Questions tagged [network-shares]
Generally used to share a resource over a network, including files and folders as well as printers or other physical devices
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How do I cd into a network share?
I need to connect to a network share with path \\192.165.24.175\04_Top_Image and need to use cmd to cd into it, but I don't know how to cd into it.
I know how to go from C: to D:, but it doesn't work ...
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Windows 10 got 0x80070035 error code after of some time with a shared directory
I have MacOS (El Capitan) and Windows 10.
I am able to share a directory from MacOS to Windows in peace. Therefore through Windows Explorer and using Map network drive, thus for example:
Drive : X
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Shared folder in an Azure VM is not reachable by name on another VM
I have two VMs in Azure, one Windows Server 2019 and one Windows 10.
I am trying to share a folder on the C:\ drive of the Server 2019 VM so that it can be reached from the Windows 10 VM.
I am unable ...
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Copying between 2 network mounted folders very slow
I have a NAS which has 4 volumes with shared folders. I have a Raspberry Pi 4 (running RPI OS Bullseye) which uses docker and various containers for various purposes. I have mounted essential network ...
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How best to mount a drive in WSL as a shared drive?
I'm trying to simplify/automate my development environment in Windows, I have a lot of shell files I run on both Windows and the Linux subsystem, I've recently taken to editing my /etc/wsl.conf to ...
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Windows 11 cannot connect to network shares (SMB) on my NAS
For a few weeks, I cannot connect anymore from my Windows 11 PC to shared folders on my Synology NAS.
The PC and the NAS are both on the same network, with static IPs. I can ping and traceroute to the ...
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Enter network credentials (almost) every time I access a network share (NAS SMB)
Windows 10 prompts me for password when I want to access a password-less network share. The share is on a NAS (SMB protocol). I can access the share from other OS/systems without any password just ...
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windows roaming profile alternative from the local admin perspective
i have to login daily to multiple (30) windows servers.
while i am not a domain administrator, i do have admin rights for these 30 servers.
sometimes i have to make changes to my home folder, like add ...
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Why accessing a drive when it's shared via network is much faster than when it's shared using Virtual Machine Connection (VMConnect)?
I use Lightroom inside Hyper-V VM. I shared a drive using Virtual Machine Connection (VMConnect) (see image below) and then accessed it from the VM and imported 100 files to Lightroom. Everything was ...
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Symlinks made in the linux side of WSL2 do not appear in the windows side under \\wsl$\xxx
I have a Windows 10 with WSL2 inside.
Whenever I create a symlink in the linux side, I expect it to be seen from the windows side (as it happens for example in a server with samba). But I cannot ...
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Share folder on local network with ubuntu
I try to share folder on ubuntu and connect to it through windows, currently know how to do it by these steps: https://linuxhint.com/share-folder-on-local-network-with-ubuntu/
but, since I have a lot ...
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How to scan ports from 1 virtual machine to another?
I have a MacBook apple m1.
I have a Kali installed on VMware fusion. I also have a Metasploitable installed on UTM.
I try to use NMAP to scan ports nmap -Pn 10.0.2.15, but I get such a message:
Host ...
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Is there a way to share mouse/keyboard over WAN?
I'm trying to share my mouse and keyboard between my laptop and PC. The issue is both are connected to university WiFi (Glide) and I'm pretty sure LAN security is tight. I've tried various software: ...
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Windows maintain explicit ACL of sub folder when copying
We use a master project folder when creating new projects, one of the sub-folders has explicit access restrictions that are different to the containing folder.
That ACL is lost when you copy and paste ...
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access denied when mapping c$ from another computer
I am sure this is very common problem, but somehow I cannot google the solution quickly enough, so I ask here :)
I have two Windows 10 PCs. From PC1 I can do net use \pc2\c$, authenticate as ...
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Any way to share certain folders to certain users in workgroup network with 11 PCs?
So we have 11 PC workgroup network and a server without AD DS with windows server 2012 operating system. Is there any way to share folder1 to user1 and so on without setting up domain and active ...
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Prevent Windows 10 from accessing network shares with wrong credentials
I have a NAS with a SMB share in my network. On my local machine (Windows 10) I haven't saved the credentials for the NAS. Now when I'm starting up, I can see in the access logs of the NAS, that it ...
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How to make a network folder that is only accessible on certain PCs
Is there a way to make a network folder that can only be accessed on certain PCs instead of user accounts?
Basically, my school uses domain login for every computer lab in the district, meaning that ...
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Windows 10 shareing issuse
I have some computers on a small network in same Workgroup and they can ping server.
Server operating system : Windows 10 pro
Category One clients : Windows 10 Enterprise
Category Two clients : ...
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Trying to redefine a mapped network drive in place
I'm trying to redefine an existing mapped network drive using hte Net Use command line. I saw a question-answer for Win7 that suggested that I use:
Net Use [Drive] [New Mapping] -
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Net Use S: \...
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File Sharing Issue
So I am having some trouble with file sharing(Windows 10 20H2). While in file explorer, few folders have an icon at the left bottom saying State:Shared. This is not my OS, someone installed a custom ...
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Unable to access shares on laptop when it's connected via WiFi
I have a domain-joined laptop which I'm attempting to access from any other computer on the domain (in this case an administrative share \\LAPTOP\D$).
This has worked since forever while the laptop ...
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Unable to see network drive Win 10
This is crazy and I'm starting to lose my mind.
I have a Network Media device (Called - X3D) (it's an old one, but works well)... I have two External Hard Drives connected to it. This is shared over ...
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Having issues setting up a Samba share on Debian
I am trying to do a simple Samba share for a home network. I want anyone on the network to be able to r/w to it.
