Questions tagged [shared-folders]
Questions about sharing/shared folders in a system, network, virtual devices, cloud, etc.
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"Local Network Share" Option Missing
I'm new to Ubuntu and just installed 23.04 on a new rig. I am trying to set up local network file sharing between my Ubuntu machine and my Windows laptop such that I can save/move/delete files in the ...
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fstab folder mounting not working
I was following this guide on how to mount VirtualBox shared folders. I've done every thing said in the guide. but the the folder is not auto-mounted when Ubunut is booted. i can mount it manually as ...
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Can I share an external drive with dual boot Windows and Linux
I installed a dual boot with Windows 11 and Ubuntu 22.04. I want to keep my work on an external hard drive, but I need both windows and Ubuntu to be able to run and adjust those files.
I was told Fat ...
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Can't connect to network locations in Ubuntu 22.04
Experiencing a very annoying issue where I can't connect to network shares, smb or ssh nothing works. in Other Locations > Connect to Server mouse pointer is always spinning & connect button ...
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Unable to edit shared text file between virtualbox Ubuntu 20.04 VM and Windows 11 host
I created a shared folder that I will be editing from my virtual machine. The issue is that it's impossible to edit it from Ubuntu VM while it can be edited from windows host. The file content can't ...
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How to stop network shares from disconnecting
I am using pam-mount under Ubuntu Studio 22.0.4 to connect to several shared directories on my Synology NAS. It takes a long time, but these connections die after a while. This is not a network ...
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can't connect to samba share folder from ubuntu to windows
I want to create a share folder from my ubuntu server to all my devices that are on the local network, I've created a folder in this directory /home/my_user_name/Library.
then I run chmod 777 Library ...
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Samba share not accessible anymore
I have a samba share mounted on an Ubuntu 20.04 server, here is my smb.conf file:
[global]
## Browsing/Identification ###
workgroup = ****
security = ads
realm = ****.GRP
preferred ...
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Dual-boot: (Windows 11 Pro, Ubuntu Desktop 22.10) Can't see files from other OS in shared NTFS partition
My laptop has dual boot windows 11 and Ubuntu. The problem is that I can not find files created with Ubuntu in Windows, while files created by Windows are visible in Ubuntu.
If after creating files in ...
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Permission issue with the shared folder - Oracle Virtualbox - Ubuntu guest VM
Setup: I have installed Oracle Virtualbox 6.1.40 on my Windows 11 host. Running an Ubuntu 22.04 VM.
I have logged in as a non-root (user name: bhuvan). I have successfully configured a shared folder ...
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Host Windows 10, Guest Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop LTS: copy file in shared folder from command line but can't through file manager gui
I have an Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop running as a guest OS in VirtualBox 6.1, which is running on the host Windows 10 system.
I have shared a folder from the Windows host which should be accessible to the ...
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Guide to Dual-Boot Windows 11/ Ubuntu with shared storage
I am not sure whether this is a duplicate. At least I didn't find an answer to my problem.
Following Situation:
For several reasons, I want to dual-boot my laptop with Windows 11 and Ubuntu.
I need to ...
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Mounting Share Folder on desktop in linux
When I mount the share folder, why appear 3 folder.What is wrong I setting.
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Cannot see the content of my shared folder from my hosted OS ( $USER already in vboxsf and VM already restarted )
I have a Ubuntu OS running inside a VM made on Virtualbox.
It's some time that I cannot see anymore the content of my shared folder from my Ubuntu OS. I am loading content into the shared folder form ...
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Shared drive is not automatically mounted on boot
I have a dual boot system (Windows 10 and Ubuntu 20.04 and I have created a ntfs partition for files I want to have access to from both os.
In my fstab I have included
# shared storage mount /dev/sda2
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rsync between two windows server in different vlan via an ubuntu
I was asked to sync two folders in two windows servers which are in two different vlans . and for the sake of security these servers should not ping each other but an ubuntu machine can be in both ...
