Questions tagged [samba]
Samba is the standard Windows interoperability suite of programs for Ubuntu and is also the default file server for Ubuntu.
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Slow gvfs SMB Performance [closed]
if I use/acces a SMB Share using Nautilus or manually using "gvfs-mount smb://SERVER-IP/Share" I get a poor Performance, only about 7 mb/s on my 100 Mbit Network.
If I access the same Share on ...
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SAMBA -- Cannot access Samba share from XP
Cannot access SAMBA share on Ubuntu 12.04 box from XP box.
SAMBA is up and running on the Ubuntu box. smb.conf has the correct windows workgroup name in it, and I can see the Ubuntu box from the XP ...
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How do I access shared folders by ip address? (for example, in windows, I use "\\172.16.243.7")
Right now, if I want to access shared folders on my network, I have to browse them via Network in nautilus. I am wandering how I can open shared folders of a PC, by its ip.
tldr; Equivalence of ...
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mount error(13): Permission denied
I know this question has been asked before, but I've been looking for a solution for a couple of hours now and nothing seems to be working.
The frustrating thing is that it used to work on my ...
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Permissions issue with symlinks over samba
I'm having trouble accessing some files over a samba share. Here's my setup:
I have shared /shared as Shared
I have a user with the same name and pwd as my Linux user in my Windows machine
I made ...
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Some files on Samba shares are displayed as folders
Ubuntu 20.04.1, Samba pkg 2:4.11.6+dfsg-0ubuntu1.2
Recently set a Samba share on my Ubuntu machine; nothing fancy just a share called "media" with three subdirectories - Movies, TV, & ...
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Ubuntu 14.10 cant find printer option Windows Printer via SAMBA
After upgrading to 14.10 I cant find the option "Windows Printer via SAMBA" on the add new printer dialog.
The option used to be there in previous Ubuntu versions
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gvfs-mount not working on Ubuntu 14.04 for wireless HDD
In 12.04, I would mount a wireless HDD (Windows share?) using the following command
gvfs-mount smb://10.0.0.17/public
Then ~/.gvfs will contain the mount.
In 14.04, when I do this. The command ...
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Samba authentication fails
I have been endlessly searching for what went wrong, and can't figure it out. There is a lot that I still don't understand about working with samba on Ubuntu, so if something looks noobish, I am sorry....
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Ubuntu 17.10 issue with mount cifs
since the update to Ubuntu 17.10 my script to mount shares from a NAS does not work anymore. On older versions of Ubuntu I could use this line:
mount -t cifs -o username=t0b1,password=$pw //server....
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How to set up group write permissions on new created files on cifs mount point (samba/fstab)
I try to mount a samba share with cifs and set write permission to the group on the default file/directory creation mask.
After hours spent searching the web and trying, I can't get this to work, all ...
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Creating a file system
I am attempting to learn about Ubuntu by creating a 13.04 SAMBA server. I have installed the basic server on one disk and created a LVG from 2 further disks. I have created a LV using all of the free ...
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Windows users unable to access samba share of an external drive
It doesn't seem that many others have had this problem so I thought I'd ask here.
Have a server running Ubuntu with 1 internal and 1 external drive. Have a folder shared with samba on the internal ...
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Problems setting up samba and connect with windows, "You can't access this shared folder..."
I have tried multiple guides on the internet trying to solve this problem that I have.
I have installed samba on my Ubuntu server 18.04.1. I added the shared folder with the following settings:
#my ...
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Can you mount SMB shares in Kubuntu like in Ubuntu?
I have just installed Kubuntu, and I notice that Dolphin tries to access SMB shares using libsmbclient instead of mounting an SMB location like I am used to in Nautilus. Unfortunately, the performance ...
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How to mount a samba share permanently?
How to mount a samba share permanently in Ubuntu 10.10? Also, I don't want to display the share icon on my desktop. How to achieve this task?
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How to mount FreeNAS network share persistently
I have a FreeNAS server in the house on which we keep our media. I would like to be able to automount this share in a persistent location when the machine is turned on so that the music players can ...
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file sharing stopped working after 20.04 dist upgrade
after dist-upgrade to 20.04, file sharing stopped working
now when i try to connect to another Ubuntu computer, it shows "Unable to mount location - Failed to retrieve share list from server: ...
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Cannot connect to Mac computer via smb in Ubuntu 16.04
I cannot connect to computers on my network running Ubuntu 16.04. I get stuck in a never ending username and password dialog loop forever.
I can ssh into the machine, and I can mount it in filesystem ...
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unable to mount samba share on boot (ubuntu 15.10)
I am following MountWindowsSharesPermanently to mount a samba share on boot
As said in wiki, I added these lines to /etc/fstab:
# auto-mounting the samba share 'Seagates' on raspberry pi
//192.168.2....
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How to set up an entire hard drive as a shared drive in Samba
I am trying to set an entire hard drive as a share using Samba on our server running Ubuntu Desktop 16.04. I have been able to successfully set up a shared folder, but I am having problems setting up ...
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Samba Server: security = user is not showing up
I am trying to use Ubuntu Server to set up a Samba Server. However, in all the instructions I see, it says to uncomment the line security = user. I don't see this line where it is supposed to be. ...
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I want to share my "/" in samba. How to make it editable in windows networking?
I just can make it readable, don't know how to make it writeable
[root$]
path = /
create mask = 0755
valid user = myname
browsable = yes
P.S. what's the create mask ? and I'm using ubuntu server 11....
