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A mechanism for allowing and mediating access to files for non-local users and programs. Such mechanisms are either built on top of local filesystems or seamlessly integrated into distributed filesystems. Common examples of file sharing mechanisms include CIFS (SMB, DFS), NFS, GlusterFS, Lustre.

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Best practice of what folders must not go to DFS-Replication File server?

I'm using The existing Windows Server 2016 DFS-Replicated file servers across 10 different locations. Each site offices in different regions and countries across the globes are replicated. However, ...
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Share access to a network drive with other users on the same Windows machine

I am using net use to mount network drives. Of course they are only visible to the current user. I am wondering is it possible to share the drive with other users? What I am trying to achieve is to ...
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Simple network resource share inhibited by catch 22 password issue

This is a very basic network I'm dealing with in which one machine in an office is running Windows Server 2016 and currently acting as nothing more than a data server with plans to leverage it for ...
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No userfolder in the user folder and in in the public network

after I create a new user ( it deosn`t matter wich kind of user) on a Windows 2008 R2 server, there is no folder for the user in the library and no folder in the public network. Should not the server ...
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Force outlook to send all attachments as google drive, s3, or one drive link

I'm trying to find a solution for a client that is constantly sending oversized (20MB+) email attachments via outlook desktop application. I'm wondering if anyone has had any success finding a way to ...
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CENTOS 7 can't edit files on a shared Windows folder

I have the following very peculiar problem: We have a Windows server 2012 R2 server with some shares on it. I'm trying to get them to share via SMB3 at the very minimum. No problem with our Windows ...
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Samba file sharing cache

Does Samba have any option for file caching over WAN (connected via VPN)? I've looked into WAN optimization, but I want something simple to setup. Setup: Linux File Server(Main Office)====WAN====...
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Windows Server 2008 r2 sharing removes local users - expected?

Sharing a folder with specific domain user removes local users from folder. Is this expected behavior? Create new folder on server (does not matter where). Add additional local users via basic ...
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Eternal file copy?

I have a file share on a Windows 7 box in my local domain network and is accessed by about 10 users, usually with no problems. Today I have a user that was trying to do a simple file copy of a 26MB ...
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Access files/ folders remotely by authentication via browser/ web [closed]

We have some requirements where we want to allow our clients/ users to download files/ folders from our file server via browser/ web. We have a many different directories created on our file server ...
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How to transfer files between systems always in the correct order?

I'm working on a web application that exists at two sites. Each system is hosted on it's own LAMP stack, with access restricted to specific users on the network. When content is updated via user ...
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Batch script - How to release a locked file for batch 'copy'

A daily windows scheduled task triggers a batch script which moves program files to a folder on a server, using a simple copy routine. rem deploy programfiles copy dailybuild\*.dll "\\myserver\...
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NetApp Data ONTAP PowerShell Get Access-Based Enumeration (ABE) Flag?

I am trying to find out what CIF Shares have the Access-Based Enumeration (ABE) flag set on them through the NetApp Data ONTAP PowerShell CMDLET. You can set it through the CLI by using controller&...
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System Error 1240 mounting network share on Server 2008

I want to share a folder from a standalone Server 2012 system on a private LAN that other servers can access without authentication. There is no domain/AD in my environment. This is usually a simple ...
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file sharing solution for a small company network [closed]

So we have a team of 9 people that need a file share on a linux server. Every person has its own laptop. Most have a linux distribution on it and some have a windows OS. For security reasons the ...
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Which machine to run cp from for fastest smb performance?

I have some huge(multi gb) files I'd like to transfer over a local network. There are three computers involved, the source computer A, the destination computer B, and probably a 3rd computer(the ...
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how to copy move files in a remote server without downloading

CURRENT ESCENARIO: REMOTE Debian VPS in an untrusted datacenter (i.e. a third party hosting provider) serving files to the Office through internet. LOCAL Office with 4 Ubuntu, Mint and Debian ...
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VxFS on both Solaris and RHEL?

I'd like to know if VxFS could be used in order to share a volume ( on a SAN mounted using FC) between a RHEL (5 or 6) and Solaris (11) host ? What I'm trying to achive is to shared a volume (from a ...
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How to access shared folders over Windows Server 2008 VPN from Windows 7 client?

I set up a VPN on Windows Server 2008 through the Routing and Remote Access Features. My goal is simple. When I'm connected to the VPN, I should be able to access the shares by server name "\...
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Server 2008 Active directory file sharing Restriction

My network scenario is: Two location connected each other through Wireless towers. 1st network ip address are 10.10.10.1 to 10.10.10.150 2nd network ip address are 10.10.10.200 to 10.10.10.254 ...
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How can I tell why I have access to a file share on Windows Server

I have a file share on a Windows 2008 R2 server in a AD domain (call it \SECURESERVER\STUFF) and I am not sure if I have the share and folder permissions set up right. I noticed the problem when I ...
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How can I add permissions for the IUSR_Machine account to a remote file share?

I have a web application which I need to grant permissions to a file share that's hosted on another machine in my DMZ. Users are accessing the application anonymously using the IUSR_Machine account ...
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View Network File Share Activity on Server Core

I have a Server Core that is being used only as a file server with clients accessing it via UNC paths. I want to "tweak" the backup routines (timings) that our external backup server uses when it ...
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Can you set CIFS permisions from EMC Command Line?

