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Questions tagged [server-message-block]

Server Message Block is a network file sharing protocol created by Microsoft. This is the protocol used for file and printer sharing on Windows networks.

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Long delays and slow performance of Server 2K8 R2 VM after upgrade

I used to have a Server 2003 R2 Hyper-V VM instance running on an Server 2012 R2. The performance was very good. THen, I was told that 2003 wasn't being supported anymore by a software package I use, so I upgraded to 2008 R2, and that's when all my…
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What compatibility issues may arise when using a NAS vs a "normal" Windows file share?

I'm working with a group of Visual Studio developers who are using a server that has "NAS" in the name, and I'm unsure of the specific file sharing protocol in use between the windows client and server. Is there a list of known limitations when…
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Apple access to SMB on Linux server

Please help. Looking for advice as to how best access files on Linux SMB server from Mac machines without running into the inability to use Mac spotlight search. Something like Acronis Files Connect which works on Windows servers but not Linux,…
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Windows Server 2016 Datacenter, all 19 shares suddenly accessible to everyone

I am currently running a Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Virtual Machine in Azure. This server has 19 file shares on it. Each of these shares is devoted to a single customer of the company I work for. While troubleshooting a connection issue for a…
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SMB2? Traffic Crashing Network Windows Server 2012 R2

I am running a network at a school. The server is running Windows Server 2012 R2. Out of the blue about a week ago, I started experiencing network issues. Examples: Can't log into roaming profile Desktop background or icons fail to load on…
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Accessing a Windows network folder from the internet

I want to access a network folder on my Windows Server 2012 (which runs in a datacenter and has its own external IP) from the internet. I can access the folder from the local network (using the server's local ip) without any problem, but as soon as…
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Debian Squeeze Slow SMB/Samba Write Speeds

Arch: x86_64 OS: Debian Sub-Version: Squeeze Prev Speed: 3-5MB Current Speed: 1MB Connection: WIFI WIFI Speed: 150Mbps I have been Google'in and testing for hours using the same file. I was getting 3-4 and now its 1 or less.
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How can I use mount a NetApp NFS drive on Windows so I can create symlinks on it?

I tried two ways of mounting a NetApp NFS drive on a Windows server: Mounting using SMB/CIFS from NetApp Mounting as a NFS drive using Windows NFS Sevices With none of them, Windows did not let me create junction points (Windows flavour of…
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Samba Displaying Folders as Files

I have a Windows share (shared from a Windows Server 2003 box) that is mounted on our Ubuntu server using cifs. That mount is then shared out through Samba. The issue is that all of the folders in the share display as FILES. For example, imagine…
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What write and read size do srv.sys and srv2.sys flush to ntfs.sys in SMB 2.0 on Windows 2008?

Reading http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/c/5/9c5b2167-8017-4bae-9fde-d599bac8184a/Perf-tun-srv.docx on page 47 the interaction between the SMB drivers (srv.sys on SMB 1.1 and srv2.sys on SMB 2.0) and the NTFS driver (ntfs.sys) is noted. What…
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Mac indexed search of a SMB connected mount?

Is there any free or inexpensive software, such as "advanced network search," "IBM Omnisearch," "Google search appliance," that will provide a web page in which our mac users can instant search our SMB windows server 2003 shared drive? PLEASE HELP!
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Why do my network shares disappear?

I have a server on my network; let's call it MyServer. I run a utility on my workstation that copies files to MyServer and then writes a log file that says whether or not the files were copied successfully. I set up a network share on MyServer at…
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Difference between SMB and NAS

I am getting aboard my family businesses and every thing is made with Microsoft. I see that 90% of the processes can be done with free software, and in this case, file sharing. My father always complained that sharing folders with samba was too slow…
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Windows server SMB instances

Is it possible to setup 2 instances of SMB with build-in Windows SMB? For example: folders A, B, C and D are need to be shared. Server has 2 NICs. Is it possible to do that folder A and B is accessible through first NIC; C and D accessible through…
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NT AUTHORITY\ANONYMOUS LOGON with write access to SMB Share

I have just setup a fresh standalone Windows 2019 Server (Core) in a lab environment (i.e. for my own learning). In part, this is because I was interested in looking into null session configurations from a security perspective. While doing this, I…
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