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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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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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SSH vs SMB vs NFS for GUI file transfer
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 on many computers at my school (I am a teacher and the head tech dude). I use Clonezilla to massively clone desktops and laptops. I want to easily share the disk images ...
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Dolphin file manager stops working after mounted samba server was turned off (unexpected action?)
I had mounted my samba share by editing file /etc/fstab
It works, I can use resources on remote system as well as on my hdd. However, if I turn off my samba server, dolphin (as I noticed) stops ...
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Configuring Samba with ACL
I've set up a Ubuntu File server(Shared folder) and its client PCs are Windows OS.
I followed the link Here to impose additional security access on the shared folder using ACL. It works fine except ...
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Why I cannot see network shares on nautilus?
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04.
I'm not able to see my workgroup and network shares when clicking on Browse network in nautilus. This is very important for my work.
I can access Windows and Ubuntu folders ...
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Why won't bind9 start with Samba 4 AD DC? [closed]
I followed this guide to install Samba 4 as an Active Directory Domain Controller and got stuck on starting bind9.
Here are some important configuration files and logs.
tail /var/log/syslog:
Mar 2 ...
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How do I configure CUPS and change SAMBA setting for no printers?
A couple of time an hour, these lines show up in syslog
Feb 19 09:20:11 KISE-055 smbd[5685]: [2013/02/19 09:20:11.609603, 0] printing/print_cups.c:110(cups_connect)
Feb 19 09:20:11 KISE-055 ...
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Ubuntu desktop 12.04 cannot connect to samba shares
I am new to ubuntu, but making progress. I have a server set up on console mode and configured samba. I am able to connect to these samba shares using my Windows 7 clients.
I installed Ubuntu ...
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Ubuntu Server 12.04.1 LTS 64 bit randomly hiccups streaming video over samba
As the title says,
I just did a fresh install on my little home server, and when I stream videos over samba, they randomly hang and cause the feed to end.
This is the first time I have ever seen ...
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Can't see Windows shares from Ubuntu PC's when I boot a second Windows PC
I used the information on this page:
http://www.sitepoint.com/ubuntu-12-04-lts-precise-pangolin-file-sharing-with-samba/
down to and including the "configuring winbind" section.
IF I have the ...
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Samba4 stable packages available?
I'm looking for an apt-repo / PPA with samba4 stable packages for Precise. I wasn't able to find any, but cannot believe that it doesn't exist ... Am I mising something?
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How to build an intranet site ( from Samba shares)?
In the near future I will migrate my old Ubuntu box to a new server running Ubuntu 12.04 Server. On the old server we currently have some files shared with Samba and want to move them to the new ...
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How to direct Back in Time snapshots to a Samba share?
Running a Samba share on a Windows 7 PC. This PC, directs output to my unRAID server. I can access the share from my laptop running Ubuntu 12.04 via Nautilus 3.4.2. Now I want to run Back In Time ...
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How does Nautilus mount Windows network drives?
When I browse my local network, I can access the windows drives of a Windows machine without any issue. Everything is visible, shared or not shared folders. I have full permissions.
I notice that ...
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Ubuntu 10.04 & 12.04 sharing folder to Windows 7
Ubuntu 10.04 & 12.04 sharing folders in folder properties works (asked me to install something) sees and i can connect using my usernames and passwords.
BUT
from Windows 7 i can see them but cant ...
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User's password can not be set with passwd
I am running Ubuntu as a server, but with X-windows setup. I have SSH , Samba and RAID 5 setup. Was having trouble browsing Samba shares from my Windows 7 laptop, so I thought it might be a problem ...
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How do I configure a CUPS/Samba printer server and share my printer over the LAN?
On my Ubuntu 12.04.1 server I've installed CUPS and Samba. My printer is a HP Color Laserjet 1600 (connected using USB) and it's plugged in, powered on.
Samba file sharing works very well, however ...
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Music app for large library over samba share
I am currently using Smb4k to auto-mount my Samba share (a 2TB hard drive plugged into my router USB port). The music collection is only a few hundred GBs. I've tried adding my music collection to a ...
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What's easiest way to get nas to mount in12.04
Still fighting to get my nas (dlink) to mount in 12.04, same message as most other folks I see, I've tried a bunch of fstab stuff and i've tried to use samba, not getting it. Is there a step by step ...
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How to play video in public folder from VLC
I just recently set up a public folder and placed a video in it. It plays fine when playing from the public folder, but when I try to play it from over the network, I get the following error:
File ...
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Connecting to Mac Server samba share with ldap user doesn't work anymore (12.04+)
This used to work before 12.04 and now it's giving me headaches ;)
Statements are:
Mac Server OS version is 10.6.8
mac to mac via samba ok
ubuntu <12.04 via samba ok
ubuntu >12.04 via samba ...
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samba gui not opening
Running 12.04 on 2 PCs both Dell and a compaq with XP. I want to config the system so one Dell is the server and the others clients, try to open the GUI and nothing after entering password. Have glade ...
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Ubuntu samba file and print server
I am using an old Dell desktop PC as a samba file and print server for a Windows 7 network.
The version of Ubuntu I am running is 12.04 which seems to big for the RAM and disk space I have available. ...
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How can I restore remote mounts after sleep/suspend?
I have a Synology DiskStation NAS that I occasionally mount with my Ubuntu 12.04.1 laptop. To mount it, I open Nautilus (3.4.2), click Browse Network, double-click the DiskStation, and enter my ...
