Server Message Block is a network file sharing protocol created by Microsoft
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What are .DS_Store files and why does OSX leave them on Windows shares?
Whenever I access windows shares from OSX 10.5 it leaves .DS_Store files on the remote filesystem. What are they used for, and are they necessary, and can they be prevented from being created?
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Long pause when accessing DFS namespace
We've recently migrated our Windows network to use DFS for shared files. DFS is working well, except for one annoying problem: users experience a significant delay when they try to access a DFS ...
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Preventing Mac OS X clients from polluting Windows shares with resource forks
When Mac OS X clients copy files in a Windows share, they'll create some files like .DS_Store and ._ prefixed hidden files (that I think store resource forks of the files).
How can I prevent ...
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Automatically mounting a network share as Shared Resource
we're running an ActiveDirectory environment (Windows 2008 Server, XP Clients) and want to have some shares listed as Shared Resources under the Network Neighbourhood. I do not want to map it to a ...
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SMB claimed to be “slow”
Our company network (which I believe is a windows domain run on server 2008) is painfully slow. A prime example of this is copying files over SMB - listings take minutes, and copying even modestly ...
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Does Samba work well with Windows when case-sensitive names are enabled?
I want to have a *nix Samba share accessible by Windows clients.
Samba has an option to enable or disable filename case-sensitivity. Normally for windows access, this is disabled, so that ...
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Tell me the pros and cons of using WebDAV over SSL for file server access instead of SMB
In the organisation I'm in we have a mixture of OS X and windows XP. For years the Macs have also connected via SMB to the fileserver, however it's always been a bit flaky. On OS X it's prone to ...
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2008R2 DC owning PDC FSMO role does not become Domain Master Browser
last Saturday we promoted a new virtual 2008R2 server as dc and transferred all FSMO roles to it. Today we spend all day chasing down a problem with the domain browser function.
First some ...
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How do you disable SMB printing support?
I'm running CentOS on a storage server that has to do file sharing for with Windows machines. SMB version is smbd version 3.5.5-68.fc13
I'm getting a lot of error messages in /var/log/messages ...
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How to force Windows to prompt for credentials while accessing share
By default when I access some computer's share ( typing \\hostname in Windows Explorer ) Windows passes credential of my current user. It prompts for credentials only when current user's credentials ...
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Samba server not visible from Win network
Samba 3.5 on Centos 6.3
Synopsis: I set up Samba on my linux host, but none of my Win machines on the subnet can see the host name.
My host name (WOLTEST) does not show up in any of the Win ...
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SMBD daemon spikes at 100% cpu usage when Windows 8 clients connect
I have a server running Ubuntu 12.04 running as a Samba server. The file system is an XFS formatted virtual drive on an LVM pool of physical drives.
I recently upgraded our clients to Windows 8 and ...
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Why does our Windows 7 Desktop keep continually making SMB requests to our SBS2003 server? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I deal with a compromised server?
One of our desktop machines (Win 7 64 bit) has recently been complaining of slow down, particularly when accessing resources on ...
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Accessing CIFS shares from an OS X machine incredibly slow
This is a longshot, because this issue seems over-reported and unanswered on the internet (see references below), but it is about time this issue is permanently solved.
The facts:
Server: Windows ...
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How much network overhead (and file locking issues) can I expect for 25-50 users on a Visual FoxPro 9 ERP DB via SMB/CIFS?
Alternate question title: How can I translate “This software gives me the creeps” to a business case to upper management for not buying it?
I am the IT Department for a small company which has ...
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Max (practical) files per folder on a Windows file share?
I support an internal application that stores files on a Windows Server 2003 SP2 file share. Because of how it is currently configured to store files, one folder has ~116,000 files in it (another has ...
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Linux servers in a (primarily) Windows (AD) environment
When I arrived at my current position, our environment existed almost exclusively of Windows servers. However, I am a big fan of using Linux for certain applications, like the webgallery I was asked ...
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How could I determine which SMB client/session has a specific file open on a Server 2008R2 Windows file server?
What I need is a way to associate a client name or IP address with an open file, so that I can cleanly close the file for maintenance. NET SESSION doesn't show the names of open files and NET FILE ...
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It is possible to put FreeNAS as Auth Server (SMB or LDAP), File server and Ubuntu as “Client” (Kerberos auth-pam)?
I want to configure my FreeNAS server as authentication server (user FreeNAS local user's to auth into ubuntu clients) and NAS server, of course. I have Ubuntu as clients and they are booting over ...
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Mount Mac OS X 10.7 share on CentOS?
I need to create a mount point/share on a Mac OS X 10.7.4 (non-server) machine that a CentOS 5.2 box can mount. I've searched a ton but most instances are for using a linux server and Mac client... ...
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Load balancing a Windows File Share using HA-Proxy
After pulling my hair out over DFS I just had this weird and potentially dangerous idea come into my head whereby, just possibly, I might be able to use HA-Proxy to load balance a file share between ...
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IRPStackSize and Accessing Windows 7 Shares from Windows XP clients
I received a new Windows 7 workstation (replacing an older Windows 7 workstation) and started running into errors accessing my file shares from Windows XP machines.
I get various errors that seem to ...
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Mac OSX 10.6 leaves open files on Windows Server
We've got several Mac OS X 10.6 clients who connect to our Windows 2000 & 2003 File Servers - No Active Dir, just file shares.
I'm finding that the Mac clients keep lots of connections open on ...
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Samba setup to request password reset on first time login
Is it possible to setup Samba to ask for password reset when the user first logs in without the need to setup a domain controller?
