Samba is the standard Windows interoperability suite of programs for Ubuntu and is also the default file server for Ubuntu.
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Printer not browseable by SAMBA
I have added a samba printer. But it is not browseable, Please find the following samba configuration,
###############Global Definitions############
[global]
workgroup = WORKGROUP
server string = ...
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How to fix an error installing Samba?
I cannot install Samba in my computer, I get the following error message:
Could not connect to 192.168.1.5:3128 (192.168.1.5). - connect (113: No route to host)Failed to fetch ...
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cannot install samba [duplicate]
here are my problems i got please help me
root@ishwar-Satellite-L505D:~# apt-get install samba
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The ...
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accessing a samba mapped drive from terminal [closed]
I have mapped a samba share from the GUI (12.04) of my desktop and it works fine, but I would like to connect to this machine (the one I mapped from) via ssh and be able to see the mapped share. ...
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How do I map users with a samba share?
I have a Synology Diskstation with a published windows share.
On both the server and the client (Ubuntu 12.04) I have user accounts with matching username and passwords. (myth/myth)
The share is ...
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Cannot get correct privileges using Samba on NFS mounted partition
I have read/scanned for Samba/NFS problems and answers on the forum, which were quite interesting, many thanks for those :) Setting up NFS can be quite a pain in the ... but getting a warning before ...
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See IP addresses that access my computer
How can I see time/date/ip address of the computers that accessed my computer, and is it possible to see if they accessed any (and which) files that I share using samba?
Is there any samba log file?
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connect to windows share automatically and rsync
I have a Western Digital connected to my router at 192.168.1.65 statically.
How can I automatically connect at login and rsync?
At the moment I am using this command that doesn't work.
rsync -Paz ...
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Samba File Sharing with Departmental Policy Configuration
our employees need to share some files. I'd like ask if Samba can be configured with the way we need for the shared folder. Let's say we have three departments.
HR Department
Only people who know ...
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How can I access my Samba Server from a single windows PC using different usernames?
I already setup Samba on Ubuntu Server. It's working fine, but I would like to have it accessed by any user using their username and password, in any windows PC that a user would choose to use. Please ...
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Configure Apache to access a symbolic link to samba mounted folder (Symbolic link not allowed or link target not accessible)
I had Arch Linux installed and was able to get this correctly working, but I decided to switch over to Ubuntu Server.
I just installed the latest (12.10) version of Ubuntu Server along with LAMP and ...
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Why can't I browse windows shares although I can connect to them?
In Nautilus I can connect to Windows shares using 'Connect to', but I can't browse to them in the network area. They don't show up. My Linux samba shares show up, but not the windows machines.
What's ...
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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 ...
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Can not connect to ubuntu samba server using dolphin
SERVER INFO
Ubuntu 12.04 32bit on toshiba laptop connection ethernet
CLIENT INFO
Powerbook g4 powerpc dual booting mac osx 10.5.8 and Debian wheezy KDE
PROBLEM
I know that the server is working just ...
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ubuntu applications cannot access samba network
I have Ubuntu 12.04 LTS installed (I'm running KDE 4.8 instead of unity). Samba share via dolphin works absolutely fine. I have access to all my files on my windows PC.
However, when it comes to open ...
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Execute windows programs off Ubuntu samba share
I am using Ubuntu as my fileserver, and I've stored some portable .exe programs on it.
Permissions are 777, owner is sambauser, and this is my smb.conf:
[global]
netbios name = ubuntu
server string ...
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Ubuntu Server does not appear on network by NetBIOS name until 2nd reboot?
Currently having a strange issue whereby my Ubuntu LTS 10.04 Server does not appear on the network on first boot after being shut down. I am able to connect to the server using the assigned IP, but ...
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Problems with CIFS and fstab
Something altered my fstab and my NAS drives stopped loading properly at startup or when I run mount -a.
I see: mount error(13): Permission denied
I'm running 12.04.
Here's what I in my fstab
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Clone GIT from SAMBA network share
Has anybody successfully cloned GIT repository to Ubuntu from a SAMBA network share?
I have access over file manager and can ls over command line, but cannot clone
Also, in git cola, qgit and gitg I ...
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fstab mount mac share not working with new mac?
Hopefully someone can figure this out, because it makes no sense to me.
This is my original fstab line that has been working for years allowing me to auto-mount a shared folder from a Macintosh on my ...
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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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Backup to remote win machine
I have to backup my data to a remote machine. The local machine run ubuntu 10.04 and the remote machine run winXP.
Googling I found several discussion about this argument but none of them helps me to ...
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Ubuntu LTS as a fileserver with Samba4 PDC [closed]
I am a die hard Debian fan when it comes to servers, however, the 5 year LTS support and the ability to install fresh packages such as samba4 on a server environment sounds very tempting. How Reliable ...
