CIFS is a virtual file system in use by samba, and Windows servers to share files between different system.
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CIFS VFS: Unexpected SMB signature
When I login to server in Text mode the following Message appearing on one of Server
CIFS VFS: Unexpected SMB signature
We are using Redhat 5.6 64 bit.
Is this serious error and how to resolve ...
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Why could mount.cifs mount an empty folder?
gentoo, kernel 3.7.10
samba 3.6.12
SMB/CIFS server: Windows Server 2003 3790 Service Pack 2
I've encountered the situation when mount.cifs behaves differently from smbclient program.
The following ...
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How do I mount a Windows folder with cifs on Raspian
I'd like to access the music library from my desktop with my Raspberry Pi, and I'd like to do this via Samba/cifs.
I did the following:
Set the folder Q:\musik as a shared folder on my Windows ...
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mount -t cifs: “Operation not supported”, but can connect via smbclient
After sysadmin replaced the NAS, I can no longer mount the network share with
sudo mount -t cifs //netgear.local/public /media/mountY -o uid=1000,iocharset=utf8,username="adam",password="password"
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Mount cifs Network Drive: write permissions and chown
I have access to a cifs network drive. When I mount it under my OSX machine, I can read and write from and to it.
When I mount the drive in ubuntu, using:
sudo mount -t cifs -o ...
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smbmount cifs share through alias source ip
On a box having samba 3.6.x and a IPv4 number plus an alias IPv4 number, is it possible to force smblient (mount.cifs) to use the second (alias) IP for mounting a windows share. Something comparable ...
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file_mode and dir_mode do not work when sharing ext3 drive via cifs
I have a ext3 drive connected to my router and shared via CIFS protocol. I wan't to mount it with certain permissions for each file/directory. Permissions are 2770 for both.
Here's my /etc/fstab ...
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Cannot mount samba share: Mount error (22)
I am trying to mount a password protected samba share.
When I access the share via smb://server/share in nautilus there is no password/user promt, it seems I am logged in as a guest and I can browse ...
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Is autofs the only open-source choice for mounting nfs and/or cifs
I've been using autofs for a number of years and was wondering if there is an alternative to autofs that would handle cifs/smb shares in a more interactive way?
When I say more interactive I'm mostly ...
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Unable to boot Xen 4.1.3 with kernel image shared through cifs
I've configured xen 4.1.3 with CentOS 6.3 and kernel version 3.5.3. I've vm images to my network shares over cifs. cifs is mounted and i can access it from my Dom0 but when try to boot vm using the ...
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CIFS vs SAMBA, What are the differences
What are the differences between CIFS and SAMBA? When would you use one over the other? Are there any performance differences between the two?
