A file server is a computer attached to a network that has the primary purpose of providing a location for shared disk access, i.e. shared storage of computer files (such as documents, sound files, photographs, movies, images, databases, etc.) that can be accessed by the workstations that are ...
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Resolving an alias to a remote server
I have what I think is called an IP alias, which is used to access a Windows file server from a Unix server. The path on Unix looks something like:
/folder/file.txt
which is somehow resolved as:
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Forcing Linux NFS client to reconnect to server after NFS is disconnected
Is there a way to force a Linux client to reconnect to a NFS server after it has lost its connection? The client eventually notices the server is back and resumes working just fine. I'm just ...
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Problem with samba shares Ubuntu server 12.04
I'm having a problem with setting up samba share permissions on Ubuntu Server LTS. I've got two shares set up in the smb.conf file. The entries look like this:
[share]
comment = Ubuntu File Server ...
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Cannot Map W7 Drive to Samba Server: Access Denied
I tried to make separate Samba accounts with different permissions, but now I can't login at all. I tried mapping a network drive from windows 7, and it says access denied every time, even though I'm ...
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How do I SSH into my Samba file server?
So I made a dedicated Samba file server on my Debian(3.2) machine. I have had great success accessing it from both Windows and Unix. I can SSH into it on the local network.
When I try to SSH into it ...
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Can I make a symlink point to different locations on different machines?
Before you say "no", a workaround would also be fine.
Here is the situation: I have two machines local and compile, both including the same ~ over nfs from a third machine files. I would like to have ...
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How do I switch from Ubuntu desktop to Ubuntu server?
I'm currently setting up a home server using a very, very old PC. It has Ubuntu 11.10 installed on it, but it can't actually handle the GUI. I want to install the server edition of Ubuntu, which is ...
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samba security share && user
This is my smb.conf:
[global]
workgroup = myworkgroup
netbios name = mercurio
server string = fileServer
security = share
map to guest = Bad User
[Share]
comment = Carella di condivisione globale
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automount nfs: autofs timeout settings for unreliable servers - how to avoid hangup?
I'm running a small server for our flat share. It's mostly a file server with some additional services. The clients are Linux machines (mostly Ubuntu, but some others Distros too) and some Mac(-Book)s ...
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GUI for mount_afp?
I have installed mount_afp, so I can access my iMac via AFP on my PowerBook G4 running Debian XFCE.
It works in Terminal (screenshot), but is there a GUI for it - like File Manager?
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What exactly is a “home directory”?
When your University sends everyone an e-mail saying
"We're sorry! One or more of our disks have failed; thus we've lost 'x' number of home directories on our servers."
Is it basically just the root ...
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Which Linux distro for a file server on old hardware? [closed]
I have an old computer that I want to install Linux on to use as a file server (for backups). My old computer has 512MB of RAM and an old Pentium processor.
Which Linux should I use?
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A small challenge to familiarize myself with Linux
I would like to learn more about Linux. I briefly went through a few books and quite a few articles online, but the only way to learn something is to actually start using it.
I would like to jump in ...
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How to power off a system but still keep it available on the network
I'm looking into installing a file server on my network, for serving data and backups.
I want this machine to be available at all times, but I would rather not keep it on all the time (as to conserve ...
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Which steps I have to follow to configure Ubuntu server with Mac and Windows workstations?
I've recently installed Ubuntu Server 10.04. I already have configured the basics and now I want to associate Windows and Mac OSX machines with the users created on Ubuntu so that when I login in one ...
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Setting up a family server
I'm very new to Unix, but after having become comfortable with bash over the past year and after having played with Ubuntu recently, I've decided to make my next computer run Ubuntu, and I think my ...
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How can I (and should I) use my Linux file server as a Time Machine backup server for my Macs?
I have two Macs that I'd like to start backing up using Time Machine, but all of my storage is attached to my Linux file server.
How can I use my Linux file server (which happens to be running Ubuntu ...
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What is the equivalent of Active Directory on Linux
I have a couple of machines at home (plus a number of Linux boxes running in VMs) and I am planning to use one of them as a centralized file server.
Since I am more a Linux user rather than a ...