I followed this but not sure if I followed it exactly correctly, since, as best I can ...
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Can't connect to network drives after restart in any way
This is the situation:
New Workstation with Windows 10.
Connected to the network via ethernet.
Network drive adress: \\example.company.com\folder\subfolder\subfolder\accessablefolder The network ...
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How to view images on network?
Using Winfsp/sshfs, I have a network drive connected like so
\\location\path\
I'm able to open the location. 2. Windows Explorer is able to display previews of all the images. But
When I click on an ...
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net use failed while doing it manually in the explorer OK
My net use would fail with this:
C:> net use W: \\remote.share.server\path
System error 1396 has occurred.
The target account name is incorrect.
while doing it manually in the explorer OK.
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WSL2 suddenly writing to system32 instead of network share
I am running wsl2 on Windows10 1909. I need to backup some data from a wsl2 folder to a network share. Therefore, I wrote a backup script which seems to be working fine when running manually. The ...
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Can't find the password protected sharing setting on Windows 10
A few months ago, I set up a network share and disabled password protected sharing, so that anyone on my local network could access this share. It worked until a week ago.
Now, people who try to ...
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How do I get Windows 10 to index mapped network drives?
I have three network drives (S:, U: and Z:) mapped to a Synology NAS. They are all online and read/write accessible.
Without installing additional software or making the files available offline, how ...
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Samba wake server from sleep?
I have a shared folder set up between my Linux computer and my Windows Computer using samba. Right now if my Linux computer goes into standby mode or sleep mode I cannot wake the computer up by ...
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Can access share from one machine but not other?
From machine A, I can access a server and its shares.
From machine B, I cannot access it.
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I can ping 10.88.5.80 from both machines.
Both machines are on the same domain.
I am using the same ...
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Using Robocopy for incremental backup to OneDrive connected as network share
I have OneDrive set up as a network share rather than syncing the local OneDrive folder. I'm trying to use robocopy on Windows 10 in a batch script which will run as a daily scheduled task to "...
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Samba share mounts as rw but non-root users can't write to it
On machine A with IP address 192.168.0.2, /etc/samba/smb.conf contains
[store]
path=/store
writeable=yes
valid_users=myusername
On machine B, when I I
mkdir /tmp/net/store
sudo mount -t cifs -o user=...
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Problems accessing one share from a Synology NAS by some users
I have a Synology NAS (DS218, DSM 6.2) that's set up and working fine. Several members of the family can access the NAS, and Plex is set up also. Using my account (I'm a member of the administrator ...
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Replacing local server and network drives with a cloud storage equivalent
In our business, we have a local server and all devices on the network can access any of the drives in this server but we're very serious in wanting to move to a cloud-based solution so that we don't ...
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Network computers DO show up but can't browse them - Windows 11 & 10
I have a pretty weird situation where I can see all my computers on the network list, but as soon as I click on any of them (except the host itself), I get the 0x80070035 error. I have a PC running on ...
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Sharing C: on Windows 7 Pro
How do I share C: drive on a Windows 7 Pro computer, for access from a Windows 10 machine?
I can share individual folders on C: but not the root. If I do share it and set permissions so that everyone ...
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How to mount network drive and make it permanent using command line in mac?
I want to mount my network drive to my local folder in mac/osx.
I normally use mount_smbfs command but it won't mount automatically after restart or logout. For permanent option in mac :
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Copy a file to all computers in LAN network with Windows CMD
I need copy a file to the "%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup" folder of all users in all computers in local network. I have Admin permissions in all computers if is ...
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List SMB network shares and usernames they're authenticated under from command prompt
As noted in list network shares from command prompt, in Command Prompt (cmd.exe), I can use the following command to list available network shares:
net view \\computer
In my case, this gives ...
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Windows Network shares not working
I have multiple computers on my company network. Each computer runs Windows 10 Enterprise, is not on a Domain, is part of the same workgroup and has a single share folder that everyone can read / ...
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How to add an USB printer to the print management tool in Windows server?
I have some USB printers that i want to add to the print mnagement tool of windows server via the hostname that share the printer but the print management could not find them althought i could add ...
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Connecting to a Windows 10 share via its DNS hostname or IP address
I have two Win 10 Home machines, both signed in to the same Microsoft account. Both machines use a password sign-in. TLDR: Accessing a public share via its DNS hostname or IP address fails.
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How to create a mounting point to a shared drive from a linux subsystem on a Windows machine?
I have a Windows machine (Windows-10). There I've installed the Ubuntu app from Canonical Group Limited, this allows me to have a Ubuntu subsystem, which I regularly use for grep, sort and other ...
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NAS shared folder with everyone, but only creators of sub-folders must be able to write or delete in that folder, possible?
we have Windows server with file storage, which is shared as NAS.
We want to create a folder, all users must have access but only user who creates a sub-folder in it, only he/she must be able to write ...
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SMB connection time-out on enterprise VPN
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While successfully connected to my University's VPN (Paolo Alto GlobalProtect client), I am unable to connect (timeout) to my department's SMB network share from my home workstation. I ...
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"The parameter is incorrect" when trying to execute installers from shared drive
We have a WD MyCloud device that we use for a public share. When I deploy new PCs about half of them have this issue. If I browse the network to the public share (via name) and run an installer, I ...
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Can't access network shared drive, "Windows cannot access \\COMPUTER\NAS" even though it's shared to everyone
I wanted to use an unused partition of a slow computer (mainly used to run Steam Link) running Windows 10 Home as a share for my other Windows 10 computers. However, I can't seem to be able to access ...
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Attach network disk as direct
Is there a way to attach a network disk as a direct without creating VHD etc? I want to connect drive directly from one computer to other by network by like iSCSI but without creating VHD.
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