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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Ubuntu Nautilus can't see SMB file share
On my "Other locations" section, i used to be able to see my NAS server, however i had trouble with connecting to it. In the middle of poking around settings i must have messed something up ...
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Samba. Problem to folder access
Folder1 has guest access on the local network, Folder2 does not. Folders were created using the same principle, only different locations on the disk and names. What could be the problem?
sudo nano /...
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Samba quit working after router change - Ubuntu 23.10
I have had samba running for months as a fileserver. I have three Windows 7 PC connecting to the Ubuntu 23.10 samba server with read/write ability.
Last week, my cat knocked my Asus RT66U router off ...
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Disconnected Network Drive while connecting to windows using samba
We are facing an issue when we are trying to auto-mount a Samba share drive on a Windows EC2 instance. However, when we manually mount it or run the PowerShell script manually, it connects ...
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Mount file system which is a SQL Server filestream
We've got a web app (.NET 8.0) which uses the File API to save and load files from a SQL Server's FileTable. In practice, this means that the web app can rely on a "virtual" share to load ...
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Internet adapter don't work properly with different subnet masks in a multi adapter PC
I'm having some troubles trying to config a triple internet adapter configuration in my 'home made NAS server', aka a old computer like a server, using Ubuntu desktop 22.04.4 with a SAMBA share for my ...
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Ubuntu network mounts intermittently stop working
As the title says, some of the mounts work all the time, and some I need to do a restart for them to work. They always show they're mounted on my GUI but they do not work. Like I said, a restart ...
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Accessing windows servers
I have installed Ubuntu 22.04 with kde desktop. I want to access some files on windows machines on the home network. I have installed Samba. I have followed configuration instructions. When I go to ...
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Support for go file watchers with directly mounted CIFS shares
I am currently working with cifs-utils to manage CIFS shares in a Unix environment, specifically within Docker containers (ubuntu docker host). I am exploring the possibility of integrating a file ...
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Cannot mout old NAS on Ubuntu 22.04
I have an old NAS, a Synology CS407, which I want to mount on my Ubuntu server running Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS.
However, I cannot succeed in mounting it.
I have tried mounting it with NFS and SMB/CIFS, but ...
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Samba Performance between Ubuntu 23.10 and Windows 11 is slower than I believe it should be at about currently between 30 to 50+ Megs Per Second
Everytime I goto transfer files between Ubuntu 23.10 and Windows 11 Pro 23H2 it seems to be quite a bit slower than normal speeds at about between 30 and 50 or so Megs Per Second.. I am copying on ...
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Can share files be writable?
I've tried many variations of code to allow files in a shared Windows folder to be writable. Initial code in a freshly made VM was based on this tutorial.
This post has an accepted answer on which I'...
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NAS using samba not working: smbclient fails with error NT_STATUS_NOT_FOUND
I'm trying to set up a NAS using samba, but it doesn't appear to be working.
I followed the instructions here, but when trying to "Test the Share Access" smbclient fails.
$ smbclient -U ...
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Very high system load on Ubuntu 22.04, probably related to mounting Samba/CIFS shares and kernel 6.5.0-15, why? Problems started in January 2024
The short version: I have a very high system load (load is 17 with 4 CPUs), and cannot pinpoint the reason, on a 22.04.3 system with kernel 6.5.0-15-generic. But it appears to be related to the number ...
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Can’t read own samba share
I have Ubuntu 20.04 server running as a router and smb network share and a windows 10 client using the share by mapping it to drive Z.
The share is located at /home/user/public/ and is drwxrwxr-x
I ...
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mounted smb through fstab slower than dolphin browsing over smb://
I have mounted a share using fstab, in order to access its files using any application; but it is really slow. Even dolphin is slow listing folder content and sometimes freezes.
//192.168.1.7/shared /...
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VLC and MPV cannot play video files from samba share
This involves a Freebox Pop server but (see NOTE at the end) is not limited to the Freebox server, as all samba shares are affected. The Freebox has a USB entry where I have put an external 2 GB drive ...
