Common Internet File System (cifs)

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I want to recursively add a specific permission to files on a cifs mount

I need to modify the permissions of all subdirectories of a certain directory (which is mounted by cifs) to include group write privileges. As I understand it, this would be done with the command sudo ...
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How can I remove this file?

I'm using an Apple Timecapsule mounted via gvfs-mount (I tried cifs too) which contains a file named Capitoli 3:5.odt I definitely want to remove that but I had no luck. From ubuntu the most i ...
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rsync creating 0 byte files on cifs mounted drive

Hi I have been using rsync successfully to backup files from my external drive to a cifs mounted shared drive since Ubuntu 10.04 Now with 13.04 I am getting a strage behavior with the following ...
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Unmounted cifs still work. Rmdir returns “Device or resource busy”

I've mounted a network folder in the Mysql data folder using: mount -v -t cifs //192.168.1.xx/path/to/folder/DATA -o username=xxxxxxx,password=xxxxx,file_mode=0777 /mnt/storageHDD/MySQL/data/netMNT ...
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How can I get Dash lenses to see files in network shares?

I'd love to get more use out of the Dash files/music/video/photos lenses, but all of my documents and media are on (CIFS) network shares. These shares are always mounted and the files always ...
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Permissions of mounted cifs share (Shared from FreeNAS)

I have a FreeNAS installation running under VirtualBox. When I try to mount one of my FreeNAS shares in Ubuntu 12.10, permissions on the share prevent me from entering the directory, listing or ...
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After a failure 13.04 distupgrade, mount is not working anymore with CIFS

I have a problem after doing a failure upgrading to the 13.04 distribution, after installing all packages the script was stopped before deleting all packages (due to a network interrupt). After ...
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mount: unknown filesystem type 'cifs'

For some reason, I can mount my NAS using cifs as follows: sudo mount -t cifs //10.0.0.210/data -o username=xxxxxxxxxxxxx,password=xxxxxxxxxxx,rw,nounix,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0644,dir_mode=0755 ...
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Is there anything different in cifs for 13.04? I can't mount with old config

I've recently upgraded my station to 13.04 and all mounts I had on /etc/fstab stopped working. I can't even mount them at terminal (mount -t cifs ...), through smbclient or nautilus. I always get ...
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How can I mount cifs shares in (k)ubuntu 13.04?

In (k)ubuntu 12.10, I could mount a cifs drive (from my Apple Airport Extreme) with sudo mount -t cifs -o user=foobar,password=foobar,rw,hard,nosetuids,noperm //192.168.1.2/Drive ~/mnt/mount_point ...
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automatically mount cifs share on boot [duplicate]

I have a script (connect.sh) to mount a windows share, which works when executed manually but I need it to execute by itself as Ubuntu boots (before login) the script contains: #! /bin/bash sudo ...
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Redirecting a locally mounted Windows SMB share (CIFS) to a Windows Terminal Server session

I have been living in the linux world only 2 months so far and have hit a problem with the above mentioned task, now explained in more detail: Our company has 2 Windows Terminal Servers to which the ...
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Fstab mount smbfs share for user noauto asking for password via GUI

I'm trying to do a connection for my work computers d: from my laptop. Altough to have direct access to the disk I need to use the computers administrator account. And I would not like to save the ...
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cifs filesystem not found on mount [duplicate]

I'm trying to mount a Windows 7 in 12.10, but it doesn't seem to have cifs working. I've installed smbfs, winbind, and cifs-utils. If i run: sudo mount -t cifs //servername/shareName /mnt/point I ...
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Npm errors when installing packages on windows share

I have Ubuntu 12.10 running as a VMware guest on my Windows 8 host. I have shared a folder on my Windows 8 Host and it is mounted in the Ubuntu guest on startup using this entry in fstab: ...
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cifs shares not mounting (permission denied) lubuntu 12.10 via /etc/fstab

Before I upgraded to 12.10, I was able to mount my shares automatically. They're located on an Amahi Home Server running Fedora 14. I'm able to access them without any problems via PacManFM (I'm using ...
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How to mount a CIFS share so it doesn't warn about external file modifications

