Samba is a free software re-implementation, originally developed by Andrew Tridgell, of the SMB/CIFS networking protocol.
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SMB proxy: Connect to SMB server through SSH tunnel between two other hosts
I want localhost to access my company's SMB shares. These are located on a Win7 peer. This peer is running a virtual machine with Debian which itself is running an ssh daemon.
I can easily create an ssh tunnel from localhost to the VM but couldn't…

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When does the TCP engine decide to send an ACK?
In my LAN, I have a router that runs a Samba server and my PC connects to the router.
I wiresharked during a uploading to the server and a downloading from the server.
The wireshark results show that:
During the uploading, the server sends an ACK…

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How to reduce Samba CPU usage on CentOS server?
We run a small CentOS server as a test environment with staff connecting to it via Samba shares (from a combination of Macs and PCs).
The smbd service is utilising 5-10% CPU per user - which seems excessive. Especially as the server is a new…

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What is Linux process 'SMBD' running on my server?
I am trying to figure out how to clean up my server, better monitor its processes and memories, and more. I came across the 'top' command and see several instances of 'smbd' and 'sshd'. I assume the latter shows active connections/processes using…

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Printer queues with Samba and CUPS
I've successfully got Samba and CUPS working together to give nice, consistent printing interfaces with just the Postscript drivers to Windows clients both IA32 and x64 of any variants since 95. The printing related parts of smb.conf are:
[global]
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WebDAV for accessing fileserver for iOS apps
With the sudden onslaught of iOS apps that can use WebDAV for syncing, along with the fact that we are not happy with our user's data being stored in North Carolina (evil IT overlord strikes again) we are looking for a WebDAV solution for iPads &…

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How can I make ubuntu use samba to resolve windows host names?
I have an Ubuntu 11.04 computer with two vms : debian and windows xp. Each vm also has Host-only connection so I can see them from Host without setting up port forwarding.
All machines can ping each other using ip addresses, but the linux…

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Samba: session setup failed: NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE
I tried to set up Samba with "unix password sync", but I still get logon failure. I am running Ubuntu Natty Narwhal.
$ smbclient -L localhost
Enter stivlo's password:
session setup failed: NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE
Here is my…

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In search of a network file system with extended caching to speed up file access
I'm running a small home server that stores my documents. The disks in this server are in a RAID 1 configuration (using Linux md) and it's also periodically being backed up to an external hard drive to make sure I don't lose them. However, I'm…

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Override template shell on linux system in Active Directory domain?
Is there an easy way to override the Samba "template shell = /bin/bash" setting on a per-user basis?
This is for Linux systems joined to an Active Directory domain. Some users want /bin/bash. Others including myself want /bin/zsh. Is there some…

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Active Directory with public unix dns (no MS DNS)
I'm setting up a new Active Directory instance for my department at a university. I have some experience managing domains at previous jobs (NT4/2k/2003), but there are two unique things about our environment here: The network is 100% public IP…

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Unable to Install Samba after uninstalling?
I have removed samba using :
apt-get --purge remove samba
and then Manually removed the smb.conf using rm *.* after going to the Samba directory.
Now While I trying to install Samba again I am getting the following error:
Starting Samba daemons:…

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Samba, Apache and SVN. Getting the permissions right
I have two machines I work on:
Windows Client (Development Machine)
Linux Web Server (Ubuntu)
On the Linux server I have installed Apache, Samba and SVN.
I've created a samba share that maps to the htdocs/ directory so that I can access the web…

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LDAP, Active Directory
What I have:
Workstations running Ubuntu Jaunty mounting /home on a remote NFS server. User accounts are still created locally on each individual workstation.
Workstations running Windows XP / Vista
NFS server (as noted above)
Windows 2008…

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RAID Read/Write Speed Gradually Slows
This is actually a server at home, but I felt it was sufficiently complicated as to not have it on SuperUser and could easily apply to a professional situation.
I have a file server running Debian (Lenny 5.0.4), and it has an XFS LVM on top of a…

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