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How to share files via a shared drive across multiple VM's running Ubuntu 18.04?
I am trying to share a single disk across multiple VM's. The VM's are hosted in Azure and the disk is an Azure Managed Disk. I've attached the disk to both VM's and have mounted them. I can see the ...
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How to get Virt-manager Guest to share Host Drive?
Ubuntu+MATE-22.04, Host+Guest and virt-manager
I have an Internal SATA-3 backup SSD on the Host computer with 3 Folders, "week-01," "week-02" and "week-03." The backup ...
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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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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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How to access the ubuntu installed in oracle virtual machine?
I have Ubuntu installed in an Oracle Virtualbox machine. The host machine is a Windows 10 installation.
How can I access the files of the client machine (Ubuntu) from the host machine?
I can access ...
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Shared repository for development and production in Ubuntu 20.04
I recently created a Google Cloud Ubuntu Server (20.04 LTS version) which is being used as a production web server. Now, we are using a Google Drive shared folder (which is not the ideal solution for ...
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How to pam_mount server shares?
I have a Ubuntu Studio 22.04.1 desktop client joined to an AD domain controller, which also serves as a file rver. I would like to automount server shares on login of any domain user.
The manpage on ...
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Mounted share recovery issues after target reboot
I have a share connected to a Windows shared folder. Everything normally works fine. Occasionally I need to reboot the Windows Box for different reasons. However once it comes back up, the share in ...
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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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Ubuntu 22.04 - guest additions CD, shared clipboard, shared folder do not work
I had a VM with Ubuntu 21.04, I deleted it and I have made a new VM with OS Ubuntu 22.04.
On the previous OS, I was used to enable:
Guest additions CD: from menu devices>insert guest additions CD -...
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Restrict user (connecting via vsftpd) to a subdirectory inside another user's home directory
I have a problem and I am not sure how to approach it. Some research has let me to different results, like configuring vsftpd, using bindfs or suggesting to move everything to another shared location, ...
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Having problems mapping a network drive from a windows machine on Ubuntu
I'm a long time windows user, and a complete linux noob. Most of the computers on my home network are windows machines, but I would also like to use an old laptop I have lying around, and have ...
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Network folder asks password everytime accessing files
Hi I am using USB HDD as NAS and I have shared it over FTP and SMB.
From windows the network folder is mapped and it is getting acessed without issues. But from Linux I am getting error while ...
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The shared folders not shown in Ubuntu 22.04
I am using Ubuntu 22.04 and successfully shared folders in VMware. However, I find my mnt folder is empty. So, I use sudo mkdir /mnt/hgfs codes to make mnt have a folder named hgfs. However, the ghfs ...
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Share folder not work
I followed this 2 guides to share folder on ubuntu 20.10 (last version):
https://www.answertopia.com/ubuntu/sharing-files-between-ubuntu-and-windows-systems-with-samba/
https://manjaro.site/how-to-...
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Can I set a password for ubuntu's media sharing feature?
Can I add a password to the media sharing, make it necessary to enter a password to access the files?
The media sharing option on ubuntu:
Here I can view the shared media on a different computer:
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Shared folder mounting failed
I am using Ubuntu 64 bit with a virtual box and I shared a folder between Windows (host) and Ubuntu.
In the virtual box configuration I defined the shared folder as follow:
Name (Windows) Path ...
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Virtualbox guest additions build fails on kernel upgrade from 5.11.0-46-generic to 5.13.0-30-generic on Ubuntu 20.04
I'm running Linux vbubuntu 5.11.0-46-generic #51~20.04.1-Ubuntu in a virtualbox v6.1.18 hosted on Win10
After the Ubuntu software update the shared mounts with the host are no longer accessible and ...
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Can't connect to a Windows Share folder that uses a user name and password?
I am trying to connect to a Windows Share folder. I can see it on my network, but when I enter the address of the share folder, for example smb://Server-Raid/OneDrive, I get an error message stating ...