Would this work properly with Windows clients or with clients using ...
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Speeding up rsync over smb
I'm backing up a Linux box over SMB to a NAS. I mount the NAS locally and then I rsync a lot of data (100GB or so). I believe it's taking an awfully long time to do it: more than 12 hours. I would ...
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Native SMB/CIFS through ZFS or Samba Instead
I was totally unaware of native SMB/CIFS on ZFS. This wiki doc does not mention performance differences. What kind of performance differences exist between the two?
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Favorite Document Management Systems
We are a small software consulting firm with 10 programmers. We have many corporate contracts and paperwork that we currently organized in a big file share with hierarchical directories. This is ...
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Differences between Active Directory Server and PDC
The Samba documentation states quite clearly that is only capable of functioning as an NT4 style Primary Domain Controller and can not function as an Active Directory server. I manage a group of ...
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Have a Linux files server authenticating against Active Directory. Is it possible to auto-create a user's home directory?
I have a Debian box authenticating against our Active Directory and it's working well. Currently, only users who've logged into the server via SSH (against AD) have an directory they can access ...
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Windows Fileserver Allow users to manage permissions on folders they create
I have a Windows 2008 R2 Fileserver serving Win and Mac (SMB) clients. I have say 5 folders: Happy Sad Lonely Stinky and Grumpy. All of the folders should be public to domain users except Happy and ...
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Invalid argument when copying files with ? in filename on OS X
I'm trying to copy files from an AFP share to an SMB share.
Several files on the AFP share have a ? in the name. If I try to copy them, I get invalid argument'.
I don't know how the files got the ? ...
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Are there any good intranet search engines?
I'm searching for a intranet search engine which is capable of spider our intranet websites and network shares like SMB, NFS and optionaly AFP.
Ever better for us would be a search engine which is ...
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How to troubleshoot Linux in-kernel dns_resolver
Linux provides a facility that lets kernel and its modules to resolve DNS names by relying on user-space tools. This, for example, is used by CIFS to support referrals in the DFS.
The problem I'm ...
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sql server trusted connection with windows 8 microsoft account
We have a few developers that work, connecting in through a VPN for access to the development SQL Server 2012. Historically they've used Win7 machines and develop the website against this database in ...
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Slow SMB/CIFS to/from Win2008R2 Server
Dell R710 w/ Intel 82576 gigabit NIC (latest Intel drivers). I'm setting up a new Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 & so far I've installed updates & configured the File Services & Web Server ...
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Windows 8 and SMB2 Issues
We're playing with the consumer preview of Windows 8 and having issues accessing some network shares in our environment.
Basically, when I attempt to access a share directly ...
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Web-based SMB/CIFS file server
I am looking for a web-based file server which can be used to browser SMB/CIFS shares.
I want something easy to deploy (can be Windows or Linux software) and which can be used to download/upload ...
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Pros/Cons of filesharing protocols for a Mac environment
In our school division, we have a OS X Server sharing files to up to 120 Mac clients [for things like home folders and group sharepoints]. The AFP protocol is the easiest to set up and use, but that ...
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File Sharing on Windows Server to Mac OS X clients
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3229
These permissions allow a drop box to work, however, large files being transferred from a Mac client show up while transferring, then disappear. Copying to other ...
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Default file permissions when copying from Windows share to OS X
I have an issue that I haven't been able to find an answer for. I have a handful of Mac designers here that started using a program called Articulate to generate flash objects to embed on our ...
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How do I find out what version of SMB is enabled on a remote host?
My local machine is running Windows 7, which supports the latest released version of the SMB protocol (SMB 2.1). I also have a remote host, and I don't know what operating system or SMB-support ...
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Stale directory contents and “net use”
I have two Windows Server 2008 SP2 machines. Occasionally I see that when I open a file share with net use, the contents are stale. The scenario is:
net use Z: \\192.168.0.100\c$
Add a file to a ...
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How to fix OSX client to Windows share hangs?
I have 2 x MacBook Pro's (OSX 10.6.7) that access files stored on a 64-bit and a 32-bit Windows 7 PC.
The MBP clients can connect to the Windows shares and transfer files with no problem.
However, ...
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Mounting windows shares with Active Directory permissions
I've managed to get my Ubuntu (server 10.04 beta 2) box to accept logins from users with Active Directory credentials, now I'd like those users to access their permissible windows shares on a W2003 R2 ...
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Why is file sharing over internet still working, despite all firewall exceptions for filesharing being disabled?
Every exception in my windows server firewall that starts with "File and Printer Sharing" is disabled (ordered by name, so that includes domain, public (active), and private profiles).
The Network ...
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Samba log in Guest always asked
I am trying to set samba up such that: there is one shared user account that can read-only browse one dir. I have:
changed security = share to security = user
I have commented out guest account = ...
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How are CIFS and SMB related to each other?
Are they synonyms, or components of a protocol stack?
Answers with proof links are welcome.
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Port forwarding for samba
Alright, here's the setup:
Internet -> Modem -> WRT54G -> hubs -> winxp workstations & linux smb server.
Its basically a home-style distributed internet connection setup, except its at a school. ...
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NAS choices for SMB - around 8 to 12TB of raw space [closed]
We are looking to rip-and-replace our N3700 from IBM (NAS/SAN rebranded Netapp box).
The problem:
expensive annual maintenance around $7k
FC only drives that have been discontinued
only 4TB of raw ...
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How efficient is a file move on the same fileshare?
From a windows208r2 client connected to a SMB/CIFS share, I move a file from one directory to another directory on the same network share.
Does windows send a "move" command to the share, or does ...
