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Samba is the standard Windows interoperability suite of programs for Ubuntu and is also the default file server for Ubuntu.

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can't find gio mounted samba share

I'm using ubuntu-20.04 and I don't know why this gio mount command isn't simple working sometimes. I did 'gio mount smb://129.254.x.y/docu' and entered id and passwd. gvfs-mount -l (though it give me ...
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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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Sonos music library on 22.04

I have been sharing a music directory through Samba on several versions of Ubuntu, going back at least to 18.04, perhaps further, and before that on numerous releases of Red Hat. I use this shared ...
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huge log.samba-bgqd

Since updating to 22.04, samba has started to produce an additional log file named log.samba-bgqd, into which appr. every 12 minutes a block of 1,000 lines with errors is logged. The error messages ...
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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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Connect to Apple Time Capsule on 22.04 - NTLM V1

I have not been successful in connecting to my apple time capsule samba share in Ubuntu 22.04. Here is my command: sudo mount.cifs //TimeCapsuleIPAddress/Data /media/timecapsule -o vers=1.0,sec=ntlm,...
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Samba won't join computers to domain anymore

DISCLAMER: I'm still trying to fully learn and understand how to properly maintain a samba domain controller. The Problem: I had a working samba installation with AD controlle but now, just a month ...
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nested samba share

For some reason the share //192.168.1.5/NonMedia/QEveline won't mount by /etc/fstab contents. The error is mount error(13): Permission denied Why can't I mount a share as another user? this is the ...
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Mounting a SMB Shared Drive to Docker Container

I have a SMB shared drive that I am accessing from my Ubuntu OS. I need to connect to a VPN to access this shared drive. The application that I am running through a Docker container needs to access ...
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Why did Samba stop working after upgrading from Ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04?

I've recently upgraded my home server from Ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04 and it's been pretty rough. Today when attempting to connect to the file shares from Windows I got a connection refused message. I ...
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strange networking issue with only one of my Ubuntu 22.04 machines

my home network is pretty simple. 2 ubuntu 22.04 machines, a windows 11 machine and a WD nas unit. all are visible in their respective file managers. what is strange is this: Linux1 works just fine,...
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Installed Samba on Ubuntu 20.04 when the share is created it has a lock on the ICON how do I remove the lock to copy files to location

This is a very new install of 20.04 and there are no other software or add-ons that have been installed. It's green. I just installed samba and immediately after creating the directory "...
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UBUNTU 22.04 Plex Media Server. Unable to find Media

Server Version#: 1.28.2.6151-914ddd2b3 Player Version#: Web 4.87.2 This is my second time getting Plex up and running on my Ubuntu machine. I’m a complete novice at Linux and setting up Plex is among ...
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Can't see samba shares from Ubuntu

I have shared /media/user and added to smb.conf as read only on Ubuntu 20:04. I can access from my Android phone with Cx File Explorer app, but not from my Ubuntu machines (20:04 and 22:04) The ...
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Why does the samba server save files larger than 1M, and then execute the sync file twice in a row and lose it on linux ?

I found that if I saved the file below 1M through samba, and then executed sync twice in succession, the file would be lost, so I was curious about the working principle of samba. To save data through ...
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What is wrong with my smb.conf? I can browse files but not read them

I have an old Asus router with USB3 port that I have set up Samba, and it only support SMB1 (NT1) Here is my smb.conf: [global] server string = File Server workgroup = PERSONAL client lanman auth = ...
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Samba package failed to install via button

I installed Ubuntu 22.04.1 The first thing I did after that was install wsdd. The second thing I did was attempt to share the desktop folder. When I pressed the "Install Samba" button it ...
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Enable samba local master on 22.04.1?

