Samba is the standard Windows interoperability suite of programs for Ubuntu and is also the default file server for Ubuntu.
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Change Samba password from Windows client
I set up a Samba server on Ubuntu 12.04 in a network with five clients running Windows 7. We're not using a domain, just a workgroup. Everything is working fine.
Is there a way users can change their ...
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unmet dependencies samba [duplicate]
seems to be a pretty common problem, and I've followed the guides in order to at least do updates around the problem, but before I do any more blind guessing, I'm asking the community for reasons (if ...
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Samba share shows up twice in nautilus
I'm using Samba to connect from my ubuntu thinkpad to my macbook. In nautilus file manager i get my macbook twice in list:
smb://hostname and
smb://hostname.local
How do i get rid of the first ...
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(s)mplayer with smb sometimes hangs, can't be killed, only reboot works
I'm using a raspberry pi as a NAS, serving video over SMB (sshfs made it skip too much, NFS I never got working). I prefer to watch movies with smplayer, from my Xubuntu laptop (opening the smb share ...
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Samba configuration for the home network
I installed a new wi-fi adapter to turn my server into an access point and throw my old dlink dir-100 out. Samba had been working fine before the upgrade.
I failed to connect my win7-machine and ...
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How to share folders with samba
I am sharing one ubuntu pc's folder with another ubuntu, how it is possible with samba. I have installed samba but i didn't understand how to create.
Please help me and tell me the procedure of ...
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Domain Controller in Ubuntu [closed]
I have a network of around 10 computers and want to make a ubuntu 12.04 as its domain controller. I have gone through the how to's but Im confused do I have to configure openldap with samba 4 or just ...
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Samba CATIA filename mapping
I'm running Ubuntu Server 12.04.2 LTS as an ActiveDirectory connected mail server using dovecot and postfix. All works fine on this part.
Now we want to export the mail storage for backup purposes. I ...
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how to configure samba file server for sharing between ubuntu pc's [duplicate]
I want to share one ubuntu desktop to different ubuntu desktop. I want to share files, folders and printer as well.
Please suggest me the right procedure to share above thing between ubuntu users.
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cannot print PDF on shared printer from windows
I have a xerox phaser 3117 installed on usb on Ubuntu 12.04 and shared in network. I need this printer to be able to print from my laptop wich is Windows 7. I've managed to install it. It prints .doc ...
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How can I access my ubuntu server remotely?
I have turned an old pc into an htpc/fileserver and have formatted a couple drives and have made them accessible and am currently able to connect them by typing in smb://10.0.x.xx and then it gives me ...
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How to get r/w permission for a directory for a particular user?
In my ubuntu server a directory named "softwares" is shared via samba for windows clients. The directory has only read permission. I am the system admin working on the ubuntu server. I am also not ...
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Why does ubuntu 12.04 LTS provide samba4 alpha?
I was surprised to see an alpha package in an LTS release. Why put such an alpha package in an LTS release, no matter how stable it can be? It can be misleading for careless people who didn' t check ...
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NFS server very slow when mounted separate NFS drive goes offline
We have server A serving files to users on a network via samba.
It's running out of space, so we decided to mount an NFS share (server B) onto server A, under our previously shared samba share.
It ...
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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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Where is the samba share file origin in my ubuntu server
There are some files and directories shared from ubuntu server to the windows clients via samba share. When i type the ip of the server i can find some shares named admin, web, web1 and guest.I need ...
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Samba is not working on Ubuntu 13.04?
I tried installing samba from Ubuntu Software Centre and from command line after installing .
When I tried opening it is now showing in the application launcher or now working through command line.
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How do I remove infected files in a Ubuntu server samba share?
I am running a Ubuntu Server with Windows XP Clients. I have shared files with XP clients via samba share. The problem is there is a huge number of viruses in the share. Is there any way to remove ...
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Cannot auto mount NAS running samba on 12.04
I have tried to auto mount my NAS running samba with the following modifications to my fstab file without any luck:
//10.0.1.4/NAS /home/wayne/NAS smbfs rw,username=,password=,uid=1000 0 0
The ...
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Samba+PowerBroker (aka LikeWise-Open) integration not working
Ubuntu: 12.04 x64
PBIS: Linux 2.4/2.6 kernel 64-bit DEB (from BeyondTrust website)
Samba: 3.6.3 (from Ubuntu repo)
We are having problems getting samba to integrate with PowerBroker (aka ...
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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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Ubuntu 13.04 will not connect to share network drive
I have an Ubuntu PC used as a file server running 12.10 64bit. I am able to connect to it using Linux Mint, Windows7 and Windows 8, but unable to connect using Ubuntu 13.04.
I have tried creating a ...
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Storage server with NTFS and Linux on old machine
We have several old computers at home, and many IDE HDD drives. I would like to make a "storage server" from one. SO I want to use its storage as a shared folder. The other computers are Windows 7 / ...
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Samba Server Not Working
I have set up a server with Samba and added a bunch of folders I wanted to be shared in this server. Till a week ago the server was okay, but somehow, I don't know how, it is no longer working. Can ...
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unknown file system error in fstab
Anyone have an idea why a cifs mounted share suddenly doesn't work in fstab? I can mount it from the command line, but mount -a gives "unknown file system '-o'. I had a bit of trouble getting it to ...
