Make a resource, such as files or printers, available over a network.
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Default permission for newly-created files/folders using ACLs not respected by commands like "unzip"
I am having trouble with setting up a system for multiple users accessing the same set of files. I've read tuts and docs around and played with ACLs but haven't succeeded yet.
MY SCENARIO:
Have multiple users, for example, user1 and user2, which is…

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sql server trusted connection with windows 8 microsoft account
We have a few developers that work, connecting in through a VPN for access to the development SQL Server 2012. Historically they've used Win7 machines and develop the website against this database in Visual Studio, using the built-in webserver for…

Kurt Koller
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Samba share with guest access and authenticated users for write access
I'm trying to get a shared folder to work. Everyone should have read access (preferably not even a password prompt should pop up when connecting with Windows), but a few selected users should be able to log in and have write access too.
So far I…

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Enterprise grade file sharing
Can anybody suggest any web based application ( enterprise grade) that will allow my internal users to share files with the outside world. Maybe something like yousendit, but I want to be able to host it in my network. It doesn't have to be…
user25751
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Windows Backup to network share (Server 2008)
I'm trying to setup Windows Backup on a Server 2008 machine to backup to a network share. When I run the wizard to setup the backup I get an error message:
The user name being used for accessing the remote share folder is not recognized by the…
user34627
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Windows backup operators and network access
I have a windows server 2019 hosting a shared folder I need to backup. My backup server is a linux machine and I always PULL the backups instead of PUSH.
I created a "backup_user" on my windows server and added him in the "backup operators" group. I…

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Mac OS X system can connect to Samba share, but Windows XP can not
When accessing a server running Samba, Mac OS X opens a login window prompting for a username and password. With the correct username and password, I'm able to login and read/write to shares.
Using Windows XP, a similar login window opens, but the…

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Using Rsync to backup a Windows Share
I have a Windows 7 box that I want to back up to an Ubuntu machine.
I have mounted a Windows share on the Ubuntu box (using CIFS/Samba), and I want to use a cron job to rsync what's on the mounted share to another directory on the Ubuntu box.
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OSX 10.8.3 creating/editing files on Windows 7 share creates weird blocking account
I have a share on a Windows 7 machine that acts as a server. We have several people on Macs that need to create/modify files on this machine. When one of these people creates a file on the share using a code editor, or updates a file using an SVN…

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Two domains accessing same folder
I've just taken a new role in a school and am still familiarizing myself with their network, how ever I have recently been given a task and I'm having a little trouble finding out the fundementals of it.
I have an admin network/domain 10.49.x.x and…

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Which network protocol use for sharing a storage to 5-10 mac client?
i can choose one between a Mac Server and a Synology Nas to share a disk for 5-10 mac clients (not windows) .
When i've to share storage, Which protocol is best suited for Mac World ? Afp, NFS, iScsi ?
Thanks

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How to let the users can edit in a shared folder but not let them to delete files inside
I'm an IT technician in a school. We're using DC and File server so the teachers uses a domain user by their own name. There are folders from the File server that are shared to the teachers to use, and the question is how to make the teachers…

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VMware ESXi Share Datastore
I currently have a server running ESXi 5 and have 2x 2TB on the server. ESXi is installed to a SD card and two datastores are created (one for each drive).
I was wondering if there's anyway to share those two datastore so I can map them from…

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Can't create share on remote server without admin rights on local server
We have a windows terminal server used by support staff. They do not have local admin rights on the terminal server. However they do have local admin rights on various Server 2003 file servers that they connect to from the terminal server and…

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Windows Server - share files without access for administrator
We have a MS Windows Server 2008 R8 based server that is administrated by our IT department. We would like to achieve two things simultaneously:
A folder on the server, containing several thousand files (new files added frequently) that is…
Paweł