Is there some new option I need to set to make local master work like it did in 18.04? 22.04 samba version I am trying to upgrade two of my “servers” from 18.04.6 (desktop) to 22.04.1. In 18.04 I set ...
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unable to mount location: message recipient disconnected from message bus without replying

I have Raspberry PI 3 b+ running Ubuntu Mate 18 and a macbook pro running latest OS. I'm trying to share folders between them anonymous/ guest via SMB. However, Although I can see and access the ...
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Unable to access samba file share

Obligatory "new to Linux" (ish) here, but I've recently got a home server set up with Linux/Ubuntu 22, basic nginx server etc etc. Context A little while ago, I set up a local network share ...
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mounting cifs using kerberos not getting ticket

I'm trying to mount shares on Ubuntu using Kerberos authentication, after logging using an AD account, klist outputs the following Ticket cache: FILE:/tmp/krb5cc_1320813139_Ipmgx6 Default principal: ...
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How to find a mount point of a samba share mounted by 'gio mount' command?

The other day, I have mounted a samba share using this command. gio mount smb://129.254.xx.yy/mygroup Today, I've forgotten this and tried to mount the share with the same command, and got this ...
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How to truncate domain part from username in pam_mount?

I am currently experimenting with the new Active Directory Features in Ubuntu 22.04. I joined the domain with my client and everything worked fine so far. However I want to mount the users home ...
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Unable to mount samba share on old NAS device on Ubuntu 22.04 - kernel 5.15. Works on kernel 5.13

I think the title is pretty self-explanatory. But I will attempt to shed a little more light on my problem. After upgrading to Ubuntu 22.04 and rebooting I noticed that a samba share I have on an old ...
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Samba config options allowed in usershare

I've added a usershare on Ubuntu 20.04, and can connect/read/write just fine from my Windows 10 machine. However, I wanted to be able to execute some .bat files on the mounted drive. I know I can ...
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File sharing fiasco. Dancing the samba mambo

I have three computers on a home network and I would really like to share some files but am having challenges. Your help is requested. Allow me to introduce my three computers: (Kathy) Kubuntu 20.04 ...
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cannot access NAS wd mycloudex2 ultra

I have a combined home network containing various windows machines as well as a WD MycloudEX2 Ultra. I recently became interested in trying out Linux and installed Ubuntu 22.04 to learn about the OS. ...
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After upgrade from Ubuntu 20 to Ubuntu 22, rsync copies unchanged files and changes modified time to current time

Upgraded from Ubuntu 20.04 to Ubuntu 22.04 using un-requested prompt from Ubuntu to do the upgrade. I had been running rsync in a Unix shell script from local pc to locally mounted Samba share on a ...
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How to change folder permissions on a samba file server

I have installed a samba file server on Ubuntu server machine in my office. Then I mapped the share on several various Windows PCs as a network drive. I have created folders in the root of the drive ...
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Download file with firefox or chromium snap to smb share

Firefox and chromium are installable exclusively as snaps in Ubuntu 22.04. As it seems, this leads to the following problem: files can not be up- or downloaded to or from a smb share directly. The smb ...
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Cannot change ownership of a Samba shared NTFS drive

I'm new to this so I'll be verbose. I am setting up a headless NUC as a home server. Plugged in a 4TB NTFS external drive and it got automunted(?) under /media/username/Seagate. First step was sharing ...
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Am trying to set sambashare path to whole computer

I just switched from Macos to Ubuntu and am trying to connect my devices with smb over lan. The connection works but only the "sambashare" folder is being shared. path = /home/username/...
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Multiple hosts name possible on samba server side?

