Questions tagged [shared-folders]
Questions about sharing/shared folders in a system, network, virtual devices, cloud, etc.
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Ubuntu 22.04 - guest additions CD, shared clipboard, shared folder do not work
I had a VM with Ubuntu 21.04, I deleted it and I have made a new VM with OS Ubuntu 22.04.
On the previous OS, I was used to enable:
Guest additions CD: from menu devices>insert guest additions CD -...
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How to share a folder on Ubuntu to Raspberry Pi 3 over local WiFi network?
I am planing to buy RaspberryPi 3 and have it connected to my TV. I also have a lot of movies on Windows partition in my dual boot Ubuntu 14.04 & Win 8 machine (Win 8 isn't used, but is there). I ...
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rsync between two windows server in different vlan via an ubuntu
I was asked to sync two folders in two windows servers which are in two different vlans . and for the sake of security these servers should not ping each other but an ubuntu machine can be in both ...
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How to share files via a shared drive across multiple VM's running Ubuntu 18.04?
I am trying to share a single disk across multiple VM's. The VM's are hosted in Azure and the disk is an Azure Managed Disk. I've attached the disk to both VM's and have mounted them. I can see the ...
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mount error(112): Host is down Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs) in Raspberry Pi
I tried to mount the sharefolder given by IT team (I think it is the remote folder and I need to use Win+R to access this folder) in my raspberry pi.
It will be //100.160.90.89/TempFolder/MyShare.
I ...
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User Independant Share Folder for different user
I have a samba related question if anyone can help. I have set up samba on the Ubuntu server. I want to configure samba to allow access to my external HDD. I made 2 users, one is me who can access all ...
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How do I set up shared folders in a Windows Virtualbox guest?
I have installed VirtualBox OSE on Ubuntu 11.04 and Windows XP pro as the virtual machine.
Now I want to have a shared folder which can be accessed on both, my host Ubuntu machine, and my WinXP guest ...
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How to access the ubuntu installed in oracle virtual machine?
I have Ubuntu installed in an Oracle Virtualbox machine. The host machine is a Windows 10 installation.
How can I access the files of the client machine (Ubuntu) from the host machine?
I can access ...
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How can I monitor my Samba traffic?
I've got a directory shared on my network, using Samba. People on the netwerk use this Samba share to download files from my share to their computers. I'm interested in what files are downloaded most, ...
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How to pam_mount server shares?
I have a Ubuntu Studio 22.04.1 desktop client joined to an AD domain controller, which also serves as a file rver. I would like to automount server shares on login of any domain user.
The manpage on ...
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how to make my document file available to another user?
ubuntu 17.1. As user one I have downloaded desktop images into my downloads folder. How can I make them available to user two?
I tried to do it by copying the files to public as user one. but when ...
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The shared folders not shown in Ubuntu 22.04
I am using Ubuntu 22.04 and successfully shared folders in VMware. However, I find my mnt folder is empty. So, I use sudo mkdir /mnt/hgfs codes to make mnt have a folder named hgfs. However, the ghfs ...
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Why I get randomly "Failed to mount Windows share: Connection timed out" with VPN connection?
In Ubuntu 13.10 (everything is up-to-date) I get randomly this error popup message, during working with shared folders using a VPN connection over the internet:
Unhandled error message: Failed to ...
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How can I see a list of all my shared folders? [duplicate]
Sometimes I find directories that I left shared a long time ago but forgot to un-share. Is there a way to see a list of all my shared folders so I can remove folders that I no longer need to be shared?...
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List of all shared folders
Is there possible to list all shared folders (with their physical locations) from command line?
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Restrict user (connecting via vsftpd) to a subdirectory inside another user's home directory
I have a problem and I am not sure how to approach it. Some research has let me to different results, like configuring vsftpd, using bindfs or suggesting to move everything to another shared location, ...
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Network folder asks password everytime accessing files
Hi I am using USB HDD as NAS and I have shared it over FTP and SMB.
From windows the network folder is mapped and it is getting acessed without issues. But from Linux I am getting error while ...
