Questions tagged [file-sharing]
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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What is the simplest way to move an entire drive-worth of data from one server to another?
I'm tasked with moving an entire 930GB drive full of data from an old file server to a new one, and it needs to be done in a single weekend.
The old server runs 2008 R2 Standard and acts as a file ...
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What are my options in terms of controlling document management
In REF to Shared network drive with Office and delete permissions disabled leads to not being able to save
We have several businesses that are now pushing over 30+ employees and many of these ...
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Can I use DFS or a namespace to redirect the top level share e.g. \\server\redirect -> \\otherserver\share\some\path\
Let's say I have a share with a really long path. e.g.
\\targetserver\share\folder1\folder2\folderIWant.
I can use DFS to get a shorter path, e.g.
\\server\shareFolder\folderIWant
However, I was ...
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Is it possible to host a Windows share that can be accessed solely by server name? (e.g. \\server\file.txt)
DISCLAIMER: I'm simply looking for convenience here. I know that this isn't a big improvement but it's a nice to have.
There are a number of really useful tools that we host on a file share that ...
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Files saved to Samba share are randomly differing from originals?
I manage a small network of windows clients and a BSD file server running Samba 4.6.x. We had some odd issues which led to the discovery that when users save files to the server, about 12% of the ...
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Sync samba users with debian users
I've a machine running Debian 9 in which I've installed samba.
I'm trying to sync the debian users credential with the samba users credential.
My smb.conf is this:
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workgroup = WORKGROUP
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Is it possible to use Windows FSRM or alternatives on multiple servers with multiple partitions?
At my company we have multiple servers with multiple partitions that are shared for different users. Some users have rights to multiple partitions on different servers.
In order to limit the space ...
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Windows 10 connecting to external SMB share
I currently have a Synology NAS at my office that I wish to connect to remotely with SMB. This works perfectly fine on my MacBook, I use finder to connect with smb:\\<domainname>\<share>, ...
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How to give “Network Service” permissions on another non-domain computer?
I have PostgreSQL running on a Win10 Pro box (called DBServer) on my local network. I need to allow it to read files on my Dev computer (also Win10 Pro) on the same network so it can import files.
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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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How can I create a file screen for each path in this variable?
I have a script that scans a server for drives that contains shares. After that I need it to create a file screen from a template that is already created with the same script, that part works fine.
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Transfer files from windows 2008 to win7
I'm trying to transfer files from a remote win2008 server to my local pc running win7. I have the full GnuWin32 suite installed locally so basic unix utilities are available. Unfortunately, I can't ...
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Is it safe to ssh to a compromised server? [duplicate]
I have a compromised server, I want to know if I ssh to that , then the malware can also compromise my local machine (transfer a file to it and ...) or not?
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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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Hyper-V 2016 with physical RAID Disk for Files: pass through or discrete device assignment or what?
I've installed a new physical server with Hyper-V Core 2016 on it. I got "two" drives on the physical machine:
NVMe (M.2 2280 Samsung 960 Pro) with two partition:
C:\ = 80 GB = for the physical ...
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Server not appearing in Shares for Active Directory
I am trying to create a file share for a server in Active Directory, but I cannot see the server I want to use.
I have two servers, one is Windows Server 2012 R2-GUI and the other is Core. The GUI is ...
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Can I servc static files with squid?
I have a set of files which doesn't change very often. I am wondering if it is possible to avoid an additional installation of nginx or similar, if these files would be added to squid as "static" ...
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What is equivalent of smbpasswd -a on OS X Server? How to add Local Network Directory Users in Samba?
When a user is created on a Mac OS X Server 5.2 (Sierra), it can be created either on:
Local Directory (which is simply a local user)
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Local Network Directory (which is actually Open Directory ...
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Windows Server network share only accessible via localhost, even when disabling firewall
I'm running Windows Server 2016 in a home network to do stuff like file sharing. As of today, I have been unable to connect to my network shares from any computer in and outside of the network so I ...
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File sharing on specific server not working over WAN
I have an internal only SharePoint server we're in the process of migrating off of. I have administrators of the server that up until recently were always able to use the UNC path to accomplish what ...
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Files created by Samba always sets g+rwx when ACL is used
I'm using ACLs to enable rw access to both local and samba users, and noticed that group permissions is always set to rwx.
This is the ACL set on the test directory:
ubuntu@server:/test$ getfacl .
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DFS with multisite replication
I'm looking at setting up file shares at different sites across the US.
Currently there are file shares at HQ that users VPN back to. The problem is, HQ doesn't have (and cannot get) fast enough ...
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How to use Map Network Drive to store files on Windows Server 2008 R2
I use Windows Server 2008 R2.
The server is on a virtual machine.
How can I share a folder on the server, and map a drive to it?
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Server 2016 File Server Best Practices [closed]
We are going to replace our old 2008R2 file server with Server 2016. We only have about 50 shares but about 20 TB and growing of Data. I get the share permissions and NTFS and most restrictive which ...
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Set client Quotas on a windows server
I'm using winserver 2012 to Share files over a network of about 100 users. Currently anyone connected to the network has full access to the shared folders. I would like to limit each client to a ...
