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Questions tagged [shared-folders]

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How to create a Samba share that is writable from Windows without 777 permissions?

I have a path on a Linux machine (Debian 8) which I want to share with Samba 4 to Windows computers (Win7 and 8 in a domain). In my smb.conf I did the following: [myshare] path = /path/to/share writeable = yes browseable = yes guest ok = yes public…
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Linux to Windows - can list smb shares but cannot connect

This is a really weird one and all the research I've done so far isn't panning out. I'm trying to connect to a Windows share from CentOS 7.5.1804 to Windows Server 2008 R2 (no snickering and let's stay on topic please) share. This server: has not…
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mount error(115): Operation now in progress

I'm having an issue mounting a shared NAS drive that is hosted on a Windows 2000 server. This is a drive that I'm certain I have access to, and I frequently access it from a Windows 7 machine and a Windows Server 2008 machine. Now, I'm attempting to…
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What does browseable in samba configuration mean?

I tried the option browseable=no in my /etc/samba/smb.conf file. But after it was mounted, that share was still visible to other users through the mount point. But as from what I have learnt, setting directive browseable=yes will make it publicly…
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vmhgfs-fuse permission denied issue

I need vmhgfs to be accessible to both root user and the www-data user. As root, I run the vmhgfs-fuse .host:/ /mnt/hgfs/ command in rc.local However, the webserver is unable to read the shared folder. So I checked its…
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Samba: How to prevent Samba-server from auto-providing users /home-directory as a shared-folder?

Like described here, Samba-servers on Linux provide the users /home-directory as a shared-folder automatically. How can I prevent this behavior? In the following, the directory containing the home folders are shared using the users share name. Each…
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Delete files and folders recursively in subdirectories

There is a folder, "transfer". In that transfer folder there are user folders "user1", "user2", etc. I want to (periodically) delete the content (i.e. all files and folders in the user folders) but I do not want to delete the "transfer" or user…
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Cannot mount vboxsf shared folder via /etc/fstab despite having a modules file

I'm able to mount a shared folder after boot, but on boot it doesn't work. I followed the instructions: http://not403.blogspot.com/2016/05/how-to-mount-virtualbox-shared-volumes.html And added it to /etc/fstab and created a file in…
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Unable to mount a shared folder on VirtualBox?

I've set up an VirtualBox with CentOS 7 but i can not add a shared folder. Enviroment: Host - Windows 10 VirtBox - Centos 7 VirtBox Version - 5.1.10 Development Tools are installed gcc version - gcc-Version 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-11)…
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Share a folder between Linux host and Windows guest VM

I'm trying to share a folder between my main OS (openSUSE 42.1) to a guest Windows 7 virtual machine, but I'm unable to set it up properly. I access the VM from virt-manager, and I've read that the best way to accomplish this is to use Samba. I've…
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password protected samba share

I would like to have a few samba shares. Some of them should be available to everybody (this is already working) and some of them should be protected with a password (and username). For the password protected folders I created a new user, gave him a…
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Where to find the shared folder in Kali Linux?

I use Kali Linux as a virtual machine in VMware Workstation Player with Windows 10 Home as host. The Player has the option to pick a Windows folder to be used as a shared folder. I set this up, it says it's enabled, but in Kali Linux this shared…
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Virtual Box - Shared folder issue with Ubuntu 16.04

I have a Virtual Box GUI Version 5.1.14r112924 (Qt5.6.2) with a Guest OS Ubuntu-16.04.2 (64-bit) and as a host OS Windows 7 Enterprise. My shared folder functionality and the ClipBoard mode used to work, but a few days ago, without an update from…
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How to let users collaborate by editing files in a shared directory

I have what I think is a very normal, very typical use case. I am surprised it seems (so far) that there is not a solution. I assume I am overlooking something obvious. Many people must need a solution for this use case. Up to five different users…
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samba share inaccessible / you don't have permissions

I have setup a samba share folder, however, when I try to access the share, I am getting "Windows Can not access the \\server\share1. You don't have permissions to access \\server\share1" This server is joined to AD and I am able to list the shares…
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