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Canon printer on a Windows share not working
I have a windows 7 machine with a Canon MG5250 connected via USB. It is shared on the network. I have my Ubuntu 11.10 machine on the network also, which I want to print from.
I got as far as browsing ...
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Sharing internet (wireless broadband usb) with router [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I share a wireless internet connection via Ethernet with an Xbox 360?
how do i share my Internet with a router? is it as simple as going into network manager and ...
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How to share a torrent in Ubuntu server
I have uploaded a huge ISO file and I wish to share it in a torrent site (I will not name names because then there will be no soup for me). How can I share this torrent file to others.
Using Ubuntu ...
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Setting up DAAP in Banshee
Ok, so I can see and listen to music libraries from other computers on my network via Banshee (They are running Rhythmbox with DAAP enabled) but I cannot see my Banshee library from them.
I have ...
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What command can mount an SSH share and launch a file?
I have a file on another Ubuntu machine. I want to access it from my machine on my LAN. I don't want to go into Nautilus to mount the share first and then browse to the file. I want a command that ...
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Install and share Canon Lide 110 on the network
I'd like to setup my Canon Lide 110 and share it on the network so it's visible on the network and is available as a scanner. We have some Mac's on the network so ideally the scanner should be visible ...
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Protecting samba shares with ubuntu 10.04
I'm using a linux distribution based on Ubuntu 10.04 (Backtrack 5 R1).
I successfully managed to create a samba share that is read/write accessible to everyone in my network.
I want to protect this ...
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Does a Samba workgroup with spaces need quotes around it?
If my Windows workgroup is made of two words with a space in-between, does Samba's config file need quotes around the workgroup name, example: WORKGROUP = "MY WORKGROUP"
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Do I need a [MyFiles] header for each path entry?
I want to share two folders on my Ubuntu box for my W7 machine to use. I typed [MyFiles] only once, then a separate block entry for each path. When I testparmed, only the last path was shown.
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Is there a way to share a folder with a mailing-list like a google-group?
I need to share a folder of documents with the members of a google-group.
Is there an easy way to specify that (other then just listing manually the email addresses of each member of the group)?
It ...
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1answer
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How to share same Thunderbird profile between two users?
I have been using Thunderbird e-mail client with my default account in my desktop Ubuntu (Lucid Lynx).
Now, I have created another user. When I start Thunderbird when logged in this new account, I ...
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Problem sharing laptop Internet connection
I have tried to share my laptop Internet conection to a PC by configuring the Eth0 connection of my laptop with "Share with others" selected. The Eth0 connection of the PC is DHCP Automatic. It keeps ...
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Can't Share Internet Connection [closed]
I am having an Internet connection which i have to share via LAN to my friends. I have installed Ubuntu 11.10 but the problem is that i can't share the connection. As i used to do i gave eth0 (the ...
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Why is /mnt/hgfs not appearing?
This might be a basic reason, but somehow I have not been able to achieve it.
I am running a guest Kubuntu OS on a windows one, and I am trying to share a folder between OSes. The VMware tools have ...
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How to bridge connections?
I'm looking for a way to bridge my connection like the way it's done in Windows.
example
If I have an Internet connection via wifi and want to share that connection to my xbox via Ethernet
or vice ...
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Why can't other users access my SAMBA share without force user = me?
I have a samba related problem. I have a successful samba server set up on my home server. Unfortunately only my account can access the shares when force user is not set to my account (server). I ...
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Accessing an Ubuntu share from Mac OS X (Snow Leopard)
I have an external hard drive hooked up to my desktop running Ubuntu. I've shared the folder by simply right-clicking, going to Sharing Options, and clicking on 'Share this folder'.
How can I access ...
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Connecting to Windows7 share gives mount error
Hi I am having trouble with Ubuntu 11.10 to the workgroup containing windows computers.
I am getting this message when I click on the workgroup I want to access from the Ubuntu Network interface:
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Share Files over the Network - What packages?
I see a pop up that says Share Files over the Network - *This feature cannot be enabled because the required packages are not installed on your system_
Simple enough, but what packages do I need?
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Sharing any Network Connection starts a connection/disconnection loop
Am trying to Share an internet connection to another PC. I have tried doing it wirelessly and wired. Both ways when trying to share it connects and disconnects several times until failing to connect ...
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How to share an USB device(scanner) over network (from Windows to Ubuntu)?
I have a special thing: I want to share my scanner over the network. The scanner is connected to a Windows 7 machine, but I want to use it from Ubuntu 10.04...
I found some methods:
USB over ...
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2answers
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Auto-mounting network shares per user
I have a server that has a number of CIFS shares that need to be accessed on a per-user basis. For example, I have a Music share which I have full access to, but my wife has read-only access.
When ...
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How to set up a home network
I have been using windows 7 on both my home pc and my laptop and have been using the Homegroup feature to share files between machines.
Could someone please tell me how to achieve this using ubuntu ...
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Can't access nfs3 shares
Unable to access NFS shares on Ubuntu from Windows 7. It just acts like the share can't be found on network. (NET HELP MSG 1222)
on client:
added NFS features
tried "mount IP:/share z:" and the ...
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publishing shotwell albums to Flickr / Picasa
I'd like to ask two questions relating to Shotwell if I may.
