Questions tagged [network-share]
A shared resource or network share is a device or piece of information on a computer that can be remotely accessed from another computer, typically via a local area network or an enterprise Intranet, transparently as if it were a resource in the local machine.
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Debian & Broadcom: poor performance transferring files via network
I setup a new server running Debian Bullseye with Proxmox-kernel as a NAS to host mainly video content (so in general large files). I noticed an abysmally bad performance transferring files via SMB so ...
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Files on network share say they are open by [Disconnected]
I have a Windows Server 2016 with network shared drives. All users from the company can access files on that server.
Sometimes there are files that cannot be opened, deleted, or moved. The program ...
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Find (apparently) open files from disconnect network share?
Trying to disconnect a mapped network drive, I get the below error:
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You currently have files open on X: (connected to \x.x.x.x\Share). If you don't close the files before disconnecting from ...
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Windows file share proxy for other users [closed]
A Windows 2022 office-server has 10 users. All 10 users have a shared directory on the office-server.
The administrator of the office-server has permission to a file share on another server. (as ...
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Disable file locks on a read-only Windows File Share
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On a Windows Server (2012R2 or 2016), I want to configure a file share offering a following functionality
some users, publishers group, have a write access to the share; these users are ...
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Error during Veeam SQL log backup: "Failed to flush file buffers"
My company uses Veeam Backup & Replication to make backups of our VMWare-hosted virtual machines. We use Veeam's SQL log backup feature for our MS SQL 2008 R2 server. Our backup repository resides ...
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What does registry setting EnableLinkedConnections do on a technical level?
Note: the base problem for me is to be able to access a network share that I (Win 7 admin user) have set up when I run an elevated program. Normally the elevated program will not have access to my non-...
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Server 2012 R2 - Hangs at shut down or restart
We have an odd situation with some of our servers where they don't appear to be able to shut down or restart without having to hard power them off manually.
At first I assumed it was just a one-time ...
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No write permissions on samba share
I created a samba network share on a Fedora VM, from a windows machine I can access the share in read only, I can't write on the share.
The configuration of the share is:
[net_share]
comment = ...
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IIS 7.5 - Deployed WebApp can't access network shared's folder / files
My project needs to work with some important data and print the results. I'm working with a big DB and few files located on my company's network. I need to open them, extract data, etc.. But it's not ...
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Map network drive to unavailable network share
I'm trying to build windows container with predefined network drives.
When I add RUN NET USE Z: \\myfileserver\sharedfolder, I get error:
System error 67 has occurred. The network name cannot be ...
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How to share apache /var/www using samba server in ubuntu
My issue is similar to the stackoverflow question, virtual centOS 6.2 - How to share /var/www using Samba, however I am getting the following error:
Windows cannot access \server1\dev You do not have ...
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Share folders between two EC2 instances within the same VPC
I have a number of Windows servers in EC2 on the same VPC. How can I get those machines to share folders with each other?
The closest answer I see is here: Unable to Share Data between Amazon EC2 ...
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Map a share that runs on a server not joined to the windows domain
We have a Windows domain. I have to set up a Windows server file share without joining the server to the domain and map the share as a drive on everyone's computer. They will all need RW access to the ...
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smbclient NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME with server OS SpinStream2
I'm trying to use Samba smbclient to connect to a file server managed by my technology partner, and I'm consistently getting this error message about tree connect failed. The exact details have been ...
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ADMIN$ share giving unspecified error (no credential prompt)
I've been battling a recent issue between Server 2022 (source machine on WORKGROUP) and Server 2016 (destination machine on DOMAIN). My application (Veeam VBR) needs access to the destinations ADMIN$ ...
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Unlock all Azure file share locks
I have an Azure file share (SMB) with files. When I try to rename/delete a file I get an "The specified resource may be in use by an SMB client" error. There are multiple servers that connect to this ...
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Windows Server 2022 - Port 445/TCP Not Accessible from other machines
I have two physical copies of Windows Server 2022 running, both machines have firewalls completely disabled. I have enabled file and folder sharing on both machines on the domain, private and public ...
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Shared folder accessible from Windows 11 but not from Windows 10
I have a shared folder on Windows Server 2022 that I can access from my Windows 11 computers.
Accessing it from a Windows 10 computer fails with error code 0x80004005.
I've explored troubleshooting ...
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Cannot access server shares via VPN
I have set up a my server to accept VPN connections. My users primarily use VPN to access the server shares files. Everything was working fine until one day I was doing some work on the file system ...
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SMB connection to server fails with "The Network path was not found", SMB attempts to connect over HTTP
Issues with one user unable to connect to any SMB shares on any Windows Servers. The user and shares are in different domains, that have a trust between the domains. The user has permission to the ...
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Network share (avahi broadcasted) not listed under Locations in MacOS Finder
I have two servers. One ubuntu (jammy), the other debian (buster) both running samba shares. If I configure "fruit:model" in smb.conf, the network share appears in finder but the icon under ...
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Cache writes with cachefilesd (non-shared mode) on Linux
I'm using cachefilesd as a read-cache for an NFS share. This is simple to set up and does what is says.
However, I would like to also cache written files. I.e., if I write some.file, and then I read ...
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What am I doing wrong? access-based enumeration not working with share-subfolders
Create a share D:\Shares\DATA_AUTH_TEST. Make sure ABE is enabled,
DOMAIN USERS is granted read permission.
Create a folder in D:\Shares\DATA_AUTH_TEST\USER1, Disable inheritance, grant full control ...
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How to mount a windows administrative share on linux via SMB
I'm currently trying to mount a windows shared drive under linux.
The machine is using windows 7 and by default it shares all windows drives if you login as an administrator. I've been able to login ...
