Samba is the standard Windows interoperability suite of programs for Ubuntu and is also the default file server for Ubuntu.
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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 ...
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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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Server drops all network connections from OTHER hosts during SAMBA file copy from Gigabit clients
I have a vanilla install of Ubuntu Server 12.10 running on an old P4 PC with 512MB RAM and a 10/100 NIC. Default samba config, with a simple share defined as follows:
[public]
comment = Ubuntu File ...
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How do I access my D-link Share Center NAS?
Newish to ubuntu, installed 12.10 yesterday and am trying to access my dlink share center (NAS) on my home network.
When I go to browse network, it shows up but will not access my files because it's ...
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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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Cannot connect to windows share using computer name
I have Ubuntu 12.10 installed in VMware Workstation as a guest. The VM's network adapter is set up as "bridge", so effectively, it should look like it is connected directly to the switch all my ...
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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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How to get hp printer to select correct trays on samba shared printer
My first post here.
Clean install of 12.04.1. Previously 10.04. Have been running a p2035n printer without problem.
Now, no matter what paper tray I select it prints to the top "by-pass" feeder--not ...
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Why can't I get to a shared folder from Windows
I want to access a folder on my new Ubuntu 12.10 box from any machine on my network without the need to provide credentials.
My machine name is Ubuntu1
I have a 2TB disk that formatted NTFS that ...
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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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Samba share mounting in read-only mode
I used to mount my local network HDD (samba share) using following fstab entry:
//192.168.1.5/PUBLIC /media/MyBookLive smbfs credentials=/home/gacek/.mybookcredentials,uid=1000,gid=1000
Of course, ...
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Samba 3.6 and Samba4
I have installed Ubuntu 12.10 and samba 3.6 (the version of samba that is installed for Ubuntu 12.10, by default). Everything works fine. I can access shared folders and shared printers of Windows ...
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Samba sharing from ubuntu to win7
I have installed and configured a SAMBA server. So far it works well until I try to log in. When the password box pops up from a win7 machine, I enter the details but it says "wrong details". The ...
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How to access Windows 7 PC in Samba network?
First of all, sorry for my bad English, as it isn't my primary language.
I have a home network with my Ubuntu box, a Windows XP box (sister's laptop) and a Windows 7 box (mother's PC). Never had a ...
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Cannot copy to Samba Share ubuntu
I could use some help. I have no Idea what is wrong:
I have an Ubuntu 12.04 Server with Samba set up.
I have an Ubuntu 12.10 Desktop, an Ubuntu 12.10 Laptop and a Windows 8 Surface Tablet.
A) The ...
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Samba passwords don't sync
First, this is a Debian Wheezy issue.
I just switched from Ubuntu to Debian. I took my smb.conf file with me but Samba dosen't work as expected. Before today, I could just add a user and then log ...
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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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Nautilus copies files but not directories from samba server on OS X
I need to copy files from OS X on a Mac to Ubuntu on a PC. I enabled File Sharing on the Mac and selected the samba option. I was then able to connect to the samba server in Nautilus. Copying files ...
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How can I remap usernames when printing to a shared printer?
At work my group currently use self maintained network printers. We also run our own self contained Linux network for some members of the group. It all works beautifully. The management has decided ...
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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 ...
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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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Adding additional users to Ubuntu server and configuring Samba
I have installed Ubuntu Server 12.10 and during the install created a user for myself ben, I now wish to add a second user bill.
I have an external drive that I have mounted to /media/storage and ...
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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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CIFS - Default security mechanism requested (Mounted Share)
The following message appear every time I reboot/boot my ubuntu 12.04.1
CIFS VFS: default security mechanism requested. The default security mechanism will be upgraded from nbtlm to ntlmv2 in ...
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prevent suspend while streaming over samba
Seems this is an open problem -- streaming over Samba apparently doesn't pause the idle timer on Ubuntu (12.10 Unity), so the machine will suspend after the usual 30 minutes despite the fact that I'm ...