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Accessing shared folder on Virtualbox 6.1 - Windows 10 host - Ubuntu 20.04 SERVER guest
I believe I did everything what was described on how to access a folder on my host - Windows 10 - from my guest - ubuntu 20.04.
However I get no results.
Guest additions are installed on my VM :
The ...
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Npm errors when installing packages on windows share
I have Ubuntu 12.10 running as a VMware guest on my Windows 8 host.
I have shared a folder on my Windows 8 Host and it is mounted in the Ubuntu guest on startup using this entry in fstab:
//myhost/...
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Windows Host Shared Folder in Ubuntu 20.04
I have used VMWare Workstation 15.5 running on Windows 10 Pro to create a VM for Ubuntu 20.04. I cannot access the shared folder in Ubuntu.
What I have done so far:
Created a shared folder called "...
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Share folder not work
I followed this 2 guides to share folder on ubuntu 20.10 (last version):
https://www.answertopia.com/ubuntu/sharing-files-between-ubuntu-and-windows-systems-with-samba/
https://manjaro.site/how-to-...
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Creating symbolic links within folders shared with the Windows host OS
So I have a project that requires a specific (and modified) version of the jdk, which I am given as a tar.gz.
I'm running a Kubuntu 17.04 in VirtualBox as a guest OS on a Windows 10 host, because the ...
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Can I set a password for ubuntu's media sharing feature?
Can I add a password to the media sharing, make it necessary to enter a password to access the files?
The media sharing option on ubuntu:
Here I can view the shared media on a different computer:
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Shared folder mounting failed
I am using Ubuntu 64 bit with a virtual box and I shared a folder between Windows (host) and Ubuntu.
In the virtual box configuration I defined the shared folder as follow:
Name (Windows) Path ...
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How to specify Samba network adapter
This question might sound crazy, and maybe it is. My folder share can only be accessed through the ip address which corresponds to my wireless adapter. If someone tried to access the share through the ...
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Virtualbox guest additions build fails on kernel upgrade from 5.11.0-46-generic to 5.13.0-30-generic on Ubuntu 20.04
I'm running Linux vbubuntu 5.11.0-46-generic #51~20.04.1-Ubuntu in a virtualbox v6.1.18 hosted on Win10
After the Ubuntu software update the shared mounts with the host are no longer accessible and ...
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How to share a disk partition between two ubuntu distributions
I have a dual boot with one ubuntu distro on each (18 and 20). Each ubuntu boots on a different partition, and are not related in any way. Now I have created an empty small ext4 partition outside of ...
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"99 99" permissions on Mac OS X shared drive
I have Mac OS X Lion and Ubuntu 12.04 installed on two separate SSDs with the my Mac OS X data on a HDD. I disabled journaling on the data drive, installed the necessary drivers, and modified the ...
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Why can't I see my shared folder from windows 10 anymore?
I am running Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS via Oracle VM VirtualBox 6.1 on Windows 10. I have one shared folder auto-mounted with full access, This has been working for a long time now, but I can't see the ...
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For some reason I can't seem to access my shared folder created on ubuntu virtualbox
I've created a shared folder on my ubuntu virtualbox to share files with my windows 10 host system. But I when I click the shared folder, it says the locations could not be displayed? I don't have the ...
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Configure shared folder to be mountable without authentication
My ultimate goal is to configure an HP Officejet Pro 8600 to save scans into a shared folder on my computer (using the "Scan to network folder" functionality of the printer).
So I have ...
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Share a local folder over the internet
Good morning,
I have a home server running Ubuntu 15.10 and I would like to share a folder over the internet (not local network) for my colleagues to access. What are the best options? FTP server?
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Ubuntu 21.10 - issues sharing folders to Windows 10
Basically before a reinstall of Ubuntu 21.10 server, via Ubuntu Desktop I was able to right click on a folder > Local Network share and I was able to share.
I think my undoing is when I try share ...
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How can I protect my CIFS attached shares from accidential deletion like 'rm -rf /'?
