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Can't access Samba share from Windows

I am new to SLES and Samba so I need some help. I set up Samba on SUSE 11 successfully. I was able to create a share with no user restrictions which I managed to access from Windows. But I want to ...
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How to list Samba 4 shares using server's IP and Kerberos authentication?

I am successfully able to list the Samba 4.0.3 shares by using smbclient -L myhostname -k command. However I am unable to do the same by using smbclient -L 192.168.1.2 -k and I get the session ...
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Anonymous Samba share across subnets (without WINS?)

I'm trying to replace an old Windows 2000 server that is current set up with a number of open anonymous shares used by a legacy application that must remain in production for a few more years. I ...
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file rights on create samba server

I'd like to specify for a single user that files/folders that are created in his samba share always have 755 as file rights. Just found out how to do this globally for every samba share. Is there a ...
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Windows 7 uses always IPC$ as path when connecting to a samba share

I have a smb share : \mysmb\www When connection from Windows XP all runs fine. When connecting from Windows 7 I got an error like 'wrong password'. In smbd log I can see : Invalid ...
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linux share (samba), how to list all shares with the path to local directory actually shared

Is there a practical way, e.g. net command or other cli to get a list of all shares defined on a Linux server (Ubuntu distribution) listing not only the share name but also the full path to the local ...
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Authenticating Samba share with AD OU

I'm wanting to link Samba to Active Directory so that I can apply permissions to a share respective to the OU that windows user belongs to. Im not entirely sure of where to start, I've currently just ...
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Samba share with guest access and authenticated users for write access

I'm trying to get a shared folder to work. Everyone should have read access (preferably not even a password prompt should pop up when connecting with Windows), but a few selected users should be able ...
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Connectivity issues when running service with access to network shares on Windows 2008

Our OS is Windows Server 2008 R2. We are running a backup server on SERVER1. It runs as a service. We need it to access network shares on two other local machines (SERVER2 which is Windows Server 2003 ...
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FTP Server in windows 7 : how to make network samba shares browsable? [closed]

I got windows 7 enterprise and a Linux machine - samba. I want to point the ftp server on windows to gain access to some samba shares. I tried filezilla and many others, all of them don’t have the ...
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Samba share - windows 7 no permission to share

I just have installed Fedora 15. Connected my external HDD by USB and configured fstab. Next I installed samba and I'm trying to share this disk over my local network. I see my server and directory ...
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Samba creates two files on copy of one file

I've set up Samba share on a Centos system and all works fine except whenever I copy a file using OS X Finder to a share it makes two files, the actual file and what looks to be a log file, which has ...
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Can't access individual samba shares

I've just installed CentOS and I'm configuring Samba. I have a share with the following in the smb.conf file: [storage] comment = Main storage for all use path = /share public = yes browseable = yes ...
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Samba share running on debian-squeeze slow on first connection

When I first connect to the samba share from any windows client, it is very slow. But once it's open, it becomes fast until I leave the connection unused for a while. Are there any settings which need ...
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Samba share cannot be accessed from windows PC on a different subnet

I have set up a linux (CentOS 5) box with a samba share on a large network. The network has 2 subnets, one on 192.168/16 and one on 172.18/16. The server lives on the 172.18/16 subnet. I can ping ...
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Samba share not updating properly CentOS

I have encountered the weirdest problem ever. There is a samba share on a CentOS fileserver (let's call it SERVER). There are two types of clients Windows 7 and CentOS. So what happens: I edit a ...
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Removing a file from a network share not in the recycle bin?

A client has removed an essential file by accident from a network share, the file is not listed in the recycle bin on that system and not on the server either. Where did the file went? Client: ...
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Write-but-not-delete permissions on SAMBA

I installed samba on my linux server for public file sharing on the LAN. I works great currently, but I would like to add some security: People from LAN should be able to Read files present and Add ...
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network share encryption

what is the best practice to share network drives (samba or windows share based) with encryption? Simple PGP based key encryption? Or maybe with RSA token? Anybody, share your experience on this!
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Mac OS X system can connect to Samba share, but Windows XP can not

When accessing a server running Samba, Mac OS X opens a login window prompting for a username and password. With the correct username and password, I'm able to login and read/write to shares. Using ...