Questions tagged [shared-folders]

Questions about sharing/shared folders in a system, network, virtual devices, cloud, etc.

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how to map network drive

i need to if it's possible to map a network drive through Ubuntu and make it remain in MY COMP even if restarted or logged off "as in windows we map network drive through the following options (...
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I cannot mount the shared folder between host windows machine and virtualbox guest linux

So in the setting of virtualbox shared folder, I already has the click the set-up: auto mount and make permanent. My shared folder is named as VM-share Then I log into the terminal of guest linux to ...
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Cannot access shared floder on ubuntu from windows 10 meanwhile I have access to default Public folder

I installed samba and set this configuration below. Samba configuration file By default, I have a "Public" folder that is shared with windows and I can access it from windows with out any problem. ...
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SETFACL to not go out of /home

So I've been testing ACL's in Linux and they work as intended. I have, for example, this folder where I've stablished permissions for users belonging to the gruop share. So far, so good... lucas@...
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Share folders through a tethering connection

I have following network structure PC <-- USB cable --> Android Smartphone <--> MyWiFi IP=192.168.42.41 IP=192.168.35.115 IP=192.168.35.254 NM=255.255.255.0 NM=??? ...
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Errors of installing VMware-tools

Previously, I post a question about an error of installing VMware-tools in a Ubuntu under a virtual machine. I have not got any solution yet. So I installed another Ubuntu 14.04 LTS under the virtual ...
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One folder having two different locations on Ubuntu 18.04

I want to have the same folder at two different locations in my Ubuntu. If I update something in one, it should also get updated in the other location. How can I make it happen?
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How can i share file with virtualbox?

I want to simply send a picture and other files to a virtual box and after reading a lot from this platform I still cant find my way through it. How would one do this in the most simple way possible?
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How do I share files between a VirtualBox Windows 95 Guest and Ubuntu 18.04 Host?

I tried using the "Guest Additions CD Image" provided by VirtualBox, but it doesn't run on this old version of Windows. :( Not sure what to do. I then thought I could connect to the internet by using ...
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Can't mount samba drive

I have a shared HDD connected to my Asus router. I can't access the ftp in nautilus by ftp://192.168.1.1/My_DRIVE The problem come when I want to mount the drive at boot. This goes to /etc/fstab //...
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Apparmor profile for Chromium browser to read from VirtualBox shared folder

Were there any changes in apparmore profile for Chriomium browser since 16.04 LTS? Ubuntu 17.x was skipped. We ran 16.04, now B.Beaver. With transition to Beaver Chriomium stopped to be able to ...
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Sharing folder between Windows 10 host and Ubuntu virtual box machine

I am totally new to Ubuntu and a first timer user and been reading about this subject for a while. I have a folder on Windows that I need to be able to access from my Ubuntu VM on Virtual Box. I did ...
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(SOLVED) Dual-boot: (Windows 10, Ubuntu 18.04) Can't see files from other OS in shared NTFS partition

I'm quite new on Ubuntu and I'm still learning how Linux works. My question is simple. But first, I'll give you my context. I just got a new laptop and added Ubuntu 18.04 LTS to it, alongside ...
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Virtualbox doesn't work properly in Ubuntu 16.04.6

I can't see shared folder and hear sound from VirtualBox. Guest Addtition installed without any problems, but still doesn't work. No such problem on upper versions of Ubuntu, but I need this one.
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Cant mount smb on boot

I want to try and mount a smb shared network drive on boot. The following command works for me when I put it in a terminal. sudo mount -t cifs -o -credentials=/home/pi/.smbcredentials,vers=3.0,uid=...
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How can I create a shared folder using command line?

On a stand-alone PC, using the Live CD of Ubuntu, how can I create a shared folder using command line? After this, how can shared folder be shared with a group utilizing command line? Lastly, how can ...
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Connection Timeout on Windows Share (Network)

I have set up a shared drive on my office network, the shared drive is on a Windows 7 PC and I have connected to it on my Ubuntu 16.04 using the Network (Samba Share). I am able to use the share drive ...
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How to share folder with DOS on VirtualBox

The host is Ubuntu 10.04,and I have already installed FreeDOS on VirtualBox.Since I can't get to the Internet on FreeDOS,I hava to share some files with FreeDOS.But how? I know how to share a folder ...
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Access Ubuntu share from Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016

I've got problems with accessing shares of my Ubuntu machine from my Windows 10 PC. I already tried to edit smb.conf: min protocol = SMB2 max protocol = SMB2 client min protocol = SMB2 client max ...
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rsync -av --delete /sourceFolder/ /Mounted cifs format windows share folder/ [duplicate]

I successfully mounted a Windows share folder by editing /etc/fstab. Now I'm trying to rsync Ubuntu folders to the mounted Windows share folder in Ubuntu system. I'm using the command rsync -av --...
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Can't make shared folder for Win7 Guest

Can't make a shared folder. I try many solutions, but еру solutions did not help me. But when i type command: net use t: \\vboxsvr\msf cmd returned: Error 53. This guide doesn't help me Host: ...
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VBox shared folders not mounted under Ubuntu 18

i am using a fresh installation of windows 10 + virtual box 6 + ubuntu 18 (in the vm) i set up a shared folder in the virtual box ui after installing the guest additions, but the folder does not ...
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Auto Mount SDcard as a network share

Hy there, im new in the linux world so i apologize in advance for my dumb question. Is there any easy way to auto mount my SD-card as a network share? I am using a NUC NUC8i5BEH2 as Plex server and ...
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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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What are all these folders on the left?

