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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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Why can't I access a directory on another device if it has more than around 500 files? [closed]

I am having an issue with Ubuntu Natty (32 bit version) trying to access a directory on a FreeNAS server (set up to share files using samba) that is also on the local network. It seems that if there ...
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Samba needs additional restart on reboot?

So when I first boot or reboot, smbd and nmbd are running but my shared folders aren't available. After a sudo service smbd restart everything is fine. My configuration is simple, using the local ...
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Samba network sharing NTFS drives and root permissions from local drives

I'm able to share my internal 2ndry NTFS drives (sdb1,2 and 3) on the network with Windows computers now but even though Samba read/write is enabled, Windows network computers can only open files ...
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How do I access shared folders on Ubuntu server from Mac OS?

I have an old dell desktop running ubuntu 11.04, I also have samba installed on it. I'm trying to access the shared folders on the Ubuntu machine from my Mac, so I go into 'Finder', click on 'Go' and ...
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Is there a (simple) replacement for SWAT?

Years and years ago, a client of mine had a dying Windows NT Server 4.0 box that was really only used as a file server. I replaced it with SuSE and Samba (it's been so long, I no longer remember ...
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How can I setup a Samba share to use permissions from my Active Directory domain? [closed]

I have a freshly installed Ubuntu 11.04 server. I would like to create a Samba share and integrate the permissions for it with my existing Active Directory domain. I started to follow this article ...
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Sharing Guest Account Disabled

In Nautilus when trying to share a folder that is owned by me, i can not share it without a password (Guest Access) as seen on the image. I already installed the samba service that was needed. What ...
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Can't log in to Samba PDC with domain account

I have a problem. I like to login on a Samba Server with my Ubuntu 10.04/11.04 PC. On my Samba Server there are some accounts with data, but I couldn't connect to it. I have done this: aptitude -y ...
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Nautilus file copy from smb://server/share is 25Msec but when I mount its 4Msec

Folks: When I open nautilus in 11.04, browse network -> MSHOME -> SERVERNAME -> SHARE and do a copy, I get gigabit speed at around 25 megs a sec to local disk. When I mount in fstab with ...
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UFW firewall still blocking SMB despite adding rules

I have an Ubuntu PC with ufw firewall (GUI version). I have added the preset Samba service, in and out, and even tried adding the ports manually (135-139, 445, UDP and TCP, in and out), but it still ...