I am in the process of migrating file shares from my EMC NS-20 to my new VNXe 3100. I am using a RoboCopy script to move the files but am getting errors on some files and folders. I have Domain Admin ...
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How to enable an active/active file server cluster in windows 2008 r2 Enterprise

I've just created a cluster for my file servers in Windows 2008 R2 Ent SP1 environment. The goal - an Active/Active cluster for web server data How do I go about telling the cluster to be active for ...
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Can't enable share on clients in my network

I installed on my subnet a win 2003 server as the domain controller, with DHCP and DNS options too. the clients, win xp pro and and win 2003 server. In my clients when i log in via the domain, i don'...
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Local System doesn't have access to a folder shared to Everyone

We have two servers in the Domain (both are running Windows Server 2008)- one hosting the IIS7, and the other having files and folders. On the IIS7, we have service running as Local System, on ...
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Windows 2008 file/folder access

We just upgraded our domain to Windows 2008. I was hoping there is a way to give modify rights to all files/folders on the file server to a group. I know that the administrators group (domain admins, ...
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Advice on running back end of a split access database in small office network

I'm looking for some advice or pointers to good resources with regards to the following set up that I have in a small office. Currently I am running an access split database with files in a shared ...
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Networking, file-sharing issue

I've been assigned at this small office. They have 10 users/PCs & run a mix of Windows 7 and Windows XP and currently don't have a server. Obviously they are all connected using LAN (from a router ...
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Enable Windows file sharing in a switch connected network

There are several windows 7 PCs connecting with each other via a switch, and it's not connecting to internet. I want to be able to deploy files on one machine to the rest. Since the network is ...
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Updating AFP version on Windows Server 2003

We have a couple of Macs, running Leopard and Snow Leopard in our otherwise pure Windows environment. We cannot get file names longer than 31 characters and some times the file permissions gets ...
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What should be monitored to troubleshoot file sharing problems?

I'm running into some problems with a file share used by an ASP.NET web application. With this configuration, there are 2 web servers (win2k8 web) that connect to a file server (win2k8 enterprise), ...
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Recommend a web file sharing software please [closed]

I'm looking for a web platform to put company files at. My requirements are: should be accessible via a browser should be open source must be installable (dropbox is a no-go) must have an option to ...
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share a folder on freenas with linux as wel as windows clients

we have a freenas as a file server. how can i share a single folder with both windows and linux clients.?
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Methods to transfer files from Windows server to linux server

I need to transfer webserver-log-like-files containing periodically from windows production servers in the US to linux servers here in India. The files are ~4 MB in size each and I get about 1 file ...
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How to provide web access to interact with a file system?

I need to be able to provide web access to interact with a file system (upload/download files). In general people will access these files using sshfs but in a pinch we want people to have web access ...
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Disk usage "shown" to be extremely high on NFS share

I have an NFS share between two machines. The share is showing unusually large usage whereas it has only 4-5 files: It's "mounted" on server, shared on 999.99.999.99: root@server [~]# df -h ...
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firewall VPN location loses connection to only one file server, weirdest thing I've ever seen

Okay serverfault, please help me figure this one out... I have four locations, each connected to each location with Juniper Netscreen point to point vpns. I have a file server in the main office, ...
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OS X Client & Ubuntu Server - Best way for client to access files on server?

I've got a local development web server running Ubuntu. I also have an iMac running OS X 10.6 which I use a client and is my development machine. I'm currently have Samba server installed on my ...
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File and Printer Sharing / Samba / 139 being blocked but where

I just set up my new remote office network the problem is i cannot access shared folders to the home office (without turning on the vpn) I control the servers remotely but would really like to ...
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Question about load balancing

As the title states just a quick question about load balancing Was reading the following article: http://www.linux.com/archive/feed/46735 And it got me thinking ... We currently have a DFSR site ...
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Is it possible to forward a file request from one server to another?

I have a barely getting by file server running Windows 2008 R2 (it also is the PDC, and exchange server, and DNS and DHCP and Certificate Server) I am setting up a second server running Windows 2008 ...
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File sharing on linux / unix

is there a built in file sharing for linux or unix systems, that is not Samba / Windows based, just for sharing files between 'nix systems? And is sharing in this way supported by gnome and other ...
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NFS directories created with wrong access

I created a shared NFS resource on a server to /share and mapped that on my client machine. My problem is that even though I have defined this share on the server's /etc/exports as /share xx.xx.xx....
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How can I seperate old and new data storage, while making the data access seemless to the user?

First, I am open to suggestion on the title of this. Here is what I am looking for: I am rebuilding our file server because it’s dying, as well as space being poorly allocated. What I would like to ...
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Where does the windows file sharing account info save to?

OS: windows server 2003 When open explore and enter \\192.168.1.xxx\c$ and prompt to ask login id and password, where does this login info save to? And even if I choose not to save, seems the session ...
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Routing between two subnets. (Need Solution)

Need help according to scenario given: Client end PCs: 400 + Network : Server 1 (Linux) : 192.168.2.0/24 (For Application, Internet not working) GW: 192.168.2.1 Clients: 192.168.2.1 - 254 Server 2 ...
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Windows 2003 Server on a domain, XP client PCs on a workgroup - file share without authentication?

I have a windows 2003 server on a domain and client PCs running XP on a workgroup. I have created a file share on the server that should be accessible by the client PCs. I even set the security and ...
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File sharing problem on Windows Server 2003 x64

We have a customer that hosts our .NET application server on Windows Server 2003 x64. The problem is, its file sharing gets totally disabled after about 10-30 minutes. The only way to re-enable it is ...
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