Questions tagged [file-sharing]

the act of sharing files over a network, either server-to-client (nfs), or peer-to-peer (bittorrent)

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Ubuntu 22.04.4 media sharing not showing videos

Ubuntu version is 22.04.4 I enabled sharing via Settings -> Sharing -> Media Sharing There are images and videos inside the same folder, all images and videos have the same access rights When ...
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Running Ubuntu 22.4.4 unable to copy files from the Windows 10 host OS to Ubuntu

It is pretty amazing and frustrating that the simple act of copy paste from the host to the VM Ubuntu 22.4.4 has not got the fix integrated into it to allow this action. I used Ubuntu 20.04 for years ...
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GUI SFTPs won't connect to a U22 virtual server from w11

I am trying to configure a U22.04 desktop running under virtual box as a file server, with a W11 client. I have installed a VBox bridged adaptor. I have installed samba, open-ssh and sftpd. I am ...
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Unable to see shared folders of another Ubuntu computer. Other computers are fine

I have a Ubuntu 22.04 media server setup with shared folders. I have set up Samba with the users and passwords. I can see the Ubuntu media server and access all the shared folders from Windows and my ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 on which machine should I amend my samba smb.conf configuration file since all machines on network have one

I have found many useful articles referring to the smb.conf file to change the operation/characteristics of Samba on Ubuntu 20.04 - but none specify on which machine. Common sense would say just the ...
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Sending uploaded file stuck the window of a browse

I recently installed Ubuntu 22.04 in my PC. Everything was good but few days ago I can't no more send files after uploading it, it made stuck all tabs of the window and I also realized that the ...
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Cannot access samba from outside LAN

I have samba server running on Ubuntu 22.04. I wish to access it from external machines. If a device is on the same local network I am able to open the smbd:// network address no problem (using the ...
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Samba Permissions Issue, moved shared folder to external drive

I am running Ubuntu Server on a rasp pi 400 I installed samba, created samba user and password, created a shared folder with samba(user) as owner and group. This shared folder was located under /home/...
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How to access File from local network which I shared through "Media Sharing feature" in setting option

I am trying to access ubuntu folder from my android phone. I know there may some other option available. but I saw there is a option available in setting which is sharing > media sharing. after I ...
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Wget always downloading index.html?

I am using the following command: wget -r -p --page-requisites robots=off -U mozilla https://opig.stats.ox.ac.uk/webapps/sabdab-sabpred/sabdab/archive/all/ to download a file called all_structures.zip,...
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How do I connect Windows 11 and Ubuntu Server through a male-to-male USB cable?

I have a Windows 11 computer and a Ubuntu Server computer. How do I file transfer between these two with a USB 3 male-to-male cable? Whenever I plug the two computers together the Ubuntu Server spams ...
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Unable to access network share from ubuntu 23.04

I have a network drive that I can not access from ubuntu 23.04. When I try to connect to it via new server connection it just sits there with the loading icon and never fails or connects. I can ...
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Unable to create a share on my Proliant micro server OS Name Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS

I recently installed an update on my device and now I am unable to create a share with the drives i was sharing prior to the update. Every time i do an update of software i have to un-share these ...
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Network share folder from Ubuntu 20.04 no longer appearing in Windows 10 file explorer

So yesterday, I managed to successfully set up and run Samba on my Ubuntu laptop so that I can easily access files on the external hard drive that I have connected to it from my Windows 10 desktop PC. ...
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"Local Network Share" Option Missing

I'm new to Ubuntu and just installed 23.04 on a new rig. I am trying to set up local network file sharing between my Ubuntu machine and my Windows laptop such that I can save/move/delete files in the ...
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ubuntu 20.04 share folder with non-ascii filenames

I just installed Ubuntu 20.04 on my new machine. I'm trying to share my external drive with non-ascii file names. I get: 'net usershare' returned error 255: [2023/04/30 09:30:13, 0] ../../lib/util/...
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May I know how to tranfer files from host machine(Ubuntu) to a virtual machine(windows 10)?

