" tab is also missing from a right click > ...
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Full URI to a file on another machine in our local network?
On our small-business Windows XP network, I have a file in f:\MyDir\SubDir\text.doc
What would be the URI for that file while I'm on another machine.... if all I knew was that machine's IP address, ...
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"Network path was not found" when trying to access a file share
This is for a Windows XP SP3 machine, trying to access file shares on a Windows Server 2008 R2 system.
The client had access to the server previously, and other clients on the same network are not ...
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Why can't I mount shares by SMB since High Sierra
Since I updated to High Sierra (directly to 10.13.1) I can't connect my
iMacs and MacBook any more by AFP protocol, so I tried SMB.
open 'smb://user:password@S/Share' :: works, but shows Finder on ...
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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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Cannot See And Share Files In HomeGroup
I have tried it with LAN cable and wireless connection and cannot make it work. I have tried creating HomeGroups on both laptops and joining from both but same scenario occurs.
On 1st laptop (Windows ...
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Can't authenticate for Windows file sharing
I'm trying to access a default administrative share
\\host\n$
hosted on a Vista Ultimate machine from a Windows 7 box (though my XP machine has the same problem). I'm prompted for a username and ...
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Cloud computing vs file sharing websites?
When it comes to Cloud Computing, I always get in trouble to understand the difference between
Cloud computing file sharing vs.
File sharing services offered by 4shared, Rapidshare, etc.
Can ...
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Linux Mint MATE Caja “Share Folder…” menu entry missing
I have two Linux Mint 16 MATE boxes connected. One has the "Share Folder..." right-click menu item in Caja, and the other does not. How do I get it?
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After installing caja-share, the menu item ...
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Self-hosted, cross-platform repository for large files [closed]
I'm looking for something well suited for syncing folders full of large media (eg photos, music) across several machines, ideally with revisions.
I'm using SparkleShare for text and other small ...
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Use windows' SMB to share folder over the internet?
I wonder if there are any program that can share a folder over the internet using smb? I know that windows has smb file sharing, but it only works on LAN.
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Scan network for writable shares
I have a small-business network with 30 Windows XP machines on a single subnet and in a simple workgroup, not a domain. I would like to put a process in place that scans the network for writable ...
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Sync my files across multiple computers
I do a lot of work on my home computer, ranging from programming, writing stored procedures and writing documentation and reporting. A lot of this work is university related and constantly swapping ...
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How do I share files between two Macs wirelessly?
How do I share files between two Macs wirelessly?
This is the more general version of my other question...
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Is it OK to disable the administrative shares on Windows 7?
I'm curious as to what would stop working if I disable all the administrative shares on a Windows 7 machine that is not joined to a domain. Some of the KBs at Microsoft outline a host of problems that ...
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Letting administrative level users other than 'administrator' access c$ in Windows 7
It seems only 'administrator' can open c$ in Windows 7. Is there no way to let administrator group members other than administrator access these shares?
When I try to edit the share permissions, it ...
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Windows 10 SMB shares
I just installed Windows 10 and I can't connect to any of the shared drives on my QNAP station.
My network is a private network and I have enabled file and printer sharing, network discovery and file ...
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Gnome 3 public WebDAV share: how to access from Windows 10?
I'm trying to access the Public folder of my Gnome 3 system from Windows 10 computers in the same network. Gnome's File Sharing dialog says that the Public folder can be accessed at dav://(hostname)/...
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Windows 7 Professional Network Sharing Permissions
I want to set up permissions for a share on my PC for other users on my home network (not a domain, which I suspect may be the issue).
When I go to add permissions to a share, I get the following ...
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File sharing from a cable connected pc to wifi connected laptop (windows 7 ultimate)
I have a one desktop running windows 7 ultimate connected to Ethernet cable. And I want to share folder to another wifi connected laptop (also windows 7 ultimate). Both machines are on the same home ...