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How to share a disk partition between two ubuntu distributions
I have a dual boot with one ubuntu distro on each (18 and 20). Each ubuntu boots on a different partition, and are not related in any way. Now I have created an empty small ext4 partition outside of ...
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Why can't I see my shared folder from windows 10 anymore?
I am running Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS via Oracle VM VirtualBox 6.1 on Windows 10. I have one shared folder auto-mounted with full access, This has been working for a long time now, but I can't see the ...
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Ubuntu 21.10 - issues sharing folders to Windows 10
Basically before a reinstall of Ubuntu 21.10 server, via Ubuntu Desktop I was able to right click on a folder > Local Network share and I was able to share.
I think my undoing is when I try share ...
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How can I protect my CIFS attached shares from accidential deletion like 'rm -rf /'?
I have a Synology NAS and I have 2 folders from it attached in /mnt/nas-XXX via /etc/fstab like so:
//192.168.178.100/BackUps /mnt/nas-backups cifs uid=0,credentials=/home/user/.smb,iocharset=utf8,...
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Weird Samba username mapping
I have a very weird problem with Samba and username map.
The mapping file is like this:
username map = /etc/samba/users.map
Contents of /etc/samba/users.map:
master = johndoe user2 user3
regular = ...
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VSCode /etc/fstab permission denied, no access to network folders
I installed today's (29.09.2021) version of vscode via the Ubuntu Software Center.
Version:
1.60.2 7f6ab5485bbc008386c4386d08766667e155244e x64
I cannot open a folder form a network share, when I ...
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How to create a shortcut of a remote folder?
I have ubuntu-server running in VirtualBox. This VirtualBox is running on (L)ubuntu 20.04.
I want to create a shortcut for a folder present inside ubuntu-server within VirtualBox. I want to be able to ...
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Access to shared folder failing
I'm trying to set up a shared folder so that only a specific user (steve) can access. Steve is the only user on my machine and the share is set up using Steve's account.
The share is set up like
On ...
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Shared folder was not found - vboxsf
When I try to mount my shared folder on my Ubuntu virtual machine, I get this error:
/sbin/mount.vboxsf: shared folder '/home/john/shared' was not found (check VM settings / spelling)
I have ...
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Cannot mount ZFS pool on remote host
I have (for testing purposes using a USB-attached drive) setup a ZFS pool that I would like to share via NFS to one client.
Note that I pretty much followed the information from this post which is not ...
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How to set up folder sharing with Lubuntu guest and Ubuntu host?
I've been using VirtualBox, currently at VirtualBox Graphical User Interface Version 6.1.16_Ubuntu r140961, for a while with several iterations of Ubuntu, currently using 20.04 as the host and two ...
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Accessing shared folder on Virtualbox 6.1 - Windows 10 host - Ubuntu 20.04 SERVER guest
I believe I did everything what was described on how to access a folder on my host - Windows 10 - from my guest - ubuntu 20.04.
However I get no results.
Guest additions are installed on my VM :
The ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 "NO LanMan password set for user"
My setup:
Server with Ubuntu 20.04 with samba shares.
HP Deskjet 8620 Pro printer.
The printer provides a feature called "Scan to network folder". It used to work with Ubuntu 16.04, but it ...
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Unable to use a shared folder in VBox Ubuntu guest that was upgraded from 20.10 to 21.04
The host machine is Ubuntu 20.10 Desktop with VirtualBox version 6.1.16. The guest machine was also Ubuntu 20.10 Desktop with the latest (6.1.16) VB Guest Additions. I was able to use shared folders (...
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Samba Share on Pi – Windows & Linux can write but not applications (Sublime, Codeblocks)
Context (irrelevant):
I was looking around the net and stack for this particular issue but couldn't find an answer. Some answers even suggested enabling guest_ok which is in my honest opinion a ...
