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Samba shares, using smb.conf or /var/lib/samba/usershare
Ok, so I caused my own problem by trying to be funny. And now I am very confused about how to fix it.
So here we go:
Our server has had 2 open shares since day one. only one of them offered windows ...
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Windows Network directory
from some time to time on my Xubuntu 12.04.2, 'Network' directory becomes active1. Inside of this directory there is one more folder - 'Windows Network'. I'm not using Samba and nothing related to ...
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Network Access Blocked by Windows 8
I have successfully disabled UEFI in order to let me boot Ubuntu 12.1 from DVD on a new HP Pavilion with Windows 8 pre-installed. The OS loads in Live mode, but there is no network connectivity to ...
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Access Windows PC over network from command line [closed]
I am trying to access a Windows PC on my network from Ubuntu using the command line. My goal is to retrieve a few files from that Windows box.
I don't have access to the Ubuntu GUI, all I can use is ...
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Connecting to windows share as guest - cannot read files
I have an HP scanner with an SD card that it shares over the network. It requires no username or password to access the files. I connect to it daily with a Windows 7 PC without problem.
I try to ...
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How to play LAN in Minecraft with one person using Ubuntu 12.10 and the other using Windows 8? [closed]
Minecraft now has an option to set up a LAN server in game. So me and my friend hook up our laptop together using a cross-over cable to play LAN. However my laptop runs Minecraft horribly in Windows 8 ...
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Connecting to existing network with Windows computers
I am currently using an Acer Aspire One KAV60 netbook and want to run it on Ubuntu 12.10. I want to add this netbook to an already existing network that consists of 3 other laptops that run on Windows ...
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Trouble connecting to wifi in Windows 7 VM
I run Ubuntu 12.10 as host and I am trying to use VirtualBox for gaming with a Windows 7 guest. I cannot, however, connect to my wireless internet in the guest. Any suggestions?
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How to network a mounted windows partition?
I'm new to Xubuntu, using Samba, and it looks like I can share the mounted Windows partition, but it does not show up on my other computer, a Windows XP laptop.
How exactly can I allow my ...
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configure simutaneous connections, one for internet, one for home/work network
I have 12.10 on my laptop and I use my cellphone to go online but when I'm home I want to be able to plug into my other laptop with just a cable. My phone will act as a router if I want and I can file ...
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How to turn on Network Discovery for Samba
I have an Ubuntu server.
Accessing the server from Windows clients works fine.
But the server is not listed among the available PCs on Windows client's Network overview.
For windows machines it ...
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FTP access to a windows machine on LAN?
I am on a LAN network on which most of the systems are Windows based and only I am using Ubuntu 12.10.
I want to access the Shared folders on these systems using my ubuntu.
I have installed samba ...
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How to let a VirtualBox guest (running Windows) access the Internet?
I have a VirtualBox virtual machine. The host machine runs Ubuntu. The guest (virtual) machine runs Windows XP.
I googled this problem, and people claim that they fixed it by changing adapter type to ...
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How do I re-install Samba?
I recently followed a guide to configure Samba but I couldn't get it configured properly. After realizing that the guide was six years out of date I thought I should start again.
I reinstalled samba ...
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How to set up Canon LBP3000 shared from Windows 7?
Ok, so I've got Canon LBP3000 attached to my HTPC/home server running Windows 7 x64. It's shared over the network and other Windows PCs can access it and use it without any problems.
Recently, I've ...
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How to share Wifi through ethernet cable to windows pc?
Ok i am right now using ubuntu 12.04 64bit, i have a small Ethernet net cable. I read somewhere that you can share your wifi from ubuntu to other pc by some editing in network settings.
Here is what ...
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Wired connection to windows ISC stopped working
I have had my Linux box connected to the internet through a Windows computer by wiring them together with a cat5 cable then the Windows is connected wireless to a router.
This setup has worked since ...