Firstly: How do I alter the meta-data of the pics imported to Shotwell? I have some showing up as having been taken in 2095 and so on.
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Share files between Ubuntu 11.04 and 10.04 over LAN
I have one desktop wired to router running Ubuntu 10.04 and a laptop running 11.04 connected wireless to the same router, both accessing internet.
How do I share files between these machines?
I have ...
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Samba doesn't work on 10.10
I have dual-boot laptop ASUS K42J (with Natty 11.04. and Maverick 10.10). Natty 11.04 was freshly installed, and then after couple months I had installed Maverick alongside (just for experiment).
I ...
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NTFS file-system sharing control
I have a NTFS partition, and I want to share a folder, but I want to manage the access of the subfolders, for example this folder contains 20 subfolders, the desktop users have access to only 10 ...
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2answers
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Synchronising data between differently sized, and intermittently connected, devices
I am trying to find a solution to sharing my /home directories between my home computers. I have one desktop, with a 1TB disk, and a laptop with a 500GB disk. I also have a home server, which has a ...
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Internet pass-through to Android phone [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there a way to share my computer's internet connection with my Android 2.2.1 through usb?
Is there any way to use the "Internet pass-through" feature on Ubuntu? ...
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how do you mount network drives?
When I access a network folder using nautilus it shows up in the Places sidebar, but not in any other application's save/open Places sidebar. Why the inconsistency, and how can I add a share so every ...
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show up Linux partition on Windows
I have 5 systems that are connected to a network switch
Desktop(1) : Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Netbook(1) : Windows 7 Starter
Desktop(1) : Windows 7 Professional
Laptops(2) : Ubuntu 11.04
Now, I need to ...
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How to turn my Dell Mini 10v to become a WiFi hot spot?
On natty, how to turn my dell mini 10v to become a WiFi hot spot? i would like to share my usb broadband with my android device and ipad.
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Recommended desktop sharing setup on same network segment
I have a few headless ubuntu machines networked to a single switch running on the same network segment.
I have a main machine running ubuntu with a monitor and i want to access to other machines.
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Problem mount error 13 trying to mount NAS share
I am trying to mount a NAS share to my Ubuntu 11.04. This is my first ever Linux machine, so everything is totaly new for me.
I can access the shares from my windows at: \192.168.0.9\Packages ...
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How do I share my Ubuntu's Internet connection with a LAN (via hardware router)
I know this sort of question has been asked many times, and I've thus tried many ways to get it working, but I think my setup is a bit different from what I've seen others trying. I've got an Ubuntu ...
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Enable Personal File Sharing [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Personal file sharing error, can't find webdav package
Hi,
I'm trying to enable Personal File Sharing, but Ubuntu is telling me I need some additional packages. ...
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How to make my Ubuntu show on a Windows Workgroup
It's been a while that i'm a owner of an ubuntu (10.10) laptop. In our office every one is using windows.and our workgroup is simply WORKGROUP. i've installed samba, and it's conf is so:
workgroup ...
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Sharing home folder between Windows 7 and Ubuntu 11.04 running inside VMWare
I'm looking for a way to share my user profile between Windows 7 and Ubuntu as guest OS inside VMWare.
Are there any caveats for such an odd marriage, particularly in using NTFS with Ubuntu, on ...
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Sharing Guest Account Disabled
In Nautilus when trying to share a folder that is owned by me, i can not share it without a password (Guest Access) as seen on the image. I already installed the samba service that was needed. What ...
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Auto copy files when added to network share
I have a network share on my system to which our plotter scanner sends its scanned files. How can I write a script to automatically copy newly added files to another folder?
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Connecting to other LAN computers using their names
I have a LAN at home with my desktop and my laptop. IP addresses are allocated dynamically to both, so the IP number keep changing.
I try to connect from one to the other using places->Server, and in ...
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1answer
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How to link with a WebDAV application in Unity?
In Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick, I could go to the Places menu and click "COnnect to Server" to run a WebDAV server for my NextApp WebSharing Android application. But in Unity, I'm not sure how I achieve the ...
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LAN visibility and network sharing
I have two Ubuntu machines with wifi network cards configured as DHCP interfaces.
machine1:
inet addr:192.168.168.105 Bcast:192.168.168.255
Mask:255.255.255.0 Gateway: 192.168.168.252
machine2:
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3answers
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Cannot mount a CIFS network share over VPN
I have setup u VPN connection to our Windows 2008 server at the office and it seems to work fine.
For some reason, however, I still am not able to access the network shares over a VPN connection ...
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FreeNX could not share desktop [closed]
I could connect to the Ubuntu 10.04 desktop computer remotely on which I installed FreeNX server, selecting the Desktop options "UNIX" and "GNOME" in the NXClient. I want to share my desktop so that ...
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2answers
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How to enable Nautilus mounted remote shares in a file system dialog
I can see the remote share from nautilus and browse to it. I want to access that share from another application in this case, Eclipse - which is using the standard open file dialog.
Is there a ...
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How to create a shared folder using command line on a server
After following the tutorial here I ran into a problem. Here is what I did.
On my server I installed nfs-kernel-server and edited the /etc/exports file to include the folder I want to share:
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Sharing samba-folder with root access
I have a staging server in my network running Ubuntu server 10.10, being my main development area. As I need to access the files in the Apache root from other computers in the network, I have setup ...
