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Linux to linux mount
Trying to mount a samba shared directory of a linux(SUSE) server to another linux(SUSE) server on the same network.
My scenarion is like below..
on server-1 samba is configure like below and i can ...
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Win 7 mapping to NAS only works by IP, not UNC
Windows 7 pro desktop. Last night (maybe after an update) I lost the ability to map drives to our new Synology NAS (running DSM 5.1) by UNC (\diskstation\homes\user). After many reboots and much ...
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How can I create a Submission folder inside a SAMBA share?
I have a Samba share running on CentOS 7. I am using ACL’s to control permissions for groups of users. I would like to be able to create a folder that a certain group has read/write/execute access to ...
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Accessing Linux NFS Shares using Windows Explorer
I have a Linux Machine (CentOS 6.4) using which I exported a NFS Share.
I'm pretty sure that this is an NFS Share since I
Created an entry in /etc/exports
Ran the command exportfs -avr
Now when I ...
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Samba server not taking credentials on a windows machine
I had a series of problems with samba server.
I have a ubuntu server 14.04 installed here on the office. I installed the samba server, and it worked correctly with a test folder. Then i installed a ...
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Trouble scanning documents directly to a Server 2012 network share
We have a Ricoh Aficio SP 5210SF multifunction printer which is set up to send scanned documents to various network shares. Previously the printer was set up to send the scans to a user's folder on a ...
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Samba CentOS 6.5 cannot connect to the shared folder
The problem is that I added samba user 'root' via 'smbpasswd -a root'. Then I edited '/etc/samba/smb.conf' and added there:
[shared_folder]
valid users = root
public = no
path = /tmp
printable = no
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CIFS share got full while running script, all processes got stuck with a D State.What to do?
The title pretty much says it all.
I had a little script in charge of compressing and copying files to a MS Shared folder.
Apparently, one day last week other processes also had to copy files to the ...
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Can't upload file > 4MiB on SMB share
for a few weeks now, I no longer can upload files to my Samba server. I didn't changed the configuration nor update Samba for it to happens. I had Samba 4.1.5 when it happened, so I tried to update to ...
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Giving remote access to files for only a single directory on a Linux server
I need to give a user named "Bert" access to one directory (/var/www/application/thisDirectory/) on my Linux server.
Initially, I tried to use FTP (actually SSH).
My first thought was to chroot Bert ...
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Showing Hidden Files as Hidden in Windows from Linux Samba Share of NTFS Drive
I have a Raspberry Pi which is using samba and ntfs-3g in order to share a USB external hard drive on my home network. On the hard drive, there are some files which are marked with the "Hidden" ...
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Can't auto connect to samba drive on login?
I have a old PC running Ubuntu server with samba and for some reason, my mac cannot connect to it automatically on login. I added the volume to the login items in system preferences but every time I ...
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How to browse Samba network shares from PC Settings in Windows 8.1
For some time I have kept a lot of my files stored on a home server running Debian Linux with Samba. I have several shares connected as network drives and, using the desktop interface under Windows 8....
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samba shares unavailable to one machine - not others?
I have 3 samba servers and a user who is having connection issues. He can see two of them but not the third. His cube-neighbor can see all three (as can the rest of us).
To further complicate ...
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Windows 7 cannot automatically connect to SAMBA network drive using a shared SAMBA credential
I am sharing (to mostly Windows 7 clients) a folder on my Ubuntu PC via SAMBA. To keep things simple, I created a new user named "shared_user" with a shared password "xxxxxxx", whose sole purpose is ...
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How to change remembered windows client password in Windows Vista?
I was opening another computer (with windows 8) in my LAN, from Windows Vista client. It asked my password and I have entered wrong one, and also checked to remember it. Now I can't access windows8 ...
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How do I make the Samba work after editing its configuration?
I need some help regarding Samba in Ubuntu (Where Ubuntu is installed in VMWare Workstation 8). I followed a video tutorial. Here are the things I did:
First, I installed Samba using this: sudo apt-...
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OpenSUSE "fstab" "mount" "An error occurred while accessing" "the system responded: mount: only root can mount"
Gentlemen,
I trying to mount a network share at OpenSUSE's boot, when I try to access the folder where the share is mounted (using Dolphin) the system returns me the following error (edited):
"An ...
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Share Folders on OpenSUSE 13.1 Using SAMBA (Share Not Working)?
Gentlemen,
I tried all ways to share folders on OpenSUSE 13.1 using SAMBA, but without success. Frankly, I do not know what to do to resolve this situation.
Among my actions are taken...
Stop ...
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Access Samba share from Windows
I have a samba share set up on a linux box which is only accessible from Windows if they turn off Microsoft network client: Digitally sign communications (always)
They would like me to configure the ...
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Samba shared subdirectories report as files
I just upgraded my home server to Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials.
My ancient living room media player makes a lot of assumptions about SMB shares that are incompatible with the new server.
My ...
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Connecting to Samba shares from a Windows 7 SP1 machine
I have just configured a Ubuntu server at home, which I have named CRICHTON, running Samba 3.6.3, and created a test share, named Media. Sadly, I can't connect to it from my Windows 7 SP1 machine. I ...
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mount a cifs share without root/fstab
Hello is it possible to mount a samba share without root privileges?
Currently I have a java program that needs to access a smb share. (it will index every file on the smb share and will create some ...
