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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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OpenLDAP, Samba and password aging

I'm configuring a system in which all IT resources are available through a single user-password pair, be it access to shell on the servers, logging to Samba domain, WiFi, OpenVPN, Mantis, etc. (with access to specific services governed by group…
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Hiding samba share from browse list for unauthorised users

I have been trying to setup my samba shares correctly. The setup i was looking for was having a couple of shares available publicly, guest accounts are ok and can browse these shares all ok. I have this setup correctly. The problem comes when…
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Speeding up rsync over smb

I'm backing up a Linux box over SMB to a NAS. I mount the NAS locally and then I rsync a lot of data (100GB or so). I believe it's taking an awfully long time to do it: more than 12 hours. I would expected to be much faster once everything is copied…
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VirtualBox - use in small office and backing up

I run a small office consisting of a 8 man development team and a couple of managers. We're thinking of moving to a hardware setup whereby we have 1 single powerful server running several VirtualBox VMs - one for Samba fileshare acting as DC,…
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Can I add Samba users without having to add UNIX ones?

I am configuring a Samba share on my Debian server and I'd like to create some simple username:password accounts that could access the shares without having to add UNIX users to my machine. Can I do that ? Thanks a lot in advance ! Quentin
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Resolving samba testparm message: rlimit_max: rlimit_max (8192) below minimum Windows limit (16384)

testparm in samba may produce this message: rlimit_max: rlimit_max (8192) below minimum Windows limit (16384) This appears be be resolved by increasing the max open file limit using this Linux command ulimit -n 16384.. Is this a safe change for…
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Connecting with Samba to a Windows Share returns "NT_STATUS_DUPLICATE_NAME"

I have set a shared directory on my Windows machine, and given full control permissions to username@workgroup. When I try to connect to the Windows machine with Linux using smbclient, I get the error NT_STATUS_DUPLICATE_NAME. Here is the…
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Why is samba denying me access to my share?

On my CentOS 5.2 box running Samba (3.0.33-3.29) I created a folder called /upload. In samba I configured a share like this: [upload] comment = upload folder path = /upload valid users = kevin root public = yes …
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Samba (CIFS) mount error(9): Bad file descriptor

I had successful connections from my main workstation PC (which uses Fedora 29 Workstation) to my mother's laptop (Windows 7 HP) network share few times using mount.cifs, but since not too long it has become impossible for me to do it. For example,…
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Windows NFS Performance vs Windows File Sharing?

Has anyone set up NFS where both the server and the clients are all Windows? I am wondering: How Does Performance Compare to using builtin Windows file sharing (CIFS/SMB)? Can clients mount NFS shares as network drives just like with regular file…
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Samba: allow insecure wide links

allow insecure wide links: In normal operation the option wide links which allows the server to follow symlinks outside of a share path is automatically disabled when unix extensions are enabled on a Samba server. This is done for security…
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mount error(13): Permission denied with windows share

I am struggling to mount a windows 2008 share on a CentOS 6.4 (64 bits) server when I use smbclient it works: smbclient //esb.local/dfs -U ESBSertal -W ESB -P MyPassword but with mount it does not. I tried on the command line: mount.cifs…
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How to debug Samba authorization (authentication) procedure

I'm running a small home network linux-based server which acts as an internet router, torrent client and file server. I have problems connecting Windows clients to server Samba shares ('user name or password is invalid'). How can I enable logging of…
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Can a Linux server serve as a Domain Controller for Windows Machines?

In a small office setup (5-6 employees) we have seven Windows XP and Windows Vista clients, as well as a couple of linux servers. Is it possible to set up a linux machine to act as the domain controller to provide single signon and AD-like…
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Very slow SMB speeds on macOS

Since I recently got a new Mac Pro (running Catalina 10.15.2), I connected it using 10 GBit Ethernet to my Debian 10 / Proxmox server. When connecting to a share however, I am only getting 150-300 MB/s read/write performance. Here's my current…
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