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Directory Permissions / Create Mask (Samba) (Ubuntu Server OS Directorys)
I want to understand the permissions a bit more! So I have a few questions:
Does this change the directory's permission?
sudo chmod -R 0777 Directory
And is there a list for the "create mask" and ...
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How to share printer from Ubuntu server using Samba? [duplicate]
I want to share my print from Ubuntu server using Samba to LAN computers.
How can I config smb.conf file to do that?
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Samba, can linux group permissions be determined based on user's workgroup
Running Samba on Ubuntu Server.
I have a share that is accessible to anyone on the network.
The shared directory is set to 775.
I want Windows users that are joined to a particular workgroup to get ...
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Samba set up on Ubuntu Server for sharing with Windows 7 and XBMC on Raspberry w/ OpenElec
I spent over 8 hours trying set this up with no luck so I tore everything down and I'm starting from scratch.
Here's what I've got.
Fresh un-touched install of Ubuntu-server on a dedicated Dell. I ...
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pdbedit failed during openldap user creation with samba support
I am running Lucid. I have setup openldap and samba a while ago, this problem existed since then and I still don't know how to fix it. I use webmin's LDAP client to create a "testuser" account, and ...
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Only one user can connect to Ubuntu samba server
I setup a samba server on 12.04 LTS, and it works great for one user but not the others.
I am trying to map a network drive from a windows 7 laptop. I can successfully authenticate with one user, but ...
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Need help with samba and XBMC
I have honestly spent at least 6 to 8 hours trying to get this to work. Here's what I've got.
Ubuntu-server file server
Rasberry Pi with Xbian
Several Windows 7 Machines
I've set up a samba share ...
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Why does a Samba Share Printer Not Prompt For User and Password In windows 7 clients?
I have installed Samba with CUPS on Ubuntu server and I shared a Canon ImageRunner 1133.
The printer works fine no problem but I want Windows clients to prompt for user and password when users click ...
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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 ...
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Samba Configuration
I am having a problem when configuring samba
I manage to login to samba and create a folder and configure it t share.
I can see the the folder on my windows machine but when trying to click in it it ...
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problem sharing printer via samba in Ubuntu server 12.04
I have cannon ImageRunner 1133 I want to share it through samba with cups server installed on Ubuntu server 12.04
it works all fine I installed samba and cups server ubuntu and windows clients can ...
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How can I access an Ubuntu computer from Windows 8?
I'm trying to access an Ubuntu 12.10 machine from a Windows 8 machine. I see the machine, but I get the following error: windows can't access \\samba24 with error code:0x80070035.
I use gadmin samba ...
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Connect to Windows7 machine and print document
I have Windows7 on one machine. Ubuntu 12.10 on another. I have a printer connected to the Windows7 machine. Basic network home lan setup. The brother printer works fine on windows 7. I setup ...
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sharing a printer in windows 8 with a ubuntu machine on a network
I'm struggling to share a printer that is connected to my windows 8 machine with a other ubuntu linux machines. It keeps on asking me the username and password to connect to the windows 8 machine. ...
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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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Able to access shared files on Ubuntu from Windows only when I ping the IP from Ubuntu
I shared a folder from the Shared Options of the folder allowing guest access. If I try to open this folder (or my Ubuntu system) from my Win7 system using the IP or the hostname, I get an error. But ...
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Setting up an anonymous public Samba Share to be accessed via Windows 7 and XBMC
So I should start by saying that I did this successfully less than a week ago and I had no trouble but I have since reformatted and reconfigured my server and now I'm having the hardest time ...
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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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How can I access a public SMB share? (no password is set)
When accessing SMB shares that are password-protected, smbclient works just fine.
But when I'm trying to access shares that have no password protection (public shares), smbclient prints:
tree ...
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Mac OSX Lion won't read shared drives other than Public
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 to run a box with a handful of hard drives and a logitech media server driving a squeezebox. I'm accessing with a Windows Vista laptop and a Macbook with OSX 10.7.5. Most of ...
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Windows share locks up when php-fpm tries to access it
I have Ubuntu Desktop 12.10 running in VMware on my Windows 7 machine for development purposes. The VM is set up as "bridged", so effectively, it looks like it is directly connected to the same switch ...
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12.04 sudo testparm -s smb.conf.master >smb.conf fails on permsissions
When I run
sudo testparm -s smb.conf.master >smb.conf
bash: smb.conf: Permission denied
I just need a simple samba configuration to share files among 4 linux machines behind a router on a very ...
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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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Setting up user/group access to a usb drive
I'm trying to set up an Ubuntu 12.10 file server and don't know how to create the shares and permissions "properly" to make the system as secure as possible.
I'm looking for practical instructions, ...
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simple and easy way to sync folders over LAN
Summary: i'm using Ubuntu 12.04 on my laptop and on my desktop. I need to sync my data between these computers. I don't want a backup utility - i need a two-way sync.
What i tried already:
Using a ...