I want to transfer file from my host OS (ubuntu 22.04) to a virtual machine (Windows 10). I am using KVM to run Windows 10. I have tried so much but didn't found a way. So i though that someone from ...
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Fastest Way to Transfer a text file between 2 machines

I am currently trying to share 2 txt files between a Mac running Ventura and Ubuntu. Both files are about 560 bytes but the transfer has to be as fast as possible as my program writes/updates the ...
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Problems moving files to a samba share: permissions and ownership not persistent

I have samba running on a Ubuntu 22.04 machine so I can share an specific directory with another Ubuntu 22.04 client machine. This directory on host has no files on it. Samba config on host is as ...
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What is wrong with my smb.conf? I can browse files but not read them

I have an old Asus router with USB3 port that I have set up Samba, and it only support SMB1 (NT1) Here is my smb.conf: [global] server string = File Server workgroup = PERSONAL client lanman auth = ...
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unable to mount location: message recipient disconnected from message bus without replying

I have Raspberry PI 3 b+ running Ubuntu Mate 18 and a macbook pro running latest OS. I'm trying to share folders between them anonymous/ guest via SMB. However, Although I can see and access the ...
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Windows 98 SE and Ubuntu 20.04 Samba issues [closed]

I'm try now for hours to get a connection between my Windows 98 SE Retro PC and my Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Notebook. Both are connected to a D-LINK DIR-655 over Ethernet. Both get a IP via DHCP and can ping ...
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copy files from ubuntu to windows on the same computer

I have a Dell Inspiron with Windows 10 - I also have a Linux terminal (ubuntu) on the same machine. What is the easiest way to copy files from the Ubuntu terminal to Windows? I am a newbie, and all ...
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Can't connect to NAS "Failed to retrieve share list from server. Software caused connection abort."

After restoring from a backup, Ubuntu 20.04 will not connect to my Ethernet router connected LG NAS. I had this problem when I first switched to Linux and solved it but I can't remember how. I thought ...
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Xorg. When screen sharing, Chome doen't see all programs in progress

When I start screen sharing with Google Chrome browser, it shows programs in progress except Okular, but I need it. Other programs that I tried are shown normally. Zoom shares the window with Okular. ...
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Setgid bit - is it a security risk?

After quite some research on this topic it is still not completely clear to me if it is unsafe to do - I´m newbie! If we only talk about setting the setgid bit, and only on a shared directory! And ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 Samba Server / User Cant login / windows pc cant access

First of all, sorry for my poor English. I have few questions for Samba on Ubuntu I just new noob in Linux system, my new company wanted me to upgrade our service team file server from Debian Bullseye ...
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Samba guest ok = no doest appear in testparm -s

If I set guest ok = no in samba configuation file, when running testparm -s, it does not appear on the that file. After changing the samba.conf file I saved it and restart the samba file and then run ...
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can not connect my android phone to ubuntu

I am using a android phone with android 10 I plug the device on my laptop, using Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS, and select file transfer and averything ok but when I click in the device this error pops up: error ...
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Displaying correct storage space using Samba (multiple hard disks)

I have created a shared folder using Samba that I access from a Windows computer. Just recently though I mounted a new drive to a folder inside the shared one, to "unify" the disks to one. ...
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Recent automatic update of Samba in 20.04 results in 'Fail to retreive share list from server' when trying to access windows machines on LAN

I am running an ethernet LAN with Windows XP through Windows 10 machines interfacing with all 6 general flavors of Ubuntu. Since 20.04 has SMB1 deactivated, was able to get complete readability of ...
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NordVPN blocking local file sharing traffic (tried whitelisting internal IP)

I'm trying to set up my Linux server to always be connected through NordVPN while still allowing for local network file sharing. I've read that whitelisting the internal IP (ex. 192.168.1.0/24) has ...
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How to Allow Samba Shares for Domain users?

