A free software re-implementation of the SMB/CIFS networking protocol, which provides Windows file and print services.

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Create Temporary Samba Share

Is there a possibility to temporarily share a directory per Samba? With python3 i can serve the current directory per HTTP using: python -m http.server. I'd like to do the same thing with Samba.
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How to give Read, Write Permissions using IPs in SAMBA

I want to give Read and Write access based on the IPs instead of the Users in SAMBA using smb.conf This is the Text I copied from my smb.conf file. [TEST] comment = test path = ...
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Networking and Samba from a quest OS running on qemu

I'm trying to test some software on a big endian system to ensure compatibility. My plan is to use qemu on Ubuntu 12.04 to emulate a MIPS system. So far I've been able to create the quest system ...
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Samba set share browsable only for a group

How I can configure samba to set browsable a share for a group only. I wanna hide the share for all other users, if a set browsable to yes all the users can see the share when explore. I don't want ...
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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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Where does Samba 4 store user passwords?

Where does Samba 4 store user passwords? How can I import my password hashes from Samba 3 in Samba 4? I am using my own LDAP server with samba 3, and the password hash is stored within the ...
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can't connect to samba drive in centos 6.3

#smbclient //ballzdeep/torrents Server not using user level security and no password supplied tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME Does this mean i need to require username and password ...
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Allowing write access to an SMB mounted drive

Following this guide I was able to get my Samba share to mount on my Ubuntu 12.04 system. I can navigate the folders just fine. However I cannot create a directory nor create a file. I get the ...
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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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Files replaced with Finder on Mac creating a copy on Samba's .recycle

Scenario: Ad Agency with Samba Server and multiple Mac users, 0 Windows users. vfs objects = recycle recycle:keeptree = yes recycle:repository = /storage/files/.recycle/%U Workflow: Before start ...
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Samba connection slowness after ip change

we have encountered with a problem when we chaged the samba server's ip address. There are so many OS varies from Windows,GNU/Linux, Solaris and IBM. The samba server is running on SOlaris. And all ...
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Sharing ubuntu drives with windows

I'm new to the whole Linux thing. I have a Linux server up and running and have been using this guide as a help. I have an issue with shared drives. My windows machines can see them but cant write to ...
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samba: files written to public share belong to nobody

I have setup a samba share like this: [shared] path = /home/shared/ comment = shared public = yes writable = yes printable = no I can access it from windows, but when I ...
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Deleting Non-empty Directory with smbclient

How can I remove a non-empty directory with smbclient? I have tried the following: 1) rm Result: NT_STATUS_NO_SUCH_FILE listing [dir_path] 2) recurse;rm Result: No Error but also nothing happens! ...
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Preventing access blocking while external HDD spins up?

I have an old laptop where I installed Debian along with a samba server which I am using to share read-write access to 4 external hard drives, which I use to stream my media from. All works fine, ...
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Debian based Raspberry – samba invisible unless I restart

I have a Raspberry Pi running Raspbian along with other computers on the same network. I installed, configured and started samba to share files from my home folder of the Raspberry Pi to my other ...
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Samba passwords expiring in x days - how do we fix them to not expire

We use OpenLDAP and Samba v3. Recently some Samba-defined users (no accounts on the shared linux server) started being listed in logwatch as having their passwords come up to "will expire"...I ...
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Samba's “inherit permissions” does not inherit modes for other

I have a share with "inherit permissions = yes". I have a directory in the share with mode rwxrwsr-x. If I create a subdirectory, the modes are rwxrws---. The same happens with a parent directory with ...
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How to set up an encrypted directory to be mounted only during samba access?

(This is not about restricting client access, for which ext3 permissions do the trick) I'd like to encrypt the data on my NAS drive (Buffalo LinkStation Pro with SSH access enabled, if that matters) ...
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Samba 3 on Arch Linux, streams_xattr behaviour

I'm running Samba 3.6.8-1 on my x64 Arch Linux installation. I recently decided to have my samba share support NTFS's Alternate Data Streams by using streams_xattr or streams_depot. With streams_xattr ...
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Can not mount samba share from DD-WRT

I'm trying to mount a samba share on dd-wrt. I keep getting this in the dmesg and the mount command hangs. CIFS VFS: Error connecting to IPv4 socket. Aborting operation CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed ...
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Unable to use USB through DD-WRT on a Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH2

I have a Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH2 and I'm trying to get USB support working. The original Buffalo-branded firmware would refuse to mount the USB drive, so I've followed what tutorials I've found for ...
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How to change user on SWAT page (or how to control Samba by nonprivileged user)

I logged into SWAT with my nonprivileged user, since the root account is usually disabled on modern Linux systems. I cannot control any Samba parameters by this user. Once I enable the root account, ...
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samba 4 force user

I have a directory with files owned by Linux user quux. I want to give access to it over CIFS using Samba 4 for two persons so they have different usernames foo and bar and passwords but access the ...
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Samba and Active Directory limitations

I was wondering if somebody could help me with a question on a networking assignment I have do do with Active Directory and Samba working together (I chose SAMBA). I understand using a Samba domain ...
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How to mount samba rw because everything fails

I'm trying to mount windows share on my laptop and everything mounts ok but somehow I get permission denied when I try to create new file inside mounted folder. I tried noperm, uid, gid, noacl etc. ...
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write only permissions on samba

I am busy setting up a file server in our church office (using samba on a debian machine). I would like to impliment a dropbox-like folder for each user, where othere users may deposit files. ...
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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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How to set SELinux samba policy to enable dirs deletion/renaming?