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Where does Caja file manager mount SMB shares?
I'm running on Ubuntu 12.10 with Caja installed. For Nautilus, the mount point for shared file is ~/.gvfs, any idea where it's stored for Caja or other file managers?
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Why the difference between Samba sharing inside Home folder and outside (eg: mounted device)
With Samba, when I share inside my home folder, I only need to right click the folder I want to share (Let's assume it is on the Desktop) and select Sharing Options, then just select the options I ...
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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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Samba installation failed on ubuntu 12.10
I was trying to install samba to access shared printer on windows pc connected via office network, following response came out from terminal. please guide me how to install Samba or any other ...
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Samba cannot access some network
My laptop is Ubuntu 12.04 and I'm trying to access shares on certain network. There are 3 networks, lets say it is NetworkA, NetworkB and NetworkC. I can access Network A and Network B just fine but I ...
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transferring files from PC to Ubuntu PC on same network
i recently installed a fresh version of ubuntu 12.04
i wanted to transfer my old files from my pc that is running windows, to my other pc which now has ubuntu installed on it.
They are both on the ...
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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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Samba Transfers Stop
I'm having this problem since I installed Ubuntu 12.10 and it's driving me insane.
I have a NAS (DNS-320) that is running Samba. When I try to transfer a folder that has many other files inside it's ...
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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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When I use samba to share a cifs mounted drive all the subdirectories are missing the directory “bits”
I have a NAS drive mounted on a server (fstab):
//192.168.0.181/Videos /mnt/NAS_01 cifs iocharset=utf8,uid=65534,gid=65534,guest,rw,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 0 0
If I go into the directory and ...
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How to mount a disk that supports Samba sharing (Using Disk Utility)
This might be a tricky question but here is the objective:
Manage to mount a disk/partition automatically without (or at least trying to avoid):
Editing any Samba configuration file
Editing the ...
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How to migrate all users to an new server
My file server which is running Linux Ubuntu 12.01, contains more than 30 users and its samba user accounts. Now I have an brand new machine, and want move all those user accounts from the old ...
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cifs mounted NAS drive not passing directory information
I have several NAS drives connected to my server, which are then set up as symbolic links and shared via samba - to allow all the NAS drives to look like 1 drive on the samba share. However, in all ...
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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 ...
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Samba Server Make Multiple User Permissions Profiles
I have a Samba file server running, and I was wondering how I could make multiple user accounts that have different permissions. For example, at the moment I have a user, smbusr, but when I ssh to the ...
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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 ...
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File Sharing With Ext4 Partition
I tried googling this problem but I haven't received a definitive answer.
This is my situation, I have a 3TB external hard drive connected to my server via esata. I plan on sharing this drive over a ...
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Printer Sharing Issue [closed]
So I set up my printer on 12.10 to share via SAMBA. Windows 'sees' it, it will install it on windows (I have the printer driver installs but it asks for it in Windows default list.. ?), then I can ...
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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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How to install Samba and Share directory and Printer
I am trying to get Samba working on Ubuntu to share a Directory and a Printer over the network to a Windows PC, only... when I install it I can't get the link for the GUI, and I can get no where with ...
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Can I make all unix users samba users?
I'm trying to set up a samba share for the first time. My guest share works fine, but I cannot seem to log in as any user. If I enter my unix username and password my mac window just shakes as if an ...
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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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How to get sharing options to stick - ubuntu 12.04
I'm having a really hard time trying to get my sharing set up on my 12.04 system.
I've tried both desktop version and server - I'm a bit of a linux n00b, so I need a GUI, command line is beyond me ...
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Where did ~/.gvfs go on ubuntu 12.10?
where did ~/.gvfs go on ubuntu 12.10. How can I find the locaton of the mounted through samba folders?
I share a folder with a ubuntu 12.10 machine. I am trying to find the location of the mount ...