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Windows: Can't create files on admin$ share even as administrator
Using Win10 x64 Pro.
In the past I was to be able to copy and files to \mylocalmachine\admin$ when using an account that is an administrator of the system. However, now I can only list and read files,...
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Getting error 1219 while there are no other sessions
PC's in our organisation run Windows 10 Pro and are sometimes shared between users (local accounts, no domain and AD).
I have written a batch script that users execute when mounting our network ...
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Robocopy getting access denied but Copy isn't
For Offline work purposes, I was asked to copy users Network drive to their local machines and then from that point forward keep the two sync'd up.
I am having a weirdly hard time even starting this ...
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How to delete cached temporarily credentials for a network share on a Windows machine without rebooting or logging off [duplicate]
This is more of a curiosity then a real problem, I am just to lazy to reboot or log off my laptop.
I have connected to a network share on a Windows server with domain credentials from a non-domain ...
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Connect to Synology NAS with AD computer account
I need to access a Synology SMB shared folder with the use of a computer account.
I have joined the Synology to the domain, but I only see the user accounts and even adding Domain Computers to the ...
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How to allow Domain Group access to IIS Virtual Directory (Remote Directory)
I am trying to configure a virtual directory in Internet Information Services, this virtual directory exposes a shared folder that is on a different server.
For example, IIS is on Server A and the ...
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Windows slow browse of SAMBA share with File Explorer
When browsing a SAMBA file server, File Explorer takes a very long time (60+ secs) to load a share. If I view the same share on the command line with the following command, it returns the listing ...
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Accessing Windows file server by alias name
What could be the possible problems with accessing a Windows file server shares using a DNS CNAME instead of the actual computer name? The file server is joined to an Active Directory domain, but is ...
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How can I get a computer to show the same shares when connecting to its IP address that appear when connecting to the name?
On a workgroup Windows network if I ping server it correctly returns 10.47.20.2.
If I browse for \\server (right click on windows icon, run and type in \\server) it only shows one folder (the folder ...
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Is it possible to allow users to see only the files/folders they have created in a windows (server 2016 ) shared folder?
a shared folder has been created z://networkshare/workfolder/
user1 has created a file file1.doc and saved to z: drive
user2 has created a file file2.doc and saved to z: drive
Currently both users can ...
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TCP capture show different user when attempting SMB connection
I'm attempting to map a SMB share on an Isilon server in windows 10. I have Ubuntu and Windows computers on the same network, can mount the SMB fine on the Ubuntu machine. But when trying windows ...
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Migrating to another AD domain/forest: advice needed on handling of GPO-based software installations and existing file shares
We have been administering 3 AD 2019 servers serving around 150 Windows 10 clients, in a single AD domain. As part of an organization merging, a single AD domain will be created and a task to migrate ...
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How to show administrative shares in Windows Server 2012's Server Manager?
How do I make default administrative shares visible in File and Storage Services, in the Windows Server 2012 Server Manager?
With the Computer Management MMC add-in all shares hosted by a server ...
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How is case sensitivity handled for SMB share names?
\\host.example.com\ShareName\Tail\Components
|______________| |_______| |_____________|
host share tail
I can find plenty of resources on the tail component of a UNC path, ...
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What can cause smbclient to attempt connection on port 139 to a SMB2 server?
I have an Isilon NAS connected to two subnets. I can mount the SMB share fine from the same subnet the Isilon is in, but can't from the other. My It team has assured me ports 445 (and 139 for that ...
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Wireguard Docker and Verizon optic router
This is likely a very trivial issue answered multiple times but my knowledge is not enough to recognize/implement.
Problem:
I can connect to my self-hosted wireguard server and access admin panel ...
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Network share with an untrusted domain
We have a network share on a Windows Server 2022 which hosts a number of both "production" files as well as development files. We have two domains - a prod domain (ex. "prod.local")...
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Windows firewall blocking network shares through VPN server
I have a VPN server in front of a 172.16.0.0/24 network. On my client side is a 192.168.1.0/24 network. I am able to successfully VPN in to the server network from the client, and I am trying to ...
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"[Errno 2] No such file or directory: b'net'" when trying to use Ansible localhost to connect to a Windows Shared Folder
I am unable to use Ansible localhost (Linux) to connect to a shared folder on a Windows Server.
I am getting [Errno 2] No such file or directory: b'net'. However, I have checked that my file path to ...
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Restore Previous Versions dialog unable to open drop-down menu under "Open" and "Restore"
We have a Windows Server 2019 box that is hosting some file shares. We also have Previous Versions enabled with a default (for now) schedule for self-service file restore.
When people open the ...
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Emulate local directory as network drive
Is there a way to map a local directory in Windows 10 as a network drive? I want to map C:\datastore as if it were \\datastore . Although there is plenty of information on mapping a network drive to ...
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Stop samba share from unmounting at signoff WinServ22
I am trying to find a way to map a drive so that it will not unmount when I sign out of the system.
I currently have a backup job running from the SQL management console and it is aimed at a samba ...
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Enter network credentials not working when connecting Win to Ubuntu Samba share
A real "Knacknuss"...
I have an Ubuntu Server, and setup Samba for Windows to connect. All is working fine but for that one particular Windows computer (Win 10 pro) that can not connect.
How ...
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Company Servers Unable to Communicate Between One Another (On Same Network)
I want to make sure and provide as much detail as possible to try to get this resolved or at the very least, figured out. If you need more information, please let me know and I will happily provide it....
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Is it possible to use IPv6 to connect to a remote share using 'net use'?
One can use either UNC or IPv4 address to connect to a shared folder on a remote machine using net use, e.g.:
net use \\remotePC\SharedFolder // valid
net use \\111.122.1.1\SharedFolder // valid
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