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How can I share files over internet between Windows 7 and Linux? [closed]
I want to continuously write small media files (150-200 kb) from a windows 7 desktop machine behind a home LAN to a Debian Linux server in a data center over the internet. The system will remain in ...
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Cannot Mount Windows 7 Share from Linux using CIFS: Mount error(13): Permission denied
We have a windows XP share entry in our FSTAB that works as follows:
//MAIN/StorageD /mnt/storaged cifs username=admin,password='',uid=1001,gid=1000,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777,noperm ...
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Why does OSX create AppleDouble files on a Samba share, but not on a Windows file share?
We deployed a FreeNAS server with Samba shares on a network consisting of Windows and OSX clients.
When the OSX clients copy files onto the Samba shares, a lot of AppleDouble (for example, ....
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Since upgrading to Windows 8.1, I can't open any files on a SMB share shared by my OS X Mavericks Mac
I have a PC with Windows 8.1 and a Mac with Mavericks. I have a folder on the Mac that is shared with the PC. When I'm on the PC and I try to open a file that is shared by the Mac, such as an ISO file ...
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New samba user won't login
I've already got one samba user setup on my Arch desktop computer that is used by all the computers running Windows on my home network for sharing files. Here's the samba share configuration:
[Shared ...
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Windows XP won't accept uname/password for samba share
I'm trying to connect to a samba share using windows XP Professional.
I type \\mother\home into My Computer's address bar, and as expected a "Connect to mother" dialog appears for me to type in my ...
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Are there any alternative CIFS implementations for the Windows platform?
Out of curiosity, is using standard built-in Microsoft Windows file and folder sharing services the only way of running a CIFS/SMB server on a Windows machine or are there alternatives (like open ...
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Mount samba user directory at login on Windows
To have user settings shared on a server for Linux clients, I would set up the client to :
bind the user login and password against an LDAP server
get the user login and password via pam_mount
mount ...
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Windows is asking for password to browse the available file shares on Samba
Server: Samba on Ubuntu 12.04, with security = user.
A variety of file shares - some need to be accessible by guests, some are allowed users = user1.
Client: Windows XP, on same workgroup as the ...
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Raspberry Pi NTFS SAMBA SHARE Permission denied Windows 7
I'm running a little RaspberryPi machine that I wanted to turn into a low power network share that is completely unprotected on my home network, the aim is for it to be a universal
network dump and ...
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Invisible Samba Share on Windows 7
I have a linux server running Samba, with 4 shares. I have a laptop running Windows 7.
The laptop can see and use all 4 shares when viewing the server in the Network, and I can map all 4 shares. ...
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Permission denied while mounting samba cifs share on linux
I have a samba server set up on a Linux computer that uses winbind on an AD domain. Everything seems to be working but I haven't been able to mount a samba share on another machine. Right now, I would ...
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How To Create A Windows Server 2003 Permanant UNC/Mapped Drive
I have been looking around at various question and help sites but still need some clarification on how to create either a Windows share or find documentation on how to specify the correct UNC path ...
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Samba shares empty and not writeable when browsing OS X 10.8
When I mount a Samba share it works, but it doesn't show me any files, even though they exist on the server, I also cannot write files to the share either.
The server is CentOS 6.4, running Samba. ...
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Samba - Access shares from internet
I've added my computer to my router's DMZ so all opened ports are accessible from the internet. I have a couple of Samba shares that currently have public read permission. I want all other computers ...
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Fedora 18 - changing mount point for Samba share
As from title, how would I go to change the automatic mount point for a Samba share?
By default it is mounted in /run/user/<UID>/gvfs/smb-share:server=<IP>,share=<label>
This, ...
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Symbolic link or Junction to a Networked Samba Share
I have a samba share mounted as a network drive. However, I can't make any sort of symbolic link or junction point to it. Is this possible?
When I try the following command:
mklink /D X:\Samba\dir C:...
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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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Correctly configure Samba
I'm trying to set up samba on my arch arm box, for shares that I can access from various places but I can't seem to get it right;
What I'm after is the following:
Users:
Log-in with system user ...
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Access Denied when Mapping Drive from Windows 7 to Samba Share
I'm at my wits end with this, I've tried connecting to my samba server with smbusr, and smbusr_RO from windows 7 by mapping a drive. It says S:\ is not accessible, access denied. I know I'm putting ...
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What is the correct domain with a samba server?
I have the following: I have a server running linux and samba. I have a Win XP Pro laptop that should access files via samba. The username on the laptop and teh samba server are different. Therefore I ...
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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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How can I rsync password protected shared folder over windows smb?
I'm using computers with Windows xp operating system.
What had been done:
Shared folder C:\123 was created on host 192.168.0.2
User with name User and password 123 was created on the same host
User ...
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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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Samba share not accessible from Win 7 - tried advice on superuser
I have an old Red Hat Linux box that I use, amongst other things, to run Samba. My Vista and remaining Win XP PC can access the p/w-protected Samba shares.
I just set up a new Windows 7 64-bit Pro ...
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Samba file shares - ownership of folder accessible for 1 group verified by MS active direcctory
I have a machine set up to share a folder /srv/sambashare, here's an exerpt of the config file:
[share]
path = /srv/sambashare
writable = yes
The permissions of that folder are set at 700 and ...
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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 ...