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Transfer data from Windows Vista via Ethernet to Ubuntu 12.04
This is my first time using Ubuntu. I want to transfer my files (pictures, Music, Documents) from Windows Vista to Ubuntu via Ethernet. I understand that I have to configure the IP but how do you ...
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Why can't I browse network shares on 12.04?
This is driving me nuts. I recently did a fresh install of 12.04 on three computers (two laptops, one desktop). For a while, I was able to connect to my FreeNAS media server through Browse Network, ...
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HP 2410 printer shared on Winwows XP not visible on Ubuntu's network
I have Ubuntu 12.04 and HP 2410 printer shared on Windows XP.
Problem is that under Ubuntu are visible only network printers, but not printers shared on XP.
I installed HP Device Manager, and ...
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join ubuntu client to samba pcd with ldap authentication
I need to join a client to domain controller with ldap authentication. For now I have pcd and ldap. I populated the bd and the windows client can join to the domain with the users I have in ldap, but ...
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how to access samba shares via nat?
I have setup a virtual machine in Virtual Box and installed a Samba Server. I changed the guest operating system's NIC from Bridged to NAT for a reason that I can't remember. I then added a additional ...
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Set up Ubuntu Server 12.04 for my office
As I have great interest in Linux, I suggested my GM to update my office server to Ubuntu. He agreed to buy a new server (Hardware) after explaining him the good things about Linux & bad things ...
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how to find a samba share's gvfs path?
If Nautilus is used to drop a file on a samba share into an app, then the app will see:
"SMB://server/share/file"
How is the app supposed to detect real, working gvfs path of that file ?
different ...
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Ubuntu shares not visible on the network
I've run into a strange thing. I just set up my brothers laptop with ubuntu 12.04. I installed samba and shared his Public folder in his /home by right click -> Share this folder. I put in the correct ...
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Mount the directory / HOME directory located on a remote Windows 2008 R2
I am currently working on the integration of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Linux on an Active Directory domain in Windows 2008 R2.
I have managed to integrate my Ubuntu 12.04 machine to AD 2008, my user ...
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Ubuntu Server 12.04 Samba Server timeout
I am a beginner with servers. I checked the error logs for Samba and it appears that Samba is timing out when I transfer large files. I can successfully add PDFs for instance to my file server. ...
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mount remotely mybook live network drive
I have a mybook live western digital 1TB hard disk connected to fritzbox 7270 router in office. When I am in the office, I can mount this drive to ubuntu since I have added to the etc/fstab file:
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Wine virtual drive set to network location?
I've currently got all of my music saved on a NAS server, and want to play it on my Ubuntu machine as well as Windows, which works fine using Linux music software.
The problem is I'm so obsessed ...
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How do I connect to an SMB share requiring a user name and password?
I have a samba share on my LAN that requires a username and password to obtain write access (otherwise it defaults to read-only).
I can't figure out where in the Unity desktop I can connect to the ...
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Windows 7 won't see Ubuntu 12.04 shares
I have a desktop with Ubuntu 12.04 running, with Samba installed. My laptop, which has Windows 7 on it, can connect to the linux machine via IP, the Ubuntu machine flawlessly navigates to the Windows ...
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Samba share external USB device
I managed to share stuff from my Ubuntu 12.04 to my private network, and the data is visible from a Windows machine. I even shared a hdd that has windows on it. So everything seems to work fine.
When ...
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Samba folder is gone
I seem to have some issues sharing folders from my Ubuntu 12.04 machine to a Win7 machine. After playing around with the settings, I decided to revert to Samba's original setting by reinstalling it:
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AFP and SAMBA shares are confusing my MacOS X Lion
I've setup my file server running ubuntu 12.04 with AFP/Avahi and Samba shares. Simple configuration, nothing too complicated. I've given my AFP machine a different name than %h to avoid confusion ...
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Can't see other computer on network
My friend and me are connected via LAN router, and we both have Ubuntu 12.04. There is a problem with network. My friend can see my computer on network, but I can't see his computer. I can ping him ...
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Folder sharing ubuntu 12 - revoke permissions
I tried setting up a share on my Ubuntu 12.04 machine to my Win7 machine. I right clicked on a folder in Ubuntu and chose the Sharing options and gave it read and write permissions too. Now the ...
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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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How can I get samba users from the same group to edit each others files?
I'm setting up my first linux fileserver for Windows clients and am having some problems properly setting up the shares. I have a shared folder via Samba where multiple users (who are organized by ...
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Local network speed issues, 12.04.01/smb/cifs
I have some very common setup:
a file server box (12.4.1 / kernel 3.6 / kde) connected to a router box (inet, dhcp).
Wi-Fi router is connected to the first one as DHCP relay. Both are not the ...
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Samba does not accept my password
I have installed Samba onto Ubuntu 12.04 Server but I can't login as it says my password is incorrect but I am the only user so there are no other passwords.
I have tried changing the password ...
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Very very slow transfer speeds between Windows 7 and samba server running on Ubuntu 11.10/12.04 minimal
As mentioned in the title I tried transferring files between Windows 7 and the samba server running on both Ubuntu 11.10 and 12.04 but both showed very slow transfer speeds.
Can someone please guide ...
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Can't install samba on 12.04
I am trying to install samba but haven't managed to get it to work.
Tried a number of times with no success.
When I tried to share a folder, the pop up menu asks me to install Samba and I go ahead.
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