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Samba is a free software re-implementation, originally developed by Andrew Tridgell, of the SMB/CIFS networking protocol.

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Windows7 - “The specified network password is not correct.” when the password is in fact correct

I have a samba server setup for some time now. It is a Hardware NAS - which unfortunately does not provide access to the Samba logs. (the exact model of the NAS is called Addonics NAS Adapter ) I also have a Windows Vista and a Windows XP machine -…
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How can I clear the "authentication cache" in Windows 7 to a password protected samba share?

I have a Linux samba server and have explicitly listed users that can access the folder. I have successfully congfigured Samba to require a username and password when accessing the share from windows (using the smbpasswd, etc.). But now I want to…
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Can I store OS X resource forks in a Samba share anywhere *else* than in dotbar files?

OS X resource forks are alternate streams of data attached to regular files. They may contain the file's custom icon, colored label, keywords, or any other metadata set by the user or by applications. They are natively supported by OS X's HFS+…
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Encrypting SMB traffic with Samba

We use Samba on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS as a PDC (primary domain controller) with roaming profiles. Everything works fine, except for if we try to enforce encryption via setting: server signing = mandatory smb encrypt = mandatory in the [global]…
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How to configure Samba to allow root user for full control to the particular share?

$(subj), it appears to be what root user is denied by default for all of the shares. I'm trying to reproduce Windows administrative share.
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Linux + Active directory authentication + only letting certain groups login

I have some linux boxes that use Windows Active Directory authentication, that works just fine (Samba + Winbind). What I would like to do now though is only allow certain people or certain groups to login using Active Directory credentials.…
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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=fReD. However, this leads to one major gotcha,…
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How can I make a linux samba server to announce itself on the local LAN via Bonjour to Mac clients?

I have a Debian Linux based file-server using Samba and nowadays being accessed successfully by Mac OS X clients.. I'd like this resource to be available in a more user friendly way, by means of Bonjour. Is it possible, to configure the Linux…
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How to setup samba share to be mounted as specific user?

I want to create samba share to which users can connect as specific samba user. I created user, let's say henry, and I want to make storage in his home. So I have in my /etc/samba/smb.conf: [myshare] path = /home/henry browsable = yes read…
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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 copied locally). Every now and then, a client may…
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What does "crap" mean in samba logs?

I have been googling and googling and can't find a conclusive answer. In log files for samba, I see things like the following: "[11560]: pam auth crap domain:" & "NTLM CRAP authentication for user" I'm hoping this stands for something like…
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Build a low-power file server

I would like to build a file server for backups. The server needs to be available 24/7 in a mixed Windows/Linux network, but service should not exceed 1 hour per day. Thats why power consumption is my main priority. What do you think is the best…
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Win10 NFS Client a SAMBA Killer?

We finally got the last of our recalcitrant Windows 7 users to Windows 10 thanks to MS' recent withdrawal of support from the former, so the entire enterprise now is either Ubuntu 18.04 or Windows 10. Because Windows 10 has a NFS client, the…
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CIFS mounts hang on read

I have a problem with a bunch of CIFS mounts that look like this: //192.168.10.2/remote-share /home/windows-shared/remote-share cifs defaults,user=xxx,password=xxx,uid=603,gid=603 0 0 This issue occurs after a while, usually after a day when…
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Can Samba support full Windows-ACLs?

I've set up a Samba 3 host with AD integration and an ACL enabled filesystem. Using a windows client I can set users and groups permissions. Up to now, Samba just maps to POSIX ACL's rwx permissions, which prevents me from using "Modify" or "Full…
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