Samba is a free software re-implementation, originally developed by Andrew Tridgell, of the SMB/CIFS networking protocol.
Questions tagged [samba]
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Moving file makes server unresponsive
I've configured a backup job where I'm moving a larger file (80GB) from a debian linux machine to a Windows 2012 Server (mount windows share with samba).
The thing is, as soon as the movement of the file starts, the server gets more or less…

markus
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storing 2008 r2 windows profiles on a samba share
I have set up a windows server 2008 R2 and set the profile path for every user to a samba share. I believe the samba share is set correctly since I can access it and store files in it.
The problem I am facing the last few days is that whenever I try…
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text editor reloads when saving over samba
We've been running Red-hat Enterprise Linux 4.0, for in house web development work for a year.
The basic setup is a shared folder (www) over samba that we use to access our web files.
When our licence expired for Redhat, we decided to go to a free…

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windows can not setup a steady connection with another local network
here is my office net
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|192.168.1.0/24| ———————— |192.168.6.0/24|
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|ssh server:1.2| |windows client2:6.2|
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Windows follows symlinks forever on samba share
I have a network share that is accessed via Samba from Windows. In one of my network share folders, there is a symlink that points to the current directory. For example,
/opt/myapp/mydir
symlink mydir -> /opt/myapp/mydir
While the symlink is…

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Add nexentastor to domain (ldap/samba)
I have PDC on LDAP/SAMBA 3.x on CentOS 5.
Domain memberships - Linux/Windows (Xp..7).
For add computer account in PDC i run (on PDC)
smbldap-useradd -w workstationname
on the linux,
configure smb.conf
smbpasswd -w password_for_ldap_admin
net join…

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System Error 1240 mounting network share on Server 2008
I want to share a folder from a standalone Server 2012 system on a private LAN that other servers can access without authentication. There is no domain/AD in my environment. This is usually a simple process that can be done with just the following…

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Moving domain controller from Samba to Windows Server 2008
I need to migrate an existing Active Directory from Samba to Windows Server 2008. It's easy as add a new Windows Domain Controller, wait for AD replication and turn off the linux machine?

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Samba share to windows permission specific
I've a Centos server with a Samba 3.6. The Samba Config are written below:
[global]
log level =2
follow symlinks = yes
wide links = yes
unix extensions = no
hide dot files = no
socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY
security = share
passdb…

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samba to ask username password before listing shared folders
I setup CentOS and samba on a VM. I configured smb.conf and I can browse \ip_address and see files read and write. Up to here is fine.
What I want to do is (I did it before but I forgot how to do it) when I type \ip_address on windows machine I want…

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Freebsd 8.1 Samba4 smbclient returns NT_STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER
I'd like to setting up a NAS server and run Samba4 on it.
When I'm runing this command:
# smbclient -I 192.168.48.128 -L NAS_GROUP
Enter root's password:
Connection to 192.168.48.128 failed (Error NT_STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER)
Here is my…

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Samba/winbind to AD - the userid mapping
Guys I got issue with UID mapping from my AD.
I got Centos 5.5 x64 box and AD witk 2k8 Windows Server.
The problem is with username mapping.
Example:
getent passwd
XF-DEV+prouser01:*:16777231:16777230:Prouserf Prousern:/home/prouser01:/bin/bash
My…

Piotr Kieszczyński
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scp returns Exit status 1
In a LAN I have two PC, both running Ubuntu 13.04.
There is a directory which is in a shared folder (samba, guest access) in the first PC.
I have tried to copy this directory to the second PC through nautilus (the file browser in which I can see the…

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Samba authentication of user with wbinfo -a
i setup a RedHat server with samba/kerberos/winbind.
I can retrieve my user and groups with wbinfo -u and wbinfo -g.
BUT in the listings, the name appears like that :
wbinfo -u…

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Samba 4 `wbinfo` missing on CentOS
I have installed samba4.x86_64 and the samba4-winbind using yum. The wbinfo command is not present anywhere on the box.
Is there an alternative to wbinfo in Samba4?

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