Samba is a free software re-implementation, originally developed by Andrew Tridgell, of the SMB/CIFS networking protocol.
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Change SAMBA password in LDAP with Apache Directory Studio
I am using Apache Directory Studio to administer a small LDAP database, and I am planning to stop using LAM for user and group management because it lacks groupOfUniqueNames support.
I have only one problem: how can I change SAMBA passwords? There…

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Can't access SMB shares on Windows but can on Linux
I've been having some problems with a Samba share that I recently set up.
The share's configuration is as follows:
[data]
path = /media/data
available = yes
valid users = admin
read only = no
browseable = yes
public = yes
writable = yes
I have been…

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Where is the samba name "workstation" coming from?
The output of smbstatus running on OS X Mavericks with the latest Server app installed (but with native SMB shut down in favor of the Samba implementation from Homebrew) contains many entries like this one
IPC$ 85975 workstation Tue Aug…

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Synchronizing Files between Ubuntu and Windows Server
I have a Ubuntu Server 12.4 LTS with Samba Share and I would like to synchronize my all Folders in the shared folder to the Windows Server (Win2k8R2). So Far I have used Lucky Back up, Freesync and Unison but all failed with a error msg and not…

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Samba Roaming not working
I had configured Samba as domain controler on Ubuntu 14.04. I can register computers(WIndows 7) to the domain but the roaming profile does not work.
smb.conf looks like:
# Global parameters [global]
workgroup = DOMAIN
realm =…

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How to let any server user modify files created by a samba guest on a public share (and the other way around)?
I have a linux server running samba with a public share accepting guest connections. Any window box on the network can edit/remove files on the share as long as the files are created by a guest (i.e. through samba).
Now, some users use ssh to access…

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There is any way to configure port listening based on the interface? (linux)
I have this samba service running on a box with 2 network interfaces. I can't redirect incoming connections on port 445 because it is being used by this service:
#ssh -fgNL 445:192.168.0.2:445 user@localhost
channel_setup_fwd_listener: cannot listen…

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Force permissions non domain Mac server share
I have a Mac server which is accessed by both Macs and PCs. I need every file in this specific samba share to have 777 permissions regardless of the write permissions given by the client. The computers cannot join a domain because of the working…

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Diagnosing problem with Linux Samba not honoring Windows file open requests
We have Windows 2003 domain server managing/servicing a small (10 machine) network. Users work primarly on Windows. We have a Linux Web server on the same net, with an activated Samba NFS, and several users from the domain explicitly named as…

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Start daemon after specific samba share is mounted
I asked this question on AskUbuntu, but it's not getting any traction there... So I'll try here as well:
I have a homebrew headless NAS running 12.04.
In it I have a bunch of disks that are presented as a Samba share thanks to Greyhole. If I want to…

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Permission samba shared www folder
I'm having trouble with permissions on a samba shared folder on ubuntu server 14.04.
This is the www one. But actually, it's in /home/administrateur.
As I want to preserve my www folder whatever happens, I put it in my /home/administrateur folder.…

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Unable to access samba server
I can't connect to my samba server running CentOS 6.4 (minimal installation) that is not located within my network.
When I try to connect with my Windows 7 client, the connection fails and I get the default "unable to access " dialog displayed.
What…

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Samba server authenticating against Active Directory. Is it possible to reboot and still connect to the domain?
I have tried to setup Samba File Server with AD authentication.
The authentication via Active Directory is successful but if you reboot the server the linux Samba file server will NOT join the domain automatically like windows server do.
You still…

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samba over NFS large file
For several months we encounter problems delays :
we have a server ( os: ubuntu server 12.04 ) with samba and ldap service . Our clients are on Mac, Windows and Linux client ubuntu . Huwaei NAS volumes are on NFS server
Some users copy large files (…

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How can I test from the terminal whether my linux-based system can see a Windows domain name?
I have a backup service which stores the backup files in a share directory on a Windows server , but it fails and if I look in the logs I see this error:
13:02:13 AXSDBG notice tsrv-cmdqx(Backup->server)[30043] Result::_add(514) Connection to…

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