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How to access Windows share with 12.10
So I installed 12.10 on a laptop the other day. Install went fine but I have been trying for the past 2 days to get connected to a share on my Windows 7 box. I try getting there using the add server ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 and Windows 7 Network: Network password doesn't work
Look: http://youtu.be/W3J_C4wCt7k
When I try to access my Windows 7 pc, it ask for a password, I typed in the same password of the "Home Group" in Windows, but it doesn't work...
How do I fix this?
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How to make default screen (display monitor) my computer of remotely linked computer using teamviewer? or in any other software? [closed]
I am using windows 7 at work, and i use windows vista at home, and i want to do some work in my home's computer when i am in work, but i dont want to see others that something happening in my home's ...
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which command is linux's netview?
In windows, I can use netview to see all the computers on the LAN network, but what's the corresponding command on linux?
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Windows network missing from Nautilus after reboot
When I first installed Ubuntu 12.04, my Nautilus browser included a "Browse Network" section which included icons for the two Windows 7 PCs in the household. Since then, nothing has changed on either ...
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How do I add my network drive to Wine to use applications from there?
I am a new Wine user. I have a Windows PC that is sharing files to my Linux machine. I can see the stuff that I shared from my network directory but in Wine I want to be able to use those exe's that ...
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Windows computers cannot see my Ubuntu machine?
Well I have a Windows machine and also a Ubuntu laptop, my Ubuntu laptop can see everything in the network, but Windows cannot see Ubuntu. Please remember that I am an absolute beginner to Networking ...
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Wireless problem when turned off on Windows 7
I'm having little problems with wireless connection on my Ubuntu 12.04. It works, but when booting on Windows 7, then turning the wireless off(FN + F5, in my case) then rebooting to Ubuntu, it just ...
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On Ubuntu and Xubuntu 12.04, files on a Windows 7 share are viewable, but copying is at 3-4 Kbyte / sec
I have a desktop with Win7, from where I share a bunch of files. Accessing these from my Xubuntu 12.04 netbook/mediacenter is incredibly slow - often no more than 3-4 Kbyte / sec (Not Kbit), and the ...
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how to configure https in ubuntu with apache over windows azure
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I have an Ubuntu 12.04 server in Windows Azure with Apache. I have configured Apache with an SSL certificate. I can access apache on port 443 locally, so apache is correctly ...
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Why does Ubuntu really slow down the rest of my home network?
I have a Ubuntu desktop and a Windows 7 desktop. The Windows 7 machine is connected via wireless adapter and the Ubuntu desktop is connected via Ethernet. The wireless adapter is capable of 300Mbps ...
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Windows 8 RP and Xubuntu NFS server [closed]
how do i mount NFS shares on my Windows 8 Release Preview?
the Consumer Preview had "Client for NFS Services" under Add/Remove features but the Release Preview doesnt have it...
The Anonymous ID and ...
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After upgrading to 12.04 I am unable to access my Win7 file shares [closed]
I had several file share on a Win7 machine that I accessed with my Ubuntu laptop. After upgrading, I get asked repeatedly to verify my user information, even though I know I am entering the correct ...
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Problem with Samba + NetBIOS. Can't ping Ubuntu from Windows
I cannot ping my Ubuntu box from Windows. I have Samba installed and I have checked iptables and NetBIOS ports are not blocked. smbd and nmbd are both running.
I'm running Ubuntu 11.10 Server. I was ...
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College wifi works easily on LINUX, but not on WINDOWS [closed]
Weird problem.
My college has a login page for wifi.
On Linux(any distribution):
Just after connecting to the network, any attempt to access a page redirects to the login page, and I can login and ...
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Installed Ubuntu via Wubi, upgraded, now my network card appears to be fried
Okay, so here's what's been going on:
I installed Ubuntu via Wubi yesterday, worked fine. Installed Gnome shell, etc, etc. I was on it today, noticed there were a tonne of updates to install, which I ...
