Questions tagged [server-message-block]
Server Message Block is a network file sharing protocol created by Microsoft. This is the protocol used for file and printer sharing on Windows networks.
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Windows networking performance (SMB/CIFS)
Are there registry settings or other settings available to tune Windows networking (SMB/CIFS) performance?
I'm trying to get maximum throughput for large file copy operations but any settings would ...
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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 fred==FRED=...
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KB 4480970 and or KB 4480960 breaks SMB2 connections to Windows 7 shares
It's become clear that last night's (Tues Jan 8th 2019) patches to Windows 7 broke SMB2 networking in Lanman Server.
One or both of KB 4480970 and KB 4480960 results in any OS that uses SMB2 (such as ...
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what's the syntax for Accessing smb/windows shares via alternative ports?
when port forwarding on my router for port 139 to port 139 of my linux-smb based NAS is enabled running a simple \computername.dynamicipserviceX.com\sharename on windows works. However when set to any ...
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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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Prevent owner to change permissions on network share
we have a Sun Storage Appliance (7110) with a SMB/CIFS share configured. It is joined to our Active Directory. What I am trying to accomplish is: ordinary Domain Users (builtin AD-group) should have ...
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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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How to prevent samba from holding a file lock after a client disconnects?
Here I have a Samba server (Debian 5.0) thats is configured to host Windows XP profiles.
Clients connects to this server and work on their profiles directly on the samba share (the profile is not ...
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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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Is IPSec the only way to encrypt Microsoft SMB (CIFS) traffic?
I'm looking for ways to encrypt Microsoft SMB data traffic between a client and Windows server or filer appliance. This is not about encrypting the authentication but the actual data transfer.
Is ...
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TCP/IP ports necessary for CIFS/SMB operation
If I want to allow Windows networked drives between two firewalled computers, do I need to open ports 137-139, or is port 445 sufficient? I have to submit a form and get approval to open firewall ...
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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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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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Does NFS and SMB support sparse files?
This question was previously asked in stack overflow but the good folks there have recommended that i try the community over here instead.
I am researching on sparse files with regards to various ...
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How did I get this Windows share to prompt for login?
Or: "Is this a thing? And how would I check if it was?"
In an environment without a Domain Controller, when accessing a share on a Windows Server 2008 R2 box, from a remote computer without a ...
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Can "wannacrypt" (wcrypt) spread via Linux server serving over SMB?
Is it possible, or will this only spread via a Windows machine serving over SMB?
If Linux serving over SMB can spread wannacrypt, what's the approach to take?
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Why does windows (file) explorer try to connect to port 80 (http) instead just using smb?
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On an almost freshly installed pc I get a message along the lines of : "windows cannot find some-file-server-name. Check the spelling and try again"... when trying to access any fileshare....
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Windows 10 AAD Azure ad domain joined & SMB share
I have a number of Windows 10 clients domain joined to azure ad, I still have a local Windows 2012 r2 server onsite with a number of shares i wish to map to from the windows 10 clients. Bu if I try ...
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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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Using same drive for iSCSI and SMB share under FreeNAS
I'm setting up a new FreeNAS server this weekend with pretty good success, but I am stuck on one last issue.
Right now I have 2x 1.5 TB drives that I want mirrored (I was planning Software RAID 1) ...
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veto files on a Windows Share
On Linux you can just edit the smb.conf file and add a veto files setting to ignore and delete certain files, this came in really handy as both OS X and Windows love to create extra files. However, ...
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SMB2 traffic crashes network?
We've been having significant network slowdown issues over the past few weeks, primarily on a Friday morning. We run Windows 7 client machines, with Windows Server 2008 R2 servers.
What generally ...
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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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Which file sharing protocol (SMB/AFS/NFS/SMB2/SMB3) is best for an mixed client environment within an ad?
I'm just setting up NAS (FreeNAS) with ZFS and was wondering which file sharing protocol / data transfer protocol is the best to use? Has anyone experiences?
I guess i have a very typical business ...
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Measuring network throughput with netcat vs. CIFS/SMB transfer rates
I have been attempting to measure and benchmark our LAN's throughput as part of a larger project. Our LAN is constructed using cat5e and HP ProCurve 1800-24G switches which support 10/100/1000 Mbps ...
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Company VPN on same subnet as home network
My company has a PPTP VPN (I know it's not very secure) on a 192.168.1.0 /24 subnet.
For people connecting from their home networks, file sharing doesn't work if their subnet is 192.168.1.0 /24.
Some ...
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How to read fully deduplicated files over SMB on macOS?
I have a volume in Windows Server 2016 that is a target of the data deduplication role.
It works very well ~60% savings rate, with many files appearing as zero bytes on the disk.
The volume is ...
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Access Windows file share over the internet
At home I have a fileserver which is running Windows XP Pro. There are various SMB shares set up on it which can be accessed fine from within the network.
Recently there has been the need to access ...
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How to use noatime with smbfs
I am using the mount command on a Linux server to access a Windows server using smbfs. Can I use noatime to prevent read operations (such as cp on Linux) from changing the last-accessed time on files ...
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Install SMBv1 client on win10 without admin or compromising security? [closed]
This relates to Sending files from win10 to SMBv1 server? but it is broader. Feel free to edit/move/remove.
Windows 10 update 1803 removes all functionality of SMBv1 unless explicitly set so by admin,...
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Repeated SMB QUERY_PATH_INFO Packets for Windows file share
This is related to my previous question here, but I have narrowed it down and want to open another one.
I have windows 2000 server on its own domain, there is no trust between the clients domain and ...
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Benefits of iSCSI over FTP or SMB
I was wondering if there are any major advantages of using the iSCSI protocol to access a NAS over a connection via FTP or SMB (besides access speeds, which would be higher with the use of the iSCSI ...
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AFP (netatalk) vs. SMB on ubuntu server?
I set up an ubuntu fileserver. We use macs only, so I would to suggest to use the netatalk open source afp protocol for sharing. But if a windows pc would need files from the server in the future, ...
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Can't access share sometimes and some strange performance issues
I'm getting error 0x80070043 "The network name cannot be found" when accessing \\dc01 (the root), but can access shares via \\dc01\share.
When I get that error I also didn't get the network drive on ...
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Samba and Snow Leopard -- slow connects
Does anyone know if there is a root cause and solution to the OS X 10.6 Samba issues? We are seeing very slow connects from 10.6.2 to Windows Server 2003 via samba.
(smbclient connects fast every ...
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Ubuntu map CIFS / SMB share using active domain credentials without password file
Is there a way in Ubuntu 18.04 to map an SMB share when the users login without using a password file? The boxes I have are members of a Windows Active Directory domain and the users will use their ...
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Sending files from win10 to SMBv1 server? [closed]
Is it possible to only send files from a win10 machine (A), patched to disable SMBv1/CIFS client with 1803, to a very old device (B) using passwordless SMBv1 (strictly)?
I was thinking along the ...
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Incomplete directory listing when accessing a share
I have a CIFS server configured as standAlone and I am trying to access a shared folder on it via a Windows 7 client. However, not all the files in the folder are listed.
Network traces shows that ...
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