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Auto-mount and share an entire fat32 drive (12.04 LTS)
I was able to do this before by simply going to properties and setting up the sharing options. When my installation borked and I went to re-configure the share, I checked the share box, then "allow ...
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win8 dos not show ubuntu machine in networking
I have a ubuntu machine running several samba shares. my windows 7 pcs show this machine in file explorer under networking. when I click on it I can see my shares and access them. However my windows ...
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How would I use Deja Dup on a password protected SMB share?
How would I use Deja Dup to backup to a password protected SMB (on a samba server) share?
Note: not a duplicate, I put a bounty on my previous question, and nobody answered it after a month.
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Samba serving a Windows Share
OK Here it is. I have a Windows machine which hosts an Ubuntu Server virtual Client. The Client is running Samba. I can mount a folder in /etc/fstab and can browse and edit the files in Linux. I NEED ...
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Samba Share - Public Share using guest account
I have a functioning samba folder share using user security. I have setup the workgroup to be "workgroup" and all is working as expected.
I would like to sync my music folder between my PC and my ...
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Samba server not working on Xubuntu
So I have been trying to set up a samba server to share media over my LAN. I am using Xubuntu on my server machine and attempting to view shared folders on windows 8.
For simplicity I will only talk ...
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Can't access files on mounted shared folder from windows
I have access to a shared folder from windows to get some images for my webpage. I can mount it using the next command:
sudo mount -t cifs //win-server/folder -o username=myuser,password=mypass ...
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How to add printer using SAMBA in ubuntu 13.04?
The option is not present anymore in system settings printer to add:
Windows Printer via SAMBA
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XP clients fail to print via CUPS after reboot of server
I have a HP LaserJet 4250 network printer, set up via cups on an Ubuntu 11.04 server (running as a samba PDC). Any time the server gets rebooted the Windows clients (running XP) can no longer print.
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Share guest LAMP VM folder (var/www) on Ubuntu host with separate Windows 8 machine
I've a samba server working well, permissions are fine. On host machine I've mounted the guest directory to host user home and can edit from there. I'd like to be able to edit same files from another ...
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Copying files from to shared computer or USB
I tried copying files from windows 7 laptop using samba service though network connection via LAN. after a point the copying simply stops, does not close the copy windows. no error messages are shown. ...
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after upgrading to Ubuntu 13.04 file sharing doesn't always work
I have a laptop and a desktop at home with the laptop connected via WiFi and the desktop over a cable. Both of them are running only Ubuntu 13.04 after upgrading from 12.10.
On Ubuntu 12.10 I had ...
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Upgraded to 13.04, mount.cifs returns “Invalid argument” -22 error
Just upgraded my Ubuntu Server to 13.04, and the existing and working fstab configuration for a cifs mount is failing with the generic -22 error (invalid argument):
12:38 PM wesley at wsrv cwd ~
$ ...
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3 samba servers…2 can see each other, 1 can only see itself
This one has got me stumped. I stumbled upon this issue while I was trying to connect my wife's EEE PC Seashell series 1015PEM to our WD TV Live box through Samba. I successfully connected a Dell ...
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stop PAM mount from issuing “forceuid” and “forcegid” options when mounting a samba share
I got a problem mounting a samba share with /etc/security/pam_mount.conf.xml.
Client OS: Ubuntu 12.10 x64
When I manually mount it access right information (user/group/other) are displayed correctly ...
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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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SAMBA: Why can't Windows write in Samba shares?
I've made a clean install of XBMCbuntu on an HTPC and then installed Gnome and Samba.
Now I can not write the XBMCbuntu default shares (movies, tv shows, pictures, etc.) using a Windows machine.
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Installing Samba on a Seperate Volume (Hard Disk)
I have managed to get my first Ubuntu Server (minimal) setup up and running on a 1GB internal USB header stick.
What I need to do now is to install the file server, but on a separate physical disk ...
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How can I share NTFS drive between Ubuntu PC
I am just installing Ubuntu 12.04 in my office in two PC. Every PC have some NTFS formated drive. So I want to share them between these two PCs. Please help me regent if possible.
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How to set up SAMBA / CUPS print server?
I am using 13.04 on an old laptop hooked up to a printer that I would like to access from my Windows 8 PC. I have been working on this for hours and I cannot seem to get the right configuration of ...
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Files aren't getting shared on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ( Samba Error )
When I am trying to share any folder ,
following error comes in the screen :
Samba's testparm returned error 1: Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
rlimit_max: increasing rlimit_max ...
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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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“windows printer via samba” does not work
I am an absolute beginner in Ubuntu. I have installed Ubuntu 12.10 using Wubi from windows 7. It was a clean install.
Now I have upgraded to Windows 8. But the problem I am facing lies with either ...
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Accessing share without defining host
I've created multiple Samba shares using "net usershare" and they work perfectly. The only question is that the user connecting to the share has to use one of the following two formats to log in ...
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Group Share Quota Related Issue
Good Day,
I want to share my experience regarding setting up Group Share Quota for my Domain Users in Samba 4. But before that, here is the basic information I have with my current setup:
Server: ...
