Make a resource, such as files or printers, available over a network.
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Where do you share or find useful powershell, bash, batch, vbs, scripts?
I just wrote a quick little powershell script to make my life easier for a task that I was facing. I thought it would be nice to put it on the Internet, where someone else may also find it useful. The trouble is that it feels like overkill to open a…

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Centralized administration of campus (AD domain) printers?
I'm looking for the best way to centrally administer (and track!) printing for our AD domain. I know Windows Server can be configured to be a "Print Services" server, but it's my understanding that this is simply to centralize queues, and doesn't…

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How to view the localhost of another computer in the same network?
We have a team, working on a website. And I am planning to keep the files in one computer and let the guys access the files and folders, edit it, test it, view it in browser.
I am using WAMP Server. And I want it's localhost to be available from…

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NFS shares dissappear after reboot of Windows server
I have a server running Windows Server 2016 with the File Server Role (NFS Server) enabled. On this server an iSCSI disk is mounted as disk S:. One folder on this disk (S:\EXCHANGE) is an NFS Share.
This NFS share does not persist after a reboot.
I…

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Remove Cached UNC URL Credentials Win 10/Server 2012
I need to remove the UNC\URL credentials of a share accessed via IP UNC\URL from File Explorer. For example, last week I logged into 10.10.10.20\someshare, and now, when I go to it, I do not have to put in name and password. Here are the things I…

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Do virtual private servers yield better uptime than shared hosting?
I'm running some websites on a shared hosting provider for $10/month. I've experienced a few downtimes in recent months. The tech support tell me there's nothing wrong with my site. The server experienced heavy loading because of other accounts on…

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Can I create a share on a Windows Server Domain Controller for anonymous Mac OS access?
I'd like to have a share on a Windows Server Domain Controller (2012 R2) with Mac software for folks on my company to install from. Not everyone who will have access to this share will have a domain account on Windows.
On the Windows Share I gave…

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How do I set up a shared directory on Linux?
I have a linux server I want to use to share files between users in my company. Users will access the machine with sftp or secure shell.
Here is what I have:
cd /home
ls -l
drwxrwsr-x 5 userA staff 4096 Jul 22 15:00 shared
(other…

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Windows 7 : access denied to ONE server from ONE computer
We have a domain served by some Windows 2003 servers.
We have several Windows 7 Pro clients.
ONE client computer can't acces ONE member Windows 2003 server.
The other computers can acces every servers. And the same computer can access other…

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Windows domain share permissions basics
Consider following share rights:
Security \\dev\profiles\
rw – Administrators
Security \\dev\profiles\bambus02
inherited AND
rw – bambus02
Sharing \\dev\profiles
rw – Everyone
as "bambus02", my access to \\dev\profiles is denied, but access to…

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Handling user uploads to a web server cluster
We have a number of Linux web servers behind a hardware load balancer, which serve a single website.
The need has arisen for visitors to be able to upload files. The files are typically 300-700KB in size and we expect in the region of 1 million of…

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Anything to share a printer from 32-bit to 64-bit Windows?
I've got a printer which only has 32-bit drivers, so it's installed on a 32-bit machine (XP). I need it to appear as a printer (with duplex control etc) on a 64-bit machine (Vista).
I can't just share it using Windows
printer sharing because the…

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Is there a way to find out the creator of a share in Windows?
A new share has been created on a server I use and we need to find out who created it and when. Is there a way to find that out? It's Windows Server 2003 SP2.

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How to force Samba to create directory
I need help with Samba configuration.
What I want to achieve is configuration, where windows user on share see only his files.
This is simply achived With configuration like this:
Users are authorized by Windows AD Server
[BACKUP]
comment = BACKUP…

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Samba private and public shares for windows
I am facing an issue with Samba shares setup for windows use. I have two shares - 1] public share, which is available for everyone in the network, 2] admin share, which is supposed to be password protected for just two users.
The public share is…

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