I have a Synology NAS and I have 2 folders from it attached in /mnt/nas-XXX via /etc/fstab like so:
//192.168.178.100/BackUps /mnt/nas-backups cifs uid=0,credentials=/home/user/.smb,iocharset=utf8,...
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Shared folder was not found - vboxsf
When I try to mount my shared folder on my Ubuntu virtual machine, I get this error:
/sbin/mount.vboxsf: shared folder '/home/john/shared' was not found (check VM settings / spelling)
I have ...
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Access Windows 10 Shared Folder from Ubuntu 18.04
I would like to share files between Windows and Ubuntu.
In Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, I could access shared folder on a Windows machine on my local network my navigating to Other locations in Files (Nautilus),...
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How to access the shared folder in Virtual Box?
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 Server (guest machine) on VirtualBox having Windows 7 as host machine.
I make a "Server12.04" named folder on my Host machine desktop & shared the same in Virtual Box (...
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Weird Samba username mapping
I have a very weird problem with Samba and username map.
The mapping file is like this:
username map = /etc/samba/users.map
Contents of /etc/samba/users.map:
master = johndoe user2 user3
regular = ...
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VSCode /etc/fstab permission denied, no access to network folders
I installed today's (29.09.2021) version of vscode via the Ubuntu Software Center.
Version:
1.60.2 7f6ab5485bbc008386c4386d08766667e155244e x64
I cannot open a folder form a network share, when I ...
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How to create a shortcut of a remote folder?
I have ubuntu-server running in VirtualBox. This VirtualBox is running on (L)ubuntu 20.04.
I want to create a shortcut for a folder present inside ubuntu-server within VirtualBox. I want to be able to ...
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Unable to use a shared folder in VBox Ubuntu guest that was upgraded from 20.10 to 21.04
The host machine is Ubuntu 20.10 Desktop with VirtualBox version 6.1.16. The guest machine was also Ubuntu 20.10 Desktop with the latest (6.1.16) VB Guest Additions. I was able to use shared folders (...
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Python 2 and Python 3 common dist packages folder
I have a little issue with my Python dist packages.
Here is a brief explanation.
I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and have Python 2.7 and Python 3.4.0 installed on it.
Furthermore, I have "pip" also.
For ...
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Cannot mount ZFS pool on remote host
I have (for testing purposes using a USB-attached drive) setup a ZFS pool that I would like to share via NFS to one client.
Note that I pretty much followed the information from this post which is not ...
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How to set up folder sharing with Lubuntu guest and Ubuntu host?
I've been using VirtualBox, currently at VirtualBox Graphical User Interface Version 6.1.16_Ubuntu r140961, for a while with several iterations of Ubuntu, currently using 20.04 as the host and two ...
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Error 255 when sharing folder on Ubuntu 12.04
I try to share folder on Ubuntu, the steps I did:
Right click on folder
I clicked sharing options
Then I clicked share this folder
Then I clicked create share
I got this message :'net usershare' ...
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Samba Share on Pi – Windows & Linux can write but not applications (Sublime, Codeblocks)
Context (irrelevant):
I was looking around the net and stack for this particular issue but couldn't find an answer. Some answers even suggested enabling guest_ok which is in my honest opinion a ...
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After uninstalling Samba, can no longer access Windows network
Ubuntu 20.04; local network with one Windows 7 and one Windows 8 machine, on a workgroup
I recently did a fresh install of Ubuntu 20.04. At first I was able to see the Windows network and access the ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 - files on network share appear as folders
After installing 20.04 (with Gnome desktop env), when I navigate through the GUI to my network share, all of the files appear as directories and I am unable to download/copy them to my local host. ...
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Shared Drive / Folder
I have a Ubuntu server at home with a static up and domains pointed to it.
I would like to allocate a folder to be used on the Home network as a shared folder where anyone on the network can read ...
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Mount cifs of shared windows folder problem
I've some issues with a windows share on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
Installed cifsutils`:
sudo apt-get install cifs-utils
Created mountpoint
sudo mkdir /mnt/temp
Trying to mount a shared folder
sudo ...
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