I`m lost in trouble with SELinux once more link to my previous solved Q on Samba SELinux When share's users try to delete a dir on share they fail with SELinux advertisement to solve problem do ...
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is there a way to connect SAMBA and miniDLNA

I am quite new to both, SAMBA and DLNA, so I don't know if my attempt makes sense at all. But what I try to achieve is the following: I have a client, that supports DLNA and a server that is a ...
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Unable to access Linux share from a Windows machine with NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME error

On the Linux machine I changed the smb.conf like this: [john] path = /root/john/downloads available = yes valid users = john read only = no browsable = yes public = yes writable = yes The path ...
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Samba: system group mapping

I have w2008R2 PDC and Linux server with samba and winbind. Now I'd like to add some domain users to Unix adm group in AD. Let's say I have adm group defined in AD, and every user from this group ...
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smbd crashes after logout or failed login attempt

I'm running smbd 3.6.7 on Arch. It works fine, except that it crashes when on failed login attempts and after logoff. Here is an example using the wrong password. rpcclient is run in one terminal, ...
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Windows domain account can't create files via samba share, but can do this in linux shell, why?

I'm migrating tomcat server from windows to linux (CentOS 6.3 64bit), and want to use samba to share tomcat directory to technical department staffs (windows domain users) with read+write rights. ...
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slow samba seek performance

I am using FreeBSD 9.0 RC3 (PCBSD distro) with samba 3.4.14. I am trying to access portions of several large (4 - 10 GB) files over samba using seek commands, and I am seeing that calls to the front ...
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Hidden directory in samba share

I'm using freenas and have a samba share that I'm accessing from a windows machine. When I browse to the share I can view all directories except one ("ProblemDirectory" below). I can navigate to this ...
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Automounting not working correctly for CIFS shares; weird results

I followed the guide on this page to get samba shares working via autofs: http://www.howtoforge.com/accessing_windows_or_samba_shares_using_autofs Servers and Configuration My Samba server (remote) ...
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Access Share Files on Ubuntu with Win7: error “Path cannot be found”

Yesterday I added a share folder via system-config-samba. I created a new samba user for my Windows 7 64 bit machine. At first it worked fine, the next day, I cannot access from Windows 7. I click ...
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W2K3 DC: Samba file sharing access permission problem

I want to access SAMBA shares from a Windows Server 2003 domain controller without a password. But, I am receiving a permission error each time. I'm using RedHat 5.5. # ls -l total 96 -rw------- 1 ...
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Printing to a SAMBA-share HP: Multiple copies appear

I have a Windows machine (W7.Ultimate) with a shared HP LaserJet CP1215. I have set this up via SAMBA as a shared printer on my laptop, running Fedora Core 15, using Foomatic/foo2hp. My problem ...
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Why samba is showing Absolute Path in Explorer

I setup samba between Linux and Windows. And I entered the description of data in smb.conf file [Daily_Reports] comment = Daily_Reports path = /mnt/vg-stg/New-storage/Daily_Reports/ ...
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Why can't users besides root create files in a samba share?

I am sharing a directory on one Red Hat machine via samba, and mounting it on another Red Hat machine with the following command: mount -t cifs -o guest <remotepath> <localpath> The ...
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Samba guest access

I have a home server with samba. with windows i can access and make folder(always with permission 777) like guest( no password ) without problem. But with linux, when i mkdir i can not modify this ...
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smbclient fails with message 'protocol negotiation failed: NT_STATUS_INSUFFICIENT_RESOURCES', what does it mean and how to fix it?

I'm trying to access a Windows share with smbclient and I'm getting this NT_STATUS_INSUFFICIENT_RESOURCES error, regardless of correct or incorrect credentials. The command was about listing the ...
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samba 4.03 question

I have trouble with samba, my old config from samba 3.6 don't work for 4.03 f18. The most clients windows and linux machines can r/w/c share files, but the androids users can browse the share and ...
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SAMBA, CentOS and VirtualBox. Cant reach share from windows

I think I configured my Samba fine, but I cant access the share from a Windows machine. The network is set as bridged in VB configuration and I can ping the Windows machine from CentOS. Also, I can ...
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How do I set a REG_MULTI_SZ printing registry setting using rpcclient?

I'm trying to use rpcclient to duplicate printers' registry settings, and while the other registry types seem to work, trying to set a REG_MULTI_SZ value doesn't. Example working command: rpcclient ...
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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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Samba NetSessionEnum returns error on Samba 3.6.6

Samba 3.6.6 We have a piece of software that runs on a Windows Server 2008 box that appears to use a C++ API to send a NetSessionEnum request to our Samba PDC server. From what we can tell this ...
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Windows GPO ADMX files in Samba3

I was wondering if there was a way to create ADMX files for use with clients on a Samba3 domain? Regards.

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