0
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1answer
20 views
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 ...
3
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0answers
33 views
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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 ...
0
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0answers
51 views
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 ...
0
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0answers
195 views
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 ...
1
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0answers
110 views
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 ...
0
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0answers
51 views
Ubuntu Samba user already logged in (ghost user)
Situation is following. I have two PCs. Server (Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) and Client (Windows 7). I set up VPN with samba share (each user has it's own shared folder). Everything worked fine untill Client PC ...
1
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0answers
202 views
Samba shares, using smb.conf or /var/lib/samba/usershare
Ok, so I caused my own problem by trying to be funny. And now I am very confused about how to fix it.
So here we go:
Our server has had 2 open shares since day one. only one of them offered windows ...
0
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0answers
98 views
Smallest smb.conf to samba-share a directory without a password for whole LAN
I'd like to share /media/drive/notes with my whole LAN without a password, without encryption via samba (since there are windows machines involved). What is the shortest possible smb.conf for my ...
1
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0answers
150 views
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 ...
-1
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1answer
239 views
Sharing a Second Hard Drve with Windows using Samba
I installed Ubuntu 12.10 32bit with the intention of using it to share hard drives across an office of Windows 7 computers. I've set up an initial share on the hard drive Ubuntu was installed from ...
0
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1answer
241 views
File sharing through samba is not working over LAN
getting the following error while running net usershare command.
net usershare' returned error 255: net usershare: cannot open usershare directory /var/lib/samba/usershares. Error Permission denied
...
0
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0answers
259 views
Accessing Ubuntu from Windows over Samba: The specified network name is no longer available
I've just installed Samba on my Ubuntu 12.04 machine and need to access it from Windows Server 2008.
$ sudo apt-get install samba
$ service smbd status
smbd start/running, process 23485
When I try ...
1
vote
1answer
442 views
Package 'samba' is virtual - Error when installing Samba
I'm trying to set up an Ubuntu computer as a centralised storage for a few Windows 7 computers on my network. I did a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.10.
However, when I try to install Samba through the ...
4
votes
3answers
1k views
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 ...
0
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0answers
14 views
configure simutaneous connections, one for internet, one for home/work network
I have 12.10 on my laptop and I use my cellphone to go online but when I'm home I want to be able to plug into my other laptop with just a cable. My phone will act as a router if I want and I can file ...
8
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2answers
330 views
What is the difference between a Samba share and the Nautilus share method?
So, my server finally died (good old 10 year old machine, minimum). I was running Mandriva on it using samba to share some data areas for backups and storage (had added a SATA card and some 1TB ...
2
votes
2answers
308 views
How do I re-install Samba?
I recently followed a guide to configure Samba but I couldn't get it configured properly. After realizing that the guide was six years out of date I thought I should start again.
I reinstalled samba ...
1
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1answer
1k views
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, ...
3
votes
3answers
4k views
Why is my samba4 [homes] share not browsable?
For some reason, I can't see the home directory share that maps to each user's home directory, [homes]. I can directly map the network drive to it in windows or mount it on a Mac, but when trying to ...
2
votes
3answers
10k views
How to access a Windows share from Ubuntu?
In Ubuntu 12.04 and previous versions, I can easily install smbfs and running smb://server/share from Nautilus works!
But, in 12.10, I can't install smbfs. Trying to install it from the terminal, I ...
0
votes
1answer
433 views
Set umask, set permissions, and set ACL, but SAMBA isn't using those?
I'm running on Ubuntu Server 12.04. I have a folder called Music and I want the default folder permissions to be 775 and the default file to then be 664.
I set the default permissions on the Music ...
3
votes
1answer
2k views
Samba smbtree No output; failed to retrieve share list
I'm using Ubuntu 12.10 on two machines, one laptop & one desktop. Faced the same problem when I used 12.04.
When I try connecting to the other machine using 'Connect to Server', I give the correct ...
1
vote
1answer
222 views
Sharing NTFS on start-up
After much digging around I've found a way to share my NTFS drives, but I don't know how to do it so it will still remain active after I restart the computer.
This is the method I currently use:
...
0
votes
1answer
268 views
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 ...
0
votes
1answer
2k views
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 ...
0
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4answers
3k views
Extremely slow transfer speed ubuntu -> Windows
I have two laptops,
One is running Ubuntu 12.04 (EXT4) the other is running Windows 7 (NTFS).
I am copying over 40gb of data (one file) from the Ubuntu laptop to the Windows Laptop.
(Browse the ...
1
vote
0answers
859 views
Windows 7 won't let me connect to my Ubuntu samba share
I set up samba on my 12.04 Ubuntu install. I shared a folder from my home directory.
When I go to my Windows 7 box, I can see the Ubuntu box on the network, but when I try to connect, I get a ...
1
vote
0answers
118 views
Samba showing no disk space when transferring files from Windows machine
I was able to transfer a few folders to the Ubuntu/Samba share. The copy failed and got a no free disk space error. The Samba share has 1% used of the 500GB I have available.
Any ideas why Samba ...
0
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0answers
2k views
SMB “problem connecting to server” from OS X
New 12.04 install, I set up Samba using webmin and all went well.