I want to use 2 hostnames to access my samba server. such as like this... I mean, On my local network, I want to access the same server (everything is similar) but with 2 different names on network. ...
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"No such file or directory" goes away when using tab autocomplete. Comes back when re-doing previous command

Example: $ ls -lahF '/mnt/test/test directory 001/' total 1.0G drwxr-xr-x 2 myuser root 0 Aug 10 01:00 ./ drwxr-xr-x 2 myuser root 0 Aug 10 13:53 ../ -rwxr-xr-x 1 myuser root 1.0G Aug 10 14:00 ...
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Where is the mount point of an SMB share mounted by Nautilus on Ubuntu 22.04

I've mounted a NAS on my local network using nautilus in Ubuntu 22.04 and I can't find the mount point. I used to do this in Ubuntu 20.04 and find it in /run/user/1000/gvfs but there's nothing there. $...
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Mount Shares Permanently - mount:cifs Permission Denied

I have two machines running Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. The first is a home server which is used for network attached storage using SMB. The second is a desktop, for which I want to create a permanent mount to ...
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SAMBA - Cannot access windows shared folders with samba in ubuntu 22.04

I'm new with Samba and need help. I shared folders in windows 7 in workgroup and i can visualize them on windows and ubuntu 22.04 computer but when I try to access one of them only in ubuntu as a ...
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can't access samba share from windows 10

I have Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS. I installed samba and made a shared directory. When I try to access the shared folder from windows 10 pro it writes "Windows cannot access \ip_address\share" with ...
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Working with windows shared file in ubuntu

We are using windows(8.1 & 10) and ubuntu(20.04) in our network environment. When we open a xls,word file in ubuntu which is already opened in windows it is not prompting as a read only and also ...
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CIFS mount suddenly stopped working error 22

I have been using the following fstab entry on my ubuntu 22.04 client, for mounting a directory on an Ubuntu 20.04 server: //nas/plex /home/USER/nas/plex cifs uid=0,credentials=/home/USER/somefile,...
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Windows 98 SE and Ubuntu 20.04 Samba issues [closed]

I'm try now for hours to get a connection between my Windows 98 SE Retro PC and my Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Notebook. Both are connected to a D-LINK DIR-655 over Ethernet. Both get a IP via DHCP and can ping ...
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Any software I can use on ubuntu to mirror one of my drives to other drives on my system in order to backup my files?

I'm looking for something to use on ubuntu desktop 22.04 LTS that I can use to mirror one of my drives on my system to the other 3 drives on my system to backup my data. I am new to this. Hardware ...
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Unable to access SMB on Domain-Joined machines

Hoping someone may be able to assist, or give any tips to try and resolve this issue. I've recently spun up a new Ubuntu server and configured samba to allow windows clients easy access. I CAN ...
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How to delete a symbolic link file in the samba server

When I try to delete (or rename) a symbolic link file in the shared folder from Windows, it tell me that I don't have enough permission, whatever the target is (even it doesn't exist). The file is ...
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Samba net rpc rights grant SeDiskOperatorPrivilege: NT_STATUS_INVALID_TOKEN

I've just installed Ubuntu Server 22.04 and joining it to an existing AD as a member server. I'm following this howto: https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Setting_up_a_Share_Using_Windows_ACLs Everything'...
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NTFS hard drive is read only

I have a NTFS drive attached via SATA cable to my Ubuntu server running version 22.04. It's a Western Digital Red hard drive. I auto mounted it via fstab: UUID=C0864343244110 /home/media/...
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Why can I no longer connect to my NAS using cifs

This is curious, it stopped working on my VirtualBox Linux using lubutu 20.0.4 and my Ubuntu machine 20.04.04 at the same time. I am able to connect with Windows with no problem. However, when I use ...
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Problems with inheriting permisions in a folder system with samba

I have a server with Ubuntu 20.04 that provides some services. A few weeks ago I was asked to create a shared folder compatible with windows,so obviously samba was the option so created a new Samba ...
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Linux - How to stop users from moving folders

We have a situation where users in a factory are regularly moving folders from a shared samba drive, which in turn causes issues for the software running on the machines For example, we have a root ...
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Can't connect to NAS "Failed to retrieve share list from server. Software caused connection abort."

After restoring from a backup, Ubuntu 20.04 will not connect to my Ethernet router connected LG NAS. I had this problem when I first switched to Linux and solved it but I can't remember how. I thought ...
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