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Best way: Sharing large data across LAN [closed]
Problem: Small movie business using external USB hard drives to share large data between co-workers.
Problem 2: Remote access (They would also like remote access) (I can do this with a Mikrotik if I ...
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Domain users can't use domain name to access server file shares. Works fine using server IP address & Netbios name
I've set up some simple domain users to test my active directory configuration.
These users have access to several shares on the server.
When I log in using any of these profiles client machine ...
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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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Allow Non-Domain Computers To Access File Share But Require Authentication
I would like to know how to setup a file share that non-domain computers can access but still be authenticated by the credentials they provide to see what folders and files they have access too (...
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Mount filesystem from MacOS server on Windows
I have a MacOS server with a large RAID attached to it, and I would like people with accounts on the server to be able to read and write to the server from a windows machine through the file explorer.
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Granting acces for specific PCs on the Network to a Shared Drive
I've been trying to configure a Shared Drive on my Network to be accessible by only a handful of PCs on the network, but haven't been able to find a solution so far. All PCs are on the same network ...
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Serving large file downloads from another server
My current setup
I am managing a download site where some files could be over 2 GB. I am using a plugin to forbid the download directory for user and serve files from another url. For example:
If ...
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Hide a normal share when the share is already under DFS share?
I'm wondering if it is possible to hide the normal windows file server share when that same share has been published via DFS on the same server?
To clarify, say I'm running DFS on a server called ...
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Risk of FreeNAS as Virtual File Server
There is much debate as to whether FreeNAS can be run as a virtual machine.
The official position is that yes, but there is additional configuration required.
If I cannot guarantee that I can follow ...
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real time sync for file sharing servers [closed]
I run a file sharing site, which is quickly growing in popularity.
Right now my web app is on AWS elastic beanstalk so of course scales up beautifully, however my files are currently all served from ...
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Properly Created Windows Share with Different Permissions
In my network, I have 3 workstations and 1 server.
I want the user at each computer to be able to save their files to a share on the server. Each user should have their own directory.
As the names ...
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Limit who can access a folder in Windows, including encryption & administration [closed]
We want to keep our HR files on a share that only 3 people in HR can access. I'd prefer to do this on a share on our file server on a Windows box.
We need the files to be encrypted so that someone ...
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Configure OpenSSH SFTP Server to authentificate users against MySQL Database [duplicate]
Im looking for a way to authenticate the users of our OpenSSH SFTP Server against a MySQL Database. This would be nice because I want to add users through a webinterface which will write in the MySQL ...
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Enable File Sharing over Point-to-site Azure VPN
I have enabled Point-to-Site connectivity to a virtual network in my Azure environment. I am able to remotely connect to the VPN tunnel and can ping the private address of the Azure virtual machine. I ...
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Equivalent of browseable = no in Windows
What's the equivalent of the smb.conf setting browsable = no in Windows?
It's not just adding a $ to the share name to make it a hidden share.
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Sharing folder with no password from WS2012 AD to non-domain computer
I have a network with a domain on Windows Server 2012 and a few clients with Windows 7 Pro and 2 with Windows 7 Home, so I can't add them to the domain.
On server I have a shared folder with software ...
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Mount Azure Fileshare on Desktop?
I followed the instructions here and successfully mounted a file share connecting 2 VMs.
I'm wondering if it's possible to mount Azure Fileshare to my desktop running linux using a similar method:
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Can't access file share from different subnet
I'm trying to wrap my mind around why this isn't working:
Fileserver resides in a (virtual) network under a CloudStack VPC 10.1.1.0/24
Client machine is on a Physical network (also the edge router) ...
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Samba file sharing on Server 2012 R2 AD domain
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I currently have a CentOS 7 server set up as a VM host using KVM. It has a 4TB (2x2TB mirrors) ZFS array that will be used for VM and file storage. This was set up as part of a process to ...
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How can I retrieve a directory (folder) from Ubuntu Server 14.04 VM without FTP, SCP, or NFS
I am in a bit of a sticky situation. I started my current job a few months ago, and I have a web application running on an apache web server (a simple PHP-based one). I need to update this code to fix ...
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Storage/backups options for a small business server running a file server
We are upgrading our storage capacity and backup procedure where I work, and I would like to have your input on this.
We currently have a Windows Server (HP ProLiant ML310e Gen8: Xeon quad-core 3.3 ...
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Small LAN Linux fileserver and network design
We have a small LAN with a couple dozen desktop client PC's and one fileserver. Our goal is to enable the client PC's to have all storage on the fileserver and for file I/O operations to feel as if ...
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How am I granted access to a protected Windows share without entering a password?
I was logged in to a local administrator account on a Windows 2012 R2 server yesterday and noticed I was granted immediate (passwordless) access to the C$ admin share on another 2012 R2 server. These ...
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Windows 10 Pro Sharing/Samba Speed Throttling?
Does Windows 10 Pro file sharing (aka Samba) throttle its speed? Mine seems to cap out at exactly 25 megabytes per second.
My Windows 10 Pro machine is directly connected (via crossover cable) to a ...
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How to deploy files using Group Policy
I wish to share a couple files to every computer on my domain. I know I need to use Group Policy, but I'm not really sure where to go from there. I am using Windows Server 2003 R2.
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