Attempting to access the server from OS X Mountain Lion. I use "connect to..." and then enter "smb://mediacenter"
I enter my ...
0
votes
0answers
629 views
Restricting user permissions to a samba share
I have set up a samba share on my Ubuntu 12.0.4 LTS install which I have access to fine, the share exists in a directory structure similar to this: /media/directory1/directory2/. Here is the what it ...
3
votes
1answer
386 views
why samba share files are not able to access by some user for some time?
I'm running samba on Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS, I've some folders on samba share and created some user to access it, but suddenly some of the user are not able to access it for a certain time only.
For ...
0
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0answers
295 views
Samba shared file attributes changed by windows
we set up a samba file server in our office and everything seems to be fine until one day. The server holds some MS Excel files on the server for everyone to access, all stations are either Windows XP ...
0
votes
1answer
557 views
How does Personal File Sharing work?
I'm currently using Samba to share files between my ubuntu PC and my mac. However, I notice that there is a 'Personal File Sharing' preference panel built into ubuntu. Is it possible to view my ubuntu ...
0
votes
1answer
5k views
How do I share a folder on SAMBA?
I want to share my home folder with my Windows machine, but I have no idea how to share the folder.
I can't find any up-to-date guides on Google, so how can I share my home directory?
0
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3answers
7k views
How do I set up file sharing between two Ubuntu laptops on my wireless network?
I have two laptops running Ubuntu 12.04. Both connect to the same WIFI network to access internet.
How do I connect them to each other so that I can access files on one from another and vice versa?
...
1
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2answers
1k views
Create a user for sharing purposes only
I want to create simple user, who don't have any authority to use the system by logging in, but can access the resources shared on the network from a domain.
I am under an impression that samba user ...
2
votes
1answer
8k views
Why is Samba Access from Windows So Slow?
I have set up a file server using Ubuntu 12.04 Server. The purpose is to serve several network drives to Windows users that have heretofore been served by numerous NAS drives.
I have Samba set up ...
0
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0answers
1k views
Samba, ACL and restrictions for subset of users [closed]
I want one of my share to be:
accesible only for selected users
folders (and subfolders) in that share to be accesible for read (and/or write) for subset of my users
all files should have ...
0
votes
1answer
184 views
Why are some Windows shares not available?
I have a Windows 7 computer on my local network that hosts all my media. I've shared relevant folders there without any limitation, so anyone should be able to access the files without providing a ...
2
votes
3answers
3k views
How to enable file sharing between two PCs?
How to enable file sharing between two Ubuntu Oneiric PCs.
I have installed Samba both machines
I have changed permissions to all
create guest accounts
file is in home folder
Why cant I see shared ...
1
vote
1answer
7k views
I cant get samba to set proper permissions on created directories
I have a ubuntu server sharing some folders using samba. When a client creates a new folder or file, the permissions aren't set according to the settings in smb.conf.
My current settings for a ...
6
votes
3answers
6k views
Sharing files in LAN through Samba or SSH
I searched through many forums and I am able to share files between two Ubuntu machine and Windows machine but I have these problems which I can't solve.
any help will be thankful
When I share files ...
1
vote
1answer
2k views
Samba changes file ownership! How do I get rid of that problem?
I am running a Samba Server (Version 3.5.6). The file sharing is OK until I realize that Samba changes file ownership when another user (not the original owner) edit the file and saves it. This is ...
0
votes
3answers
251 views
Need help with Two Ubuntu based system sharing in Samba
I have a laptop and desktop running Ubuntu and Xubuntu respectively both are 64 bit 11.10 version
I use XBMC on both machines to play media.
I want to access my media on dekstop and play on my ...
0
votes
1answer
233 views
setup samba share on 10.10 and access via windows
I have the following /etc/samba/smb.conf config setup to share my homes and a custom folder named /var/itc_data_feed:
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = yes
read only = no
...
1
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1answer
2k views
Samba is installed, Why doesn't gnome-file-share-properties work?
Samba and all it's dependencies are installed. Why does gnome-file-share-properties(Personal File Sharing application) say "This feature cannot be enabled because the required packages are not ...
9
votes
1answer
8k views
Can see samba shares but not access them
For the life of me I cannot figure this one out.
I have samba installed and set up on the ubuntu box and on the Win7 box I CAN SEE all the shares I created.
I created two users on ubuntu that map ...
0
votes
1answer
200 views
Securely sharing files accross the network to ubuntu and linux users
I have an ubuntu 10.04 server that I want to share files to windows and ubuntu users.
I also want them to use the login/password provided by my ldap server.
Now, I am not sure about which path to go ...
0
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2answers
2k views
How can set up a file sharing server to allow remote access over a WAN?
I want to set up a server to allow remote access over a WAN. The purpose is to allow people to remote connect and download specific files from a specified folder hosted on the server.
Is there ...
0
votes
2answers
2k views
Unable to see shared folders in Samba
I am trying to create a shared folder.
Installed Samba (as I have done on plenty of occasions for other releases) create the shared folder, all the appropriate privileges, etc, all with no problem.
...
