smb is an abbreviation for Server Message Block, a network protocol for sharing files and printers implemented by Windows, Samba and others.
Questions tagged [smb]
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mount -t cifs: "Operation not supported", but can connect via smbclient
After sysadmin replaced the NAS, I can no longer mount the network share with
sudo mount -t cifs //netgear.local/public /media/mountY -o uid=1000,iocharset=utf8,username="adam",password="password"
Both NAS are linux-based, one with Samba 3.5.15…
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Copy files without encryption (ssh) in local network
scp works well in all cases, but the Raspberry Pi is to weak to copy files efficiently in a secure environment (lan). The theoretically possible 6,75 MB/s via 54 Mbit wireless lan shrink down to about 1.1 MB/s.
Is there a way to copy files remotely…
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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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SMB protocol min max values available?
I am running Samba 3.6 in SLES 11.4. I recently added in /etc/samba/smb.conf in the [global] section the following
min protocol = SMB2
max protocol = SMB2
this was done to allow communication with Windows10 clients that are starting to come…
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Getting Samba working in manjoro linux, daemon failed to start: Samba detected misconfigured 'server role' and exited.
I recently tried to start samba on manjoro linux.
systemctl start samba.service
systemctl status samba.service
● samba.service - Samba AD Daemon
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/samba.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active:…
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Command line printing with a Samba printer requiring authentication
Is there a way to print to a Samba printer requiring authentication by providing the credentials on the command line (e.g., with lpr)?
I managed to store the credentials in GNOME Keyring and when I am logged with a desktop session I can print with…
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Smbclient asking for password
I am connecting to a samba share using the following command..
/usr/bin/smbclient \\\\server78\\publicfolder
It asks me for my linux account password before it will connect.
This isn't a problem if I am running it manually but how can I use this…
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mount.cifs can't use the same credential file that smbclient uses
I'm trying to mount a NetApp CIFS share to one of our servers and I keep getting "Permission Denied" printed to stderr and NT_STATUS_WRONG_PASSWORD printed to the running dmesg.
root@xxxehpvld05 ~ $ mount.cifs -vv //zhp-nas.xxx.com/perspectives…
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How to check if Samba is installed
I don't know if Samba is pre-installed in my Linux system.
I have the /etc/samba/ directory, with smb.conf file. But if I try one of these commands
sudo service smb start
sudo service samba start
sudo service smbd start
the answer is always…
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CIFS randomly losing connection to Windows share
I have had a couple of directories mounted remotely from a Debian Jessie, in a Windows share, for a few months.
In the last weeks, I keep having complaints of random disconnects from the mountpoint, and had to do a
sudo mount -a
to regain the mount…
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How can I access files of an SMB share if I have the IP?
Having the IP, under Linux how can I access shared smb files?
When I type in for example:
smb://192.168.0.50 I get an error message.
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Very slow CIFS/SMB performace
I switched from NFS to SMB/CIFS since the permission system of NFS annoyed me.
I never had performance issues while using NFS (1GB Lan) and had about 70-90 MB/s write and read speed while writing to my synology NAS.
I test my write performance with…
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Setting SMB 2.0 as default for mount operations
Using a mount -t cifs -v returns with Host is Down error when connecting to a server running SMB 2.0 (with SMB 1.0 disabled). A workaround is to specify vers=2.0 to the argument list of mount. This works fine if you're mounting via command…
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Is it possible to transfer a file from a Linux Bash script to Windows without mounting the server folder?
I am writing a script (Bash) to transfer files from my local Linux machine to Windows servers.
The Windows servers are accessible normally using the SAMBA shares, and I am able to mount a folder to my Linux machine using the mount.cifs command with…
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How to make a cifs/smb mount ignore umask?
I have a cifs mount that is mounted from /etc/fstab. But I would quite like creation of files/dirs on that share to ignore my umask. Is