SMB is an abbreviation for samba, the program in Ubuntu that allows you to communicate with Windows computers, sharing files and folders, etc. See samba.org for more information.

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Samba smbtree No output; failed to retrieve share list

I'm using Ubuntu 12.10 on two machines, one laptop & one desktop. Faced the same problem when I used 12.04. When I try connecting to the other machine using 'Connect to Server', I give the correct ...
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How do I mount Zyxel NSA310 shares?

I have a Zyxel NSA310 NAS, which is working fine with Windows machines in the house. I've also successfully created and mounted an NFS share on the two Ubuntu machines. But I'd like to mount the ...
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Mounting with Nautilus works but fstab gives “Host is down” error?

I'm connecting to my university's VPN so I can connect to the network drive. The VPN seems to be working fine and I can connect to the drive by typing the address into Nautilus and entering my login ...
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How to back up to a FreeNAS box?

I have a FreeNAS box running 8.3, with a password protected SMB share. How would I set up deja dup to work with that share? I can switch to an AFP or NFS share, if need be.
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How to configure samba not to share or not to disply shares?

How can I configure samba so that I can connect to a WORKGROUP with boxes with diffeerent op systems but not to share or hide the shares from other boxes?
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Copy files to an SMB share as non-root user

I would like to access and copy some files to an SMB share. These commands work with sudo, no username/password is needed: mount.cifs //192.168.1.1/share ~/share/ -o rw cp *pdf share/ umount share/ ...
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changing afp to smb

Since upgrading to 12.04 Nautilus connects to my network drive using AFP. This works some of time but is very slow ans sometimes just crashes Nautilus. I'd like to use smb instead but even though I've ...
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Unable to mount OSX 10.8 file share with CIFS from Ubuntu 12.04

I am trying (and failing) to mount a share hosted on my OSX laptop, onto my Ubuntu 12.04 server. The server is a Vbox vm running on a macbook air. This is my /etc/fstab entry ...
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Windows Home Server 2011 connection issue

I am currently dual booting Ubuntu on a PC and it's all going great. However I have an issue when trying to connect to my server running Windows Home Server 2011. Ubuntu says it "Cannot mount the ...
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Problem with smb-shares in nautilus

I have major problem with SMB-shares in nautilus. When I try to copy large files it stops working after a few minuts. Sometimes I get a error message to check my internet connection but often I don't ...
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where i can find nas share drive nautilus mounted in terminal

Exactly like the title, I managed to open smb nas share from nautilus and bookmark it or map it for future access. Now i'd like to access it using terminal. I tried to find it under /mnt or /media ...
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After upgrade to 12.10 I no longer can access windows shares on the network

All of my Ubuntu machines were able to browse and connect to files shares on my Windows network. After upgrade to 12.10 I am able to browse the network and see the shares but when I click on the share ...
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Cannot access Windows Shares on Win-7 from Ubuntu 10.04 after Copied files from another Win-7

Hi I know Samba problems is all over the places. But I am through with searching none of the solution worked for me (Disable firewall, Install that lib, Config smb.conf and stuffs) Actually the ...
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Keep getting smbd errors, but apport asks questions I can't answer

What I want to know below is where to bug report the poor series of questions I'm being asked... Every time I reboot (at least), I get a crash dialog ("Sorry, Ubuntu 12.04 has experienced an internal ...
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Is 12.10 planning to add smb shares as /media besides waiting for Bug #995535 to be fixed

I love this guide found here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MountWindowsSharesPermanently but it is not working right for 12.10 in RC and this the closest I've found ...
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Slow gvfs Samba Performance

if I use/acces a Samba 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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Problems with SMB shares: Is it possible to downgrade gvfsd-smb?

Since upgrading to Raring my work using SMB-shares has become painful. Access randomly hangs, processes stop etc. I believe I suffer from this bug. My question is: can I downgrade gvfsd-smb? On ...
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Samba, can linux group permissions be determined based on user's workgroup

Running Samba on Ubuntu Server. I have a share that is accessible to anyone on the network. The shared directory is set to 775. I want Windows users that are joined to a particular workgroup to get ...
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Samba set up on Ubuntu Server for sharing with Windows 7 and XBMC on Raspberry w/ OpenElec

I spent over 8 hours trying set this up with no luck so I tore everything down and I'm starting from scratch. Here's what I've got. Fresh un-touched install of Ubuntu-server on a dedicated Dell. I ...
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Need help with samba and XBMC

I have honestly spent at least 6 to 8 hours trying to get this to work. Here's what I've got. Ubuntu-server file server Rasberry Pi with Xbian Several Windows 7 Machines I've set up a samba share ...
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How can I access a public SMB share? (no password is set)

When accessing SMB shares that are password-protected, smbclient works just fine. But when I'm trying to access shares that have no password protection (public shares), smbclient prints: tree ...
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Music lens missing showing only 12 of 787 albums. 12.10

Why does the music lens showing only 12 of 787 albums in my music collection? the music is stored on a SMB share, and as mentioned above the lens find some of the albums proving that it's not an ...
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SMB “problem connecting to server” from OS X

New 12.04 install, I set up Samba using webmin and all went well. Attempting to access the server from OS X Mountain Lion. I use "connect to..." and then enter "smb://mediacenter" I enter my ...