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CIFS Mount fail - mount:bad usage or mount.cifs: bad UNC (/192.168.68.57/TrueNAS)
I’m a newb, but here I go. I’m running Ubuntu Server 23.10 and I have been trying to mount a NAS to it for days. Right up front I should mention that I have GNOME desktop installed and I can see as ...
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How to monitor Samba "LDAP" traffic?
I have Samba running as AD Domain Controller, I want to debug the LDAP connections coming to my Samba LDAP server.
I tried to raise the log level, but still I see no useful information except the very ...
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cannot access samba shares
I'm new to linux, but I'm trying to learn. I hope someone can help me out here.
I just installed ubuntu-server and i'm trying to set up some smb shares, my problem is that samba spits an the error ...
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Ubuntu server lts 22.04.3 errors && warnings while trying to download samba [duplicate]
When I try to download samba with sudo apt-get install samba I always get the same errors:
I'm very knew to ubuntu and I am following a tutorial to try and make a home server: https://youtu.be/...
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Samba traffic - Connection down
Very strange behaviour of my home network.
I connected a new pc to network, via Ethernet cable in switch.
There are also other pc connected, same way.
Since I plugged the cable, each time I open a ...
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exFAT Mounted HDD partition not mounting as specified user and instead as root
Forgive me if this question has been asked before but I have tried to find an answer to no avail leading me to write this. Please link me the solution if this or something similar has been asked.
I ...
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How to make Ubuntu stay online without a display?
So I'm using Ubuntu 22.04.3LTS as a home network, and currently it's just connected to my TV so I don't have to worry about burn in on my TV or getting another monitor that I'll just replace in 6 ...
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Mount error(22): Invalid argument
I'm new to Ubuntu and I'm having some problems mounting a NAS with CIFS
I've been searching the forums for 3 days now to find a solution that could help me.
Here is what I tested :
The command I am ...
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samba share error with file of which name includes "@"
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I use Windows to copy a file to a samba shares (Linux)
https://i.imgur.com/tN45IrF.png
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#0 name special**@**chars.html leads to error "The system cannot find the file specified&...
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GUI SFTPs won't connect to a U22 virtual server from w11
I am trying to configure a U22.04 desktop running under virtual box as a file server, with a W11 client. I have installed a VBox bridged adaptor.
I have installed samba, open-ssh and sftpd. I am ...
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Cannot connect to Samba share from Windows 11, have tried EVERYTHING
I have an old PC that I use as a server. It mostly is used for serving up Plex and family photos/videos - just three SATA drives attached for storage. The machine runs Ubuntu Server 22.04.2 installed ...
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mount windows smb to ubuntu server at boot [duplicate]
mount smb with user write/read, via cifs at boot, after network.
sudo mount -t cifs -o username=USER,password=PASS //ADDRESS/SHARE /PATH/TO/DIRECTORY/ _netdev
Can I add this to etc/fstab? Where do I ...
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Samba: Second User permission denied
i set up Samba on my home server to share a directory. I can easily access the network drives of samba with my first user (which is also my main user on the server). The second can't access any of ...
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23.10 Failing To Boot Due To smbd service
I am attempting to fix an issue with booting up my ubuntu OS, and have run out of ideas how to fix it
The issue I am seeing is that, as part of the Ubuntu boot, I see [FAILED] Failed to start smbd....
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On Ubuntu 22.04 Samba 4.15.13 with option "hide unreadable" hides all directories not having "read attributes" set in ACL
In smb.conf we set the attribute "hide unreadable = yes". After this a user can only see folders on which the ACL "read attributes" is set, although he is allowed to read and write ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 Server will not play mp4 Files from Samba File Share
I have a Web Server running Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. The Server will not play mp4 file that are mount by a samba file shares from a TrueNAS server. The mount point exists on server but when I open up Dev ...
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How to change permissions (chmod)?
I have created a folder not in /home but on other volume which is free (eventually I'd like to share the folder via Samba).
