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Make a resource, such as files or printers, available over a network.

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Samba share not updating properly CentOS

I have encountered the weirdest problem ever. There is a samba share on a CentOS fileserver (let's call it SERVER). There are two types of clients Windows 7 and CentOS. So what happens: I edit a script file (simple text file) through a Windows7…
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Fault-tolerant network file sharing protocol

I have a server A which stores files, and a server B with an NFS-v3 mount to server A. When server A fails to respond for any reason, any read request made on B will hang during a long time (several minutes). I need that these requests to fail very…
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Removing a file from a network share not in the recycle bin?

A client has removed an essential file by accident from a network share, the file is not listed in the recycle bin on that system and not on the server either. Where did the file went? Client: Windows 7 Enterprise Server: Windows Server 2008 R2…
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How to restrict deletion of a folder on NTFS share, but still allow modify access within folder

I am setting up a set of scan folders from a scanning copier device, and would like to know the best way to protect the folders (for each department) from moving or deletion, but yet still allow access for the users to modify (i.e.…
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Reproducible file corruption for files on windows share

We have about 40 file servers in our intranet to distribute software packages. The servers have names like example01, example02 etc. Every name resolves to a single IP-address (A-record) and the IP resolves back to that name (PTR) for every single…
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Sharing SSL Certificates in a Cluster

Hopefully a very simple question, if I wanted several servers providing the same service to hold a certificate (e.g interface.internal.org) would the procedure be; Generate Public/Private Pair on one web server Generate CSR and receive…
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Good practices for sharing files between virtual machines (Xen)?

I have a remote Xen server running some virtual machines and i want to share some files between them. Can you recommend a good pratice doing this ? Currently network setup is the standard Xen networking (bridging), each VM has an eth interface with…
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How to share VPN and DHCP server across multiple hosts?

I need to set up a small computer network for what is effectively a satellite office for a business. The small network consists of several workstations and a server. The server machine has two physical network interfaces, one of which connects to…
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Can I use DFS or a namespace to redirect the top level share e.g. \\server\redirect -> \\otherserver\share\some\path\

Let's say I have a share with a really long path. e.g. \\targetserver\share\folder1\folder2\folderIWant. I can use DFS to get a shorter path, e.g. \\server\shareFolder\folderIWant However, I was hoping to shorten it even further by getting rid of…
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File Server - Hostname vs. FQDN

I have a problem with a File Server at Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Operasion System. When my user browse a network share with FQDN she can't see the files, but if she browse it without FQDN (only with hostname) can see them. Although this…
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expecting high traffic ..no time to change dns

I am expecting high traffic ..no time to change dns. My existing shared godaddy server may fail. i have less than few hours in hand. i have a another dedicated server ...can i transfer traffic /bandwith /load to dedicated server. what are possible…
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DFS share(s) not visible for some Citrix SBC users

In short: Some Citrix SBC servers are experiencing the following problem When logged in to a Citrix server and browsing to a mapped drive (eg. drive D: (mapped as \domain.local\namespace\share)) the drive apears empty. When logging off and…
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Networked machine 'bypasses' password protection on Win7 shares

I've just encountered an odd problem that is the exact opposite of what you'd expect: One of three machines on a local network somehow remembers passwords for the other machines, despite reboots and attempts to flush cache. The machines are all…
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Network shared Folder randomly disappears for a user

We are running a Windows 2012 Server as DC and Fileserver that is accessed by Windows 10 Clients. The rights management for our shared folders is handled through security groups. A few weeks ago a user said he couldn't see a specific folder anymore,…
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BitTorrent in the Office?

I read in places that BitTorrent is either not very good on a LAN, or brings no benefit. It seems that for file sharing though, it could be in theory a good way of things in a corporate environment ? Is it really inappropriate for LANs ? It would…
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