Questions tagged [smb]
Abbreviation for "Server Message Block"; an application-layer network protocol for sharing files and printers, popular in Windows environments
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Why does Explorer keep SMB connections open, even If I specifically tell it to close it? [duplicate]
I have two Servers, Server A and Server B.
I connected from Server A to Server B through explorer via UNC like so \\ServerB\d$ and was prompted for a Username & Password. I entered my credentials ...
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Security implications of a network location vs a network drive
I generally distrust my Windows (Win10) system a little bit less. But I would still like to have convenient access to my NAS network shares.
Solely from a security standpoint, what are the security ...
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How to specify an alias in AD "Log On to" as computer name?
I'm trying to setup one user tied on a Windows 10 Pro computer (kiosk) on a Samba 4.18.2-Debian powered AD domain using the Users and Groups > (user) > Properties > Account > Log On to ...
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Can't access an anonymous network share since I joined a computer to a domain
I'm working with W10 and W11 latest version.
I have in my network a NAS server which shares disk trough an anonymous SMB share (SMB v2 I guess)
Everything was working perfectly until I joined the ...
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Linux Connect to Windows 10 Share (SMB1 succeeds, SMB2 fails)
Problem description: Linux mounting SMB1 on a Windows 10 computer works as follows because "SMB1 Support" is enabled:
mount -t cifs -o user=USER,password=USER,vers=1.0 //192.168.1.222/SHARE /...
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OneDrive SMB access
Is there a way to access OneDrive via SMB? I mean, for creating a local or network drive in Windows for accessing the cloud storage through. Maybe through other layers offered by another software? ...
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Share and use SMB with 4 routers
I have a total of 4 routers at home, I will explain my network diagram
and I hope you can help me.
I have in one of the rooms the main router that connected to the internet provider With optical ...
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On-the-fly SMB shares conf to quickly share files
I want to use samba to quickly and easily share files on occasions. I set up a smbuser to which I forbid login with
chsh -s /bin/false smbuser
I give the smbuser's password to people and I have my ...
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Cannot access Synology NAS on Linux Kubuntu
I already tried to access the NAS with several different ways, but in the end, adding the NAS folder works, but for some reason, I can't access the NAS. When I enter the IP-Address for example in the ...
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Remove old network SMB share [closed]
After checking my SMB logs as to why I keep getting errors on my NAS about a failed login, I noticed that an old NAS that I've not had access to, and removed from my PC, over six months ago, is ...
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Pasting does not work in Network share
i have a weird problem on my Ubuntu 20.04.1 Notebook. I can write in shares from my server but i can't paste. That means i can create a new folder or file but the paste button with right-click is ...
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Cannot access smb fileshare from PC in different subnet
I'm currently running a network with 2 subnets - the secondary router's a 'DIY' router running ubuntu and firewalld I set up a few years back, the primary is a huawei ONR. The .2.x network is what I ...
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Files on SMB share not writable by "some" applications
I have a problem with a shared network drive where, in principle, I can create and modify files, but some applications give an incorrect function error (or similar) when trying to modify a file on ...
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zsh: command not found: smbclient error when trying from mac
How to connect smb (server message block) from mac ??
When I try smbclient -L <IP> I get an error message
zsh: command not found: smbclient
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Script to check SMB status on multiple servers
I am looking to check the SMB version and status on a list of servers. it would be nice to be able to have a list of server, such as a CSV and run the SMBconnection command against each of the ...
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Windows cant connect to Synology NAS on local network
This used to work last year. Mid-last year, after an update it stopped working. I tracked it down to Enable NTVLMv1 authentication which had been unticked by an update. I ticked it and everything ...
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Windows 10 SMB cannot connect to shares on my Synology NAS anymore
For years I have a Synology NAS running in my network for various uses and it is accessed by multiple devices. Recently, a package on the NAS was causing a slow performance, with the interface loading ...
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What credentials to add to win10 shared folder to let win98 machine in?
We moved to another location and got a completely different server installed and I've had some issues with the older machines with WinXP and Win98 (these are rack mounted PCs and upgrading the ...
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Allow public access to Samba share without allowing insecure guest access in Windows
A few years ago, due to security concerns, Microsoft disabled by default the ability to connect as a guest to SMB shares.
In my organization, I have a few shares which I want to be available for ...
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share folder become slow when multi users are using it
I have a file server with many shared folders ,
Is there a way to limit speed per connection?
when more then 2-3 users uploading and
downloading files from server then
there is overload and sometimes ...
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How do I mount a SMB folder in macOS via Terminal?
I have been working on a bash script to have systems mount a shared SMB folder(Windows Server) to a local folder /usr/local/Installers on macOS 12.
I can create the folders just fine en mass to 100 ...
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SMB address handling in web browsers: file:///// or file://?
When a SMB share path is \\server\dir, if I type that in FireFox, FireFox shows the directory's content and the address showing is file://///server/dir. If I do that with Edge, it also shows the ...
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Samba share recycle touch_mtime not working
I have a samba share on my Server like:
[myshare]
force group = groupname
path = /mnt/md0/myshare
vfs objects = recycle
recycle:versions = Yes
recycle:...
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Login to SMB share using private key
I have a TrueNAS NAS smb share. My TrueNAS user settings have password disabled and I have added my SSH public key. I can SSH into the NAS using my private key with no issues. However, I am trying to ...
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Windows 10 Enterprise/Education/LTSC and Insecure Guest Logon issue with Printing, error 0x0000011b
The reason for this intro: there's a ton of outright false information on the Internet about this pernicious issue.
Here's the situation.
A company of a friend of mine has Windows 10 LTSC workstations ...
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Mac OS Big Sur 11.7 completely drops network stack when writing to SMB share
I have an SMB file share (Windows 10 PC) that I connect to with my M1 MacBook Pro running BigSur 11.7. Since last week every time I connect to the SMB and initiate copy writing to the share, the ...
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Windows Network Drive Access is Slow From MacOS using SMB
I can't seem to wrap my head around an issue I've been having with this so I thought it'd be a good idea to drop it here in case someone else has run into this problem in the past, or will eventually ...
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Windows: How to check from client the files opened on a network folder
I have a program that has to connect to a folder shared from a server, and I need to know which files and subfolders it is trying to open.
Using net use only displays the root of the network folder, ...
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I need to turn on " SMB 1.0/CIFS Client " in Turn Windows features on or off
When I click on Turn Windows features on or off rather than default window it opens Server Manager and its add role wizard
Any ideas?
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Incremental copy of log file content
I have a couple of log-files, growing one line at a time, as log files do.
The files are available via SMB network share.
I want to periodically copy these files. Since the network is rather slow and ...
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SMB/Samba shares accessible but not automatically listed on Windows 10
I have many SMB/Samba shares defined on my local network: on a NAS, on a multimedia drive, on a Mac, on a Windows 10 Pro machine, on a Windows XP virtual machine, and on a Lubuntu 18.04 virtual ...
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Root squashing for NFS and SMB clarification
Root squashing means that when I try to access a directory that has it enabled, I won't be able to use my root permissions because it will be remapped to a nfsnobody user or whatever user is specified....
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How do I logout of a smb connection on Windows?
I'm connected to a Linux smb share via Samba from Windows and have logged in using account "jim". Now I want to logout of Jim's account and login as "fred", because account Jim has ...
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Cannot access local alias
I have created an alias in the HOSTS file e.g. 127.0.0.1 MyAlias and trying to use it (\\MyAlias) from same machine but get a credentails window (that will not accept any credentials).
I have found ...
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Why am I getting 4x transfer speeds using SMB to NAS RAID when compared to the very poor FTP rate?
When transferring any size or amount of files to NAS RAID via FTP the transfer rate is abysmally slow at 3MB/s. When I transfer same files across a SMBv1 connection I can achieve 11.3MB/s. Given the ...
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Excel Documents are Slow to save to UNC File Path
I'm turning here as a last resort for this issue, I just started an IT job and this was the first support ticket I got and I'm already burnt out trying to solve it over the last two days.
Basically ...
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Can't connect to smb-share from specific other networks
I created a smb-share (HDDs Raid1 plus a Cache-SSD) on my Linux-server, and opened a port to connect to it from everywhere via a DDNS service. Everything is working fine, I can connect to my share ...
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Windows 11 login impossibile via RDP e SMB
I've got a Windows 11 that rejects all RDP and SMB logins.
I use a Microsoft account and pc is not domain joined.
It logs the following event.
Log Name:
Security Source: Microsoft-Windows-...
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Force refresh on Windows' client side when the Samba server gives an outdated file?
Let's say that there is a file F on a Linux system EXT4. F is shared through Samba. First, I open F on a Windows client. Now, a process on the Linux system updates F. But the Windows client still sees ...
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SMB File share is reachable through ping but its not accessible from file explorer
A specific SMB share hosted on an Azure VM used to be accessible from File Explorer on all on-premises servers, however the share is no longer accessible on almost all servers, even though no changes ...
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SMB - Unable to fix password issue
While running a Golang suite (via a framework based automation in Jenkins) named SMBFilePermissionsSanityTestRATPatchLocal, I get this error - https://ibb.co/fkCjtNV.
To fix the 3rd and 4th errors (...
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Mount SMB share (CIFS) to container using secured credentials or token
I have a docker-compose setup that runs my Linux development environment on Windows. A number of these containers need to mount smb drives using LDAP credentials. The way this woks now is by adding a ...
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contents of mounted drive not visible in Apache/2.4.18 (ubuntu)
Our cluster's apache setup is as such: each user has a directory ~/public_html, and any files (including soft linked files) inside this directory are accessible through http. I have files on another ...
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How do i connect to a server in windows with the smb address from mac
I have a server that I connect to from mac with smb://servername
How can I connect to this on Windows 11 without getting the IP address?
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Reading from SMB in slow 4MB chunks on Steam Deck (Arch Linux)
I have a Raspberry Pi 4b running an smb server to act as a basic NAS. This is connected to my router via a powerline adapter providing about 100Mbs up and down. It has been working well with my myriad ...
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How was my MFP able to save scanned document to my computer without a password?
I was scanning document with Canon MB2100 and it asked me where to save it. I choose "Computer" and it showed my Windows computer in a format
username (SMBNAME)
It didn't ask any passwords, ...
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How to setup macOS server capable of handling large number of small files?
I'm trying to setup my Mac mini as a file server so that I can share it with my MacBook Pro. I'll be designating a folder in my Mac mini that both computers can easily write and read from.
I first ...
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How to make a smb server in the cloud
I am trying to make myself a samba server in the cloud but for some reason I cannot access it from my home network.
If i vnc into the server on a xfce session I can access the files on the share but ...
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SMB2 port range? Port 64663?
I'm copying files via the program Bvckup to a windows share.
From a wireshark capture, I see that the operation uses TCP port 445 and SMB2 port 64663.
I want to make a firewall rule, but I am ...
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Windows Firewall blocking SMB after a period of time
I have an issue with a restricted terminal machine running Windows 10 that I hope someone can shed some light on. This is on the domain and is restricted in Windows Firewall to only allow Google ...
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