I booted up Ubuntu today, and I noticed these folders in my file manager. Whenever I open the file manager now it freezes for like 2 minutes before I can do anything. And if I click on any them I get ...
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9p (libvirt/QEMU) share modes

Can anybody explain what share modes - default, mapped, passthough, squashed - mean in libvirt/QEMU configuration? I've got this share in passthrough mode. I see that inside VM it is owned by vagrant:...
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Shared folder in VirtualBox (Ubuntu and Windows 7)

I want to have a directory which is accessible on both Windows 7 installed on Ubuntu host, and the Ubuntu as well. So I have installed the Virtualbox additions on both Windows and Ubuntu. Then in ...
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How can I access shared folders on an Ubuntu host and a Windows XP guest? [duplicate]

I have installed VirtualBox 4.1.18 on Ubuntu 12.10 and I'm hosting Windows XP. I want to share a folder between Ubuntu and Windows XP. I have installed guest additions on the guest machine, but when ...
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How to access a Windows 10 shared folder using virtualbox

I'm pretty new to Ubuntu. I want to try it as my development environment, since it will be cleaner than my home PC which is filled with games and kid's homeworks. I tried different Linux distros and ...
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Copy to samba share leave

I have a samba share directly mounted from Nemo below /run/user/1000/gvfs/smb-share:domain=domain,server=myserverurl,share=share,user=user/ And I'm trying to copy files to the server. I can modify ...
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How do I trigger rsync on file modification?

I can sync folders with rsync -avz /directory /target, now I wish to do it if I changed a file in /directory so rsync should be called automatically. I am using Virtual Box and the shared folder of ...
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Inaccessible folders

I have some folders on a second hard disk, that I can't access from Ubuntu, but I can from Windows.
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Cannot browse network on Ubuntu 18.04

I have installed a clean copy of Ubuntu 18.04 If I try to load Network:/// I get 'This location could not be displayed' In terminal, smbtree does infact give me the tree for the network and I can ...
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Offline available documents from network drive

At my university im part of quite alot of network folders, is there any way that when i log into ubuntu (18.4.0.1), at set interval or by terminal command, i can download the current version of the ...
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Cannot Get Windows Shares To Work Via Samba On Ubuntu Server 18.04.1 And New Drive; Cannot Change Owner

I have a file server running 1TB HDD (sdb) with a single partition and two directories shared via Samba that are accessible by our Windows, Mac and Ubuntu computers. This setup works perfectly. I ...
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bad usage on attempting to mount

I don't understand the bad usage that is happening here. I am trying to mount a samba share (NAS) and I get mount: bad usage. I was under the impression mount is used: mount <options> <...
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I'm trying to set up a Samba share, and I can see the share from Windows but can't access it

I am trying to set up a share from Ubuntu to Windows 10. I have followed this tutorial here. I don’t understand why that tutorial says to create the "home" section in smb.conf because it doesn’t do ...
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Which application for shared latex project?

I will start working on a .tex (Latex) paper with a colleague and I would like to know if there is any application that enables both of us to work remotely on the same project, even better if github ...
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No vmhgfs file system installed to use use shared folder

After a fresh install i can't get the shared folder to mount in /mnt/hgfs. I created the hgfs directory, purged the "open-vm-tools-dkms" and reinstalled "öpen-vm-tools" as i found somewhere else. But ...
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Auto mount a shared folder using autofs service with VmwarePlayer

I'm running Ubuntu Budgie in a virtual machine using VMware Player. To mount the shared folder I use: sudo mount -t fuse.vmhgfs-fuse .host:/ /mnt/hgfs -o allow_other but I need to run the command ...
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VBox shared folders not mounted after Upgrade to Ubuntu 18 LTS

I recently upgraded to Ubuntu 18 LTS, after that I can't see shared folders content as they are not mounted under /media ... I tried to restart service with : sudo systemctl restart vboxadd-service....
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How to share files to virtual box?

I'm using Xubuntu 18.04 and have installed windows 7 in a virtual box, I want to share files to win 7 and vice - versa, So please tell me how to do that, please help.
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how do i set up a virtual box shared folder in an Ubuntu 18.04 VM on a windows 10 host? [duplicate]

i added a folder to the machine in VirtualBox, but from inside Ubuntu i can't get to the shared folder. host: windows 10 guest: ubuntu 18.04
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Connecting to a Windows network with ubuntu 16.04 LTS

I am trying to connect my Ubuntu desktop to a Windows network. I have been following guides like this. I enabled the network share, but when I try t open my network tab, I do not see my computer and ...
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Thunar doesn't show workgroup/windows pcs in windows-network tab

Thunar is unable to display the windows devices in my network from the "windows-network" tab (located under network). However, I am able to access windows devices with the following command in the ...
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Web browser can't access VirtualBox shared folder

Ubuntu guest running in virtual machine powered by Oracle VirtualBox 5.2.18. Virtualbox shared folders worked pretty well here until the upgrade from 16.04 to Bionic Beaver was conducted. After ...
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Two accounts on same computer - how can I make a share folder for both?

I need a shared folder. My wife and I need to exchange files on the same computer. How can we do that?
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cd desktop to folder on desktop

In terminal, I need to do cd desktop then cd data then ls data. Data is a folder that connects windows partition of the computer to ubuntu. cd Desktop was initially giving me an error (bash: cd: no ...
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What are these files like Zone.Identifier:$DATA and how to prevent them?

I have an ext4 drive which is available to my windows XP VirtualBox as a shared folder. When working with files across ubuntu and windows I sometimes see these autogenerated files with Zone....
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Shared folders on Ubuntu 16.04 with VM Workstation 10.0 on Win 7

The really annoying thing here is that I had this working, but reinstalled my Host OS and lost my Suspended state for the VM - on rebooting, the shares have gone. I've spent all day trying to resolve ...

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