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Nautilus wants a password when I try connecting to a public Windows share
There is a computer on my network running Windows 7 Professional with a bunch of shared folders and printers available on the default WORKGROUP domain. There is no password for any of these shares and ...
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How do I see Samba groups?
How can I see all groups in my Samba server? If possible, with users who belong to that group.
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How do I share samba via Open VPN? Is that possible?
I have configured open VPN in my home so that it can be accessible from my office easily.
Now I want to share samba via my open VPN. How can I share samba over open VPN between Ubuntu and Windows?
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Mount a samba network drive from terminal without hardcoding a password
I know that the default command would look like this:
sudo mount -t cifs -o username=YOUR_USERNAME,password=YOUR_PASSWORD,uid=YOUR_UBUNTU_USERNAME //networkNameOfRemoteComputer/path/to/my/folder /...
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Why am I getting [mount error(22): Invalid argument] while trying to mount SMB network drive?
Disclaimer: I am very new to Linux :)
Anyway, onward:
I have a fresh instance of Ubuntu Server (12.04.1 LTS) running on my network and I want to mount a network drive to the server so I can access ...
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How to access a Windows shared drive/folder from Ubuntu?
Specifically, what are the login credentials I need to provide?
Details: The machine I want to access is running Windows 7, and I'm sure the folder sharing is working as other Windows machines can ...
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How to mount a samba share over an ssh tunnel?
I have created an ssh tunnel in such a way, that I can access my shares by typing
smb://bruni@localhost:9000/
into the filemanager (dolphin). The tunnel works.
I would like to mount this share. The ...
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How do I change the default domain when browsing Windows shares?
I am lucky enough to be able to use an Ubuntu workstation at work, but I our company network is all Windows-based.
I can easily browse the network via the Nautilus file browser (by clicking 'Browse ...
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Network Computers Not Showing up
Alright, 3 machines running, two using Ubuntu 11.10 and one on Mac OS X.
On the two Ubuntu machines, both have samba installed and configured on the same workgroup, "HOME".
On machine 1, I can see ...
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System hangs on shutdown if Windows network drive in fstab
I added a Windows network drive (accessed using WiFi) in my fstab about a month ago:
//Server/Location/foo/bar /media/myNetworkDrive/ cifs auto,iocharset=utf8,uid=umang,credentials=/root/....
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Network print to brother MFC-7420
I am trying to pint to a Brother MFC-7420 from my ubuntu 10.04 machine.
The brother is attached to a windows XP machine and is shared.
This is what I have tried:
System->Administration->Printing,
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Permission denied when sharing folders
For some reason I've never been able to get Network shares working on Ubuntu, 12.04 nor 14.04. Although I have the desktop version, I've followed the server sharing advice here with no luck. The ...
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13.10 - Samba mount error: Could not resolve address
Basically, in Ubuntu 13.10 I can't mount a shared folder via the terminal nor fstabs, yet can access the shared folder via Nautilus and smbclient
I recently upgraded from Linux Mint 15 to Ubuntu 13....
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smbclient -M fails to send messages
I would like to send messages to a network PC (from one Ubuntu system to another).
I used this command to send a message to myself for testing:
smbclient -M myName -b
But I get this error:
message ...
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How to move multiple files over network from terminal
I am using this command
gvfs-move file smb://server/directory/file
to move files over a samba share I would like to transfer multiple files by piping the results of a gvfs-ls to the same command ...
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Unable to write to Samba NTFS share from Windows7
I've been trying to enable writing from Windows 7 to a samba share mapped to a NTFS-formatted USB Disk for the last 3 hours without any success.
I can access the mount point without any issues from ...
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I want to disappear from windows network
By this I mean to not come up as (LINUX-PC) when a windows user opens network neighbourhood.
Unplugging is not an option, as I am running a multiplayer server every now and then, which we connect to ...
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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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Mounting windows share with non-root users? [closed]
I'm having some trouble mounting shares on 11.10. I've installed pyNeighborhood through which I can mount windows shares as root. I want to be able to mount them as non-root so that I can write to the ...
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How to create a directory users can't delete (but can delete files in it)?
Is it possible to create a directory that ordinary users cannot delete, but they could create and delete files and subdirectories inside this directory? i.e. for
/share/permanent/
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File corruption issues from a Samba server to Windows and Mac clients [closed]
I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 Server as a file server. It is on the Windows Active Directory Domain (2008 SBS) and has been working well for several years (migrated to new hardware and upgraded from 8.04 a ...
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Ubuntu implementation of Windows "Previous Versions" tab?
I have implemented a FreeNAS solution and setup SMB sharing. I have also setup regular snapshots. I was pleased to find that Windows was able to see these snapshots in it's "Previous Versions&...
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samba not starting from systemctl: timeout
I attempting to set up a samba server on an ubuntu server (18.04). I needed to compile from sources since I need special support for Mac OS and time machine is which is available only in versions 4.8 ...
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cifs mount fails with "mount error(112): Host is down"
I'm trying to mount a USB drive plugged on my Technicolor router.
I have the following line in my /etc/fstab:
//192.168.1.1/usbdisk /media/public cifs guest,vers=3.0 0 0
After trying resolving the ...
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My Samba server isn't showing up in windows
I have just made a Ubuntu server (16.04.1 LTS) and I have followed all the tourials on how to make one and it is not showing up in Windows!!!
The only settings I have changes in smb.conf is
Workgroup ...
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Change permissions of windows mounted folder from linux [closed]
I mounted windows share to linux(rhel7) using
mount -t cifs -o username=<share user>,password=<share password> //WIN_PC_IP/<share name> /mnt
I successfully mounted it. From Linux ...
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