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Map Ubuntu drive to Windows machine
So there is plenty of answers to the opposite question but I need to be able to access and modify my files on my Ubuntu machine from my Windows 7 machine.
What have I tried already?
It looks like I ...
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How do I map Network Drives? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Correct way of mounting a Windows share
I was wondering if it was possible to map windows network drives on Ubuntu. If there is any way, please let me know how!
Thanks ...
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Can a Windows computer access Pulse sound server on an Ubuntu computer?
With help I received in this question, I set up all my Ubuntu computers so that they all access a central computer for sound output, using Pulse Audio Preferences.
I have some Windows computers as ...
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How to access dev server in Ubuntu VirtualBox guest on Windows 7 host?
I'm running a Google App Engine dev server on Ubuntu 11.10 Desktop in a VirtualBox VM, on a Windows 7 host. According to this question I have the following setup:
The VM networking is set to use ...
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Is Ubuntu visible on a Windows network?
In windows 7, after configuring the network as "home network", there is the option to create a 'home group' where all the computers on that network are visible. Can a windows machine see my Ubuntu ...
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Network Printing Requires Authentication
I am trying to print a PDF on an Ubuntu, and the printer is hooked up to my Windows desktop. Everything is going fine, but when I test-print a page, it asks me for authentication. The default username ...
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How to access shared files on Ubuntu from a windows machine?
I have shared a folder on my ext4 drive mounted at /media/data using the GUI.
Now it appears in my Places -> Network and I'm able to access it, after giving password, at smb://wim-ubuntu/ab/
...
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How can I host a website in a virtual machine?
Before you shoot this down, please let me explain what I mean....
I am running Windows, I also have a virtual machine installed that is running Ubuntu. I want to set up a website on Ubuntu (the ...
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How do I join a Windows Active Directory?
We have a "mix-mode" Lab. and we want to migrate to Ubuntu, from Windows.
In this process, how do we add Ubuntu workstations to a Windows Domain / Active Directory ('AD') setup?
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How to stream audio from Windows PC to Ubuntu over a network?
I have a Windows PC (don't worry, I almost never use it) that sometimes gets used for playing games and audio/video.
Is there a way I can stream the audio output from that PC over the network to my ...
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How can I access Windows shares after changing DNS servers (e.g. switching to OpenDNS)?
I'm on Maverick trying to access shared folders hosted on Windows machines across a home network. Mysteriously I stopped being able to see them through Nautilus (I couldn't even open Windows network ...
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Network doesn't work after installing Ubuntu 10.10. Is this a hardware failure?
Recently I installed Ubuntu 10.10 on my dev box, making a dual boot with Windows XP. Before installation, everything worked fine, but now Windows XP cannot connect to the network saying that cable is ...
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Help to setup networking in Virtualbox Ubuntu Guest from Windows vista Host
I am trying to access the MYSQL installed inside the Ubuntu Guest (In VirtualBox) from my Windows vista Host. It always says not able to find the given IP in the network.
I have tried ping the ubuntu ...
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Why won't my linux computers recognize a restarted router without a reboot themselves?
It seems every Linux machine I've ever worked on, when the router was restarted, the computer required a reboot too. All the Windows machines rejoined the network just fine. Why won't my Linux ...
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How do I build my own home network?
I'd like to have my own Ubuntu-based home network. That means, that I can access all my multimedia files from each computer.
Music/Files/Videos are on Ubuntu 10.10.
I'd like to have access to these ...
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Attaching a Windows network drive on Ubuntu
I've been setting up a dev machine over the last week and I want to be able to network the drive on my host Windows Server machine, using hyper v, to my guest Ubuntu Server machine.
Server address is ...
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Which way is the best to manage a workstation from windows server 2008?
I mean, are there any tools to manage mixed networks with Windows and Ubuntu workstations from single Windows Server 2008? Some like GPO or Windows Managment Console.