I have a samba server with shares using POSIX ACL. We installed the Active Directory domain controller by using Turnkey image, I joined Ubuntu Server to the domain following this , Installed ...
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1 laptop cannot access Ubuntu file sharing computer

My office has been running 2 Ubuntu Linux boxes for over a year, one of which has a virtual win2K server running. They have been great; always up. But one of our 8 PC's is unable to create a Network ...
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Unable to finish Samba Setup - Kubuntu 21.10

I've been attemping to set up a Samba share from my Linux host to my Win10VM. I'm trying to get away from using Windows, but still need some Windows-only software for work. I've chosent to go the VM ...
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UFW Deny out on specific adapter except for LAN traffic, VPN usage

I have two interfaces on a VM, one is traffic going out to web on VPN adapter (proton0) and the other should allow lan traffic (ens160). The rules make sense to me however, I cant ping a lan address ...
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Samba creates new files with no write Permissions for Group/Others

I am running Samba 4.7.6 on a Ubuntu 20.04 LTS install inside an ESXi Machine. The shares work fine to view but when I or my wife try to create a new file or directory from Windows, we get the old no ...
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Where are logs stored when connecting (or failing to do so) to a file server?

I have a user running Ubuntu. When they are in the office, connected directly to the local network, they are unable to connect to a file server just down the hall from there office. To do so, he must ...
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How to copy files from an ssh machine to my local pc?

I'm connected to a ubuntu linux box using ssh -X 'username@institution' I'm confused on how to copy a file from the remote linux box to my local PC, say the Documents folder. I'll be transferring from ...
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Fix permissions on files copied to samba shares automatically

so I have a samba share where I have multiple groups and user. in my case: A user named CEO would be a member of groups Partners and Users, While user Clerk would be just a member of group Users . ...
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How to send image from clipboard on Ubuntu to clipboard on Android using KDE Connect?

If I copy a text on my Ubuntu 20.04 then it instantly appears on my Samsung tablet's clipboard. But if I copy an image to the clipboard on Ubuntu (using ctrl + shift + printscreen) then the image does ...
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Is it possible to configure SAMBA share between ubuntu instance and windows, and if yes how?

I have ubuntu 20.04 instance on my AWS Lightsail, is it possible to somehow configure samba share? I need to see shared folders on windows (from my PC that is in different network) from ubuntu ...
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Samba on Ubuntu 20.04 stopped working after todays update: more info

Check smbd. smbd --version Version 4.13.14-Ubuntu Below smb.conf was working prior to today's update. from: sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf towards top of file: # Change this to the workgroup/NT-...
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Two way synch from Desktop to (ReadyNas) network drive

I am trying to make my documents folder synchronise with my ReadyNas network drive. Currently, I am already synchronising my Windows Laptop's Documents folder with the network drive on my ReadyNas via ...
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Samba Share not showing up under "other locations" in Ubuntu 20.04

I have a Samba share on an Ubuntu server running 20.04. I have a client running Ubuntu Desktop running 20.04. I am having trouble getting the share to show up. The share is accessable by ip address. ...
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Copying files from Samba to other machine drop network

I own a Vaio Intel notebook with Ubuntu 21.10 installed. It has an Intel Corporation WiFi Link 5100 wireless network card. Ubuntu loads the iwlwifi-5000.5.83.ucode Samba version 4.13.14-Ubuntu and smb....
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Can't access MY OWN samba share?

The relevant info: Ubuntu 21.04 In a private VPN (OpenVPN) Can access the samba shares of another windows machine from this machine through the vpn Can see my own share Am in the "sambashare&...
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QEMU/KVM single file from Ubuntu host's shared folder not available in Windows guest

I'm at a loss with the following setup: My Ubuntu server runs a native QEMU/KVM based Windows 10 (no Virtualbox or alike!). Two folders of the server are shared with the Windows guest. Everything is ...
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Can't copy or past files in other locations in Ubuntu [duplicate]

I have installed Ubuntu in my laptop by partitioning HDD, but now I couldn't copy or past files in other locations of my lap it's showing "Error while copying, the destination is read-only". ...
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Can't transfer files from Android to Ubuntu via USB cable

I am using Ubuntu 21.10. I tried to transfer files from my Android phone (Redmi Note 4) to my laptop via USB cable by enabling the file transfer option on the phone. Ubuntu detects my phone, but when ...
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