I have found the path:
/media/xduser/kingstone
I did:
cd /media/xduser/...
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How do I share a folder between Ubuntu 22.04 (client) and Windows 7 (guest) using qemu-kvm
I'm running Ubuntu 22.04 on a homemade PC: AMD Ryzen, Gigabyte X570 motherboard with a Samsung 980 Pro SSD. I've already created a few shared folders via Samba, but I'm often given the "you don't ...
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Unable to access a Samba shared folder
I've been trying to make a local backup of all my family's photos and videos for easy access due to how sluggish Dropbox has become. When I set up the Samba shared folder this showed up:
What's worse,...
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Sambashare permission issues and chgrp
Very very new to Ubuntu here and learning as I go by setting up a NAS.
I'm having an issue with Sambashare where I'm losing permissions in every subfolder aside from the root folder while accessing ...
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Weird behaviour smb.conf create mask
I have set up a samba share to connect with windows 11.
I tried to change the default permissions to -RW-RW---- with create mask = 0660
But i get -RW-R-----.
When i try create mask = 0460 i get -R--RW-...
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Share directory in Ubuntu22.04 for Windows users: not all users have access
I have made as described there
How to share directory in Ubuntu22.04 for Windows users
Finally I can access from Windows station to the shared folder (Ubuntu). Great.
But the same windows user on ...
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Cannot make Active Directory offline connection persistent
After several weeks of tries and failure, I finally need to ask for help.
For starters, I use Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, that I have setup with winbind, PAM, Kerberos.
Overall, I am trying to make a ...
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How to share directory in Ubuntu22.04 for Windows users
I have a Windows domain LAN + some Ubuntu 22.04.
I'd like to share Ubuntu folder to make it accessible to Everyone from Windows domain.
I have made this recommendation:
https://www.debugpoint.com/...
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How to auto login into a samba share?
I have two Ubuntu computers. The first is setup as a NAS, samba installed and all share folders set. Everything works great.
I also have my Ubuntu work computer. When I open up my Folder>Other ...
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fstab mount no longer working
I have an ubuntu share that I use infrequently. The last time I used it was about 11 months ago. At the time it worked. I tried searching a solution but I could not find a solution.
I have the ...
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Unable to see shared folders of another Ubuntu computer. Other computers are fine
I have a Ubuntu 22.04 media server setup with shared folders. I have set up Samba with the users and passwords. I can see the Ubuntu media server and access all the shared folders from Windows and my ...
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Unable to Install Samba on Ubuntu 23.10
I have upgraded Ubuntu 22.04 LTS to 23.10 LTS, I have tried to install Samba but I'm having a problem could you please help me to resolve it?
root@13566C-UDHAYAKUMAR:~# sudo apt install samba
Reading ...
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CIFS Windows 10 mount is read only
I am running Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS trying to mount (CIFS/Samba) an NTFS drive on Windows 10 Pro Version 22H2 (OS Build 19045.3693). I actually have it working on one of the Windows drives, but have run ...
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can not share a folder between ubuntu 22.04 and windows 11,
I am trying to share a folder between Ubuntu 22.04 and Windows 11.
The folder that I am trying to share is the public folder inside my home directory.
I can see that in Ubuntu the shared logo (the ...
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How do I get cifs mounts to not have all the files owned by root?
I have researched this problem and found advise to use the uid argument, but it is not helping.
/etc/fstab:
//192.168.0.234/Backups /home/mark/Backups cifs vers=3.0,credentials=/root/.smbCredentials ...
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Samba connection to $HOME downloading lots
I have a CIFS drive mounted in fstab to a dir in my HOME. Its a Windows system on the other side. I noticed today that conky is displaying a constant 2-4 MBps download, and a smaller but constant ...
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How to mount a Windows folder on AWS Ubuntu 22.04
We have just upgraded our server from Ubuntu 18.04 to 22.04. We can no longer mount our WinFS machine. All machines are hosted on AWS.
~$ sudo mount -a
mount error: cifs filesystem not supported by ...