This is the current fstab entry for the mount. //qnap/share /data cifs noauto,user,username=qnap,uid=1000,gid=1000 0 0 This works fine and most of the time without any problems. However when ...
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Manual mounting of cifs works fine, but not in fstab

I have a mounting problem that drives me mad at the moment... Using the manual mounting command sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.1.1/shareName /media/shareName -o ...
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Setting up user/group access to a usb drive

I'm trying to set up an Ubuntu 12.10 file server and don't know how to create the shares and permissions "properly" to make the system as secure as possible. I'm looking for practical instructions, ...
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File sharing between Ubuntu VM and Windows 7

I've got Ubuntu 12.04 running as Guest in a virtualized VMware Workstation 9 session on a Windows 7 host. The Windows machine shares a folder with the Ubuntu machine via CIFS and the Ubuntu machine ...
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Mounting samba share in using fstab

I tried to mount a samba share from the local network to a folder in my PC. I added the following line in fstab sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.1.5/my/folder/ /home/mounts/localmount/ But when I do ...
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How does one change a kernel module parameter (and is this advisable)?

Specifically I'd like to change the echo_retries related to CIFS VFS. I got the idea from here: http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-cifs/msg06181.html But that doesn't provide me enough information ...
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Problems auto-mounting samba/cifs share with fstab

I have been following the same tutorial that everyone else is referencing. My fstab entry is exactly like in the tutorial with changes to actual location. I keep getting the error mount: only root ...
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How to mount writable samba shares?

I'd like to mount a folder from my Mac on my Ubuntu machine. So far I've enabled file sharing on my Mac and enabled Samba. On Ubuntu I am able to connect to the share by simply navigating to ...
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fstab SMB share not mounting with read write access to Windows 8 machine

I am using windows 8 and Ubuntu 12.10 and the windows 8 machine is setup as a SMB share. I have read through the man page for cifs-mount, but now matter what I try, I cannot get the share to give me ...
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Where are the cifs logs and how do I enable them?

I have Ubuntu 12.10 running as a guest in VMware. The host is Windows 7 64-bit. The Ubuntu guest is set up a "bridge", so it should just be seen as a computer that is connected to the same switch as ...
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Why am I unable to edit a file on a windows share (cifs)?

I am mounting a Windows network drive to my Ubuntu machine and I am getting write permission errors when trying to edit a file. sudo mount -t cifs gives me //MEDIASERVER/A on ...
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CIFS - Default security mechanism requested (Mounted Share)

The following message appear every time I reboot/boot my ubuntu 12.04.1 CIFS VFS: default security mechanism requested. The default security mechanism will be upgraded from nbtlm to ntlmv2 in ...
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Don't show mounted folders on start

Ubuntu opens a Nautilus for every mounted Windows share right after login. How can I suppress this? It's Ubuntu 12.10 and filesystem is cifs. Thanks in advance.
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When I use samba to share a cifs mounted drive all the subdirectories are missing the directory “bits”

I have a NAS drive mounted on a server (fstab): //192.168.0.181/Videos /mnt/NAS_01 cifs iocharset=utf8,uid=65534,gid=65534,guest,rw,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 0 0 If I go into the directory and ...
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cifs mounted NAS drive not passing directory information

I have several NAS drives connected to my server, which are then set up as symbolic links and shared via samba - to allow all the NAS drives to look like 1 drive on the samba share. However, in all ...
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mounted smb share throu fstab, gets read only on added files

I mounted my nas in ubuntu 12.10 and it works with read/write, but when I'm adding a file or directory that file gets read only permissions. My fstab mount looks like this: //192.168.0.12/share/ ...
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CIFS shares do not mount after upgrade to 12.10 from 12.04

I have seen issues close to my problem but no one seems to have a definitive answer as to what is going on and why the failure occurs. I have a number of NAS devices on my home network and on a ...
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How to permanently mount a Samba share in 12.04 (gnome-shell 3.4)? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Proper fstab entry to mount a samba share on boot? Currently I have a number of share folders that I am using as a very simple home server for media and other files. ...
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Is 12.10 planning to add smb shares as /media besides waiting for Bug #995535 to be fixed

