Server Message Block, network-protocol for sharing files and printers implemented by Windows, Samba and others
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Usage of smbclient lock
From here, I got below information....
lock [filenum] [r|w] [hex-start] [hex-len]
This command depends on the server supporting the CIFS UNIX extensions and will fail if the server does not. Tries to set a POSIX fcntl lock of the given type on…

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NFS or SMB on Windows Share
If I were to create a Windows shared folder, put a database file in that folder to be shared among multiple users of our client app, is that an NFS or SMB shared folder?

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windows miniredir always tries SMB first when accessing a webdav server. extremely slow
I am writing a webdav server for embedded system. Everything goes normal until I tested it with windows client, the miniredir.
It became extremely slow when accessing the data with miniredir. I captured the network traffic and found that everytime I…

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Reading information from CIFS / SMB with an Android application
I've been attempting to develop an android application that can pull information from a CIFS / SMB protocol. I've tried JCIFS and keep getting errors with my eclipse application not being able to read the package (even after I've Javadoc'd it), and…

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Multiple users accessing VFP App / dbase database over network - slow issues
I'm currently running a VFP9 application that uses a database which is basically a folder of multiple DBF, FPT and CDX files.
Now this database is basically shared on the network (1GB network/switch/PCs) for over 50 users to access.
Now at times we…

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How to detect recursively linked directories?
Given the following scenario: I have a windows client which is connected to an SMB share. I want to recursively dive into directories on that share to do something with the files (imagine calculating sha1 hashes for them if a certain size is…

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how can i get file from smb file server at my app iOS
I am developing an app,I want to get file from shared folder,I used bonjour to find file server around me and I get the ip address and server type;
now I want to get the shared file from these file server?how can I get these? I google it and I know…

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Print job status of windows (samba) print queue from CUPS
We have a Windows machine with a shared printer (printer1) available as smb://winpc/printer1
When sending a job from CUPS to smb://winpc/printer1, the job leaves the CUPS queue and is marked as successfully printed, even when it has not yet been…

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Smbclient put can't find my local drive?
I'm trying to make a backup of my database to another hard drive using PHP/Samba. But it doesn't work and I'm stuck.
$dbBackup = 'backup_location.gz.des3';
if (!file_exists($dbBackup)) {
throw new Exception("Today's backup does not exist!" .…

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Does FileStream.Seek() transfer data across the wire?
I need to access random parts of a very large file across the network. (SMB protocol)
Does FileStream.Seek() actually read the data (copying down the entire file in the process) when doing a fs.Seek()?
Is there anything I can do to reduce or…

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Find out who is smb browse master
Hy, i have a netgear nas (debian) which i like to have as smb browse master.
But i have the suspicion that the windows 7 notebook grab this role.
How can i figure out who is actualy the brwose master?
The proble is that the samsung blue ray player…

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After upgrading Fedora, why can I no longer change permissions of a file mounted via SMB
I had been running Fedora 9 for the last year --- I have a Windows box (actually a VM) that mounts a folder on the Fedora box using my own name/password. I do this so that I can run my version control program (Vault) on Windows. It has worked…

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Trying to use SmbFileInputStream
This is an updated version of a question I asked last week.
I'm trying to use SmbFileInputStream to connect my Android to my PC,
but the app aborts (on my tablet) with this error message:
"The application has stopped unexpectedly. Please try…

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Creating a WebService to be mapped as a Network Drive
Edit: How do I go about creating a web service that can be mapped as a network drive? Flickr, Google Drive and Skydrive all support this, I would like to make a webservice that can as well.

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Using SmbFileInputStream
Possible Duplicate:
Trying to use SmbFileInputStream
This question has been asked several times but they aren't helping me.
I'm trying to use SmbFileInputStream to connect my Android to my PC, but the app aborts without an error message.
The…

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