I love this guide found here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MountWindowsSharesPermanently but it is not working right for 12.10 in RC and this the closest I've found ...
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12.10 cifs shares not mounting after modifying /etc/fstab

From Ubuntu 11.04 to 12.04 i've been able to mount my nas shares by first making directories in the /media folder, then : sudo gedit /etc/fstab to include the following line for each share I want ...
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Why do my cifs mounted drives become inaccessable after a few hours?

I mount several drives on my machine. //selah-think/UbuntuShare /home/selah/Shares/UbuntuShare cifs exec,credentials=/etc/cifspw,uid=1000,dir_mode=0755,file_mode=0644 0 0 ...
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Why can't I checkout with subversion 1.7 on a mounted cifs share?

I have mounted a share on my Ubuntu machine. I am unable to checkout a subversion working copy onto this share. When I try to do so, I get an error message: svn: E200033: database is locked, ...
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Slow gvfs Samba Performance

if I use/acces a Samba Share using Nautilus or manually using "gvfs-mount smb://SERVER-IP/Share" I get a poor Performance, only about 7 mb/s on my 100 Mbit Network. If I access the same Share on ...
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mounting CIFS share appears to work, but then prevents writing after a few seconds

I've got a NAS that is setup with CIFS and open guest access. I mounted it in fstab with the following line //192.168.0.101/Stor1 /media/freenasbox cifs ...
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Cannot open files after wakeup, is blocked for some minutes and unusable [closed]

On a Ubuntu 12.04.1 amd64 desktop, after each wake up (system is suspended after 1 hour of inactivity) if i click on a document on my desktop (pdf, gedit, ...) nothing appear! Process is launch but ...
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Can't connect to SAMBA printer with hostname

I'm in a college setting trying to use the printer connected to my desktop PC (running Windows 7) with my laptop running Ubuntu 12.04. Here's a few preliminary details; Host computer (Windows) name: ...
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Why would accessing photos over a network be a problem for Digikam?

Digikam has always worked nicely for me. I recently setup a Synology DiskStation (DS212+) and moved all my pictures to it, keeping them in an encrypted folder. I mount that folder using cifs, as some ...
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Is it possible to mount windows drive in Ubuntu and make it writeable?

Running Ubuntu 12.04. I have Windows Server running in VBox... I can mount the Windows drive just fine, but no matter what I try I can't get it mount writeable. The latest attempt looks something ...
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Can't mount CIFS drive

I have a number of fstab entries that will no longer mount. They used to work under 10.04 and after I did a clean install of 12.04, they did work for a while although they would periodically hang up ...
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fstab automount smb fails

I'm trying to automount some drives with smb with fstab entries as such. # auto mount hda shares //hda/DeannasDocs /home/deanna/DeannasServerDocs cifs user=deanna,pasword=** 0 0 //hda/Music ...
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Hanging cifs mounts on server

For our development work we have a 10.10 x86_64 server running on a HP Proliant 150. The users need to mount some resources from a windows pc in their home directories. Therefore we have multiple ...
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Allowing write access to an SMB mounted drive

Following this guide I was able to get my Samba share to mount on my Ubuntu 12.04 system. I can navigate the folders just fine. However I cannot create a directory nor create a file. I get the ...
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Unable to mount OSX 10.8 file share with CIFS from Ubuntu 12.04

I am trying (and failing) to mount a share hosted on my OSX laptop, onto my Ubuntu 12.04 server. The server is a Vbox vm running on a macbook air. This is my /etc/fstab entry ...
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Why is my machine unable to mount my SMB drives (“CIFS VFS: Error connecting to socket. Aborting operation”, return code -115)?

I have a machine running Precise (12.04 x64), and I cannot mount my SMB drives (I have 3, we'll call them public, private and download). It used to work (a week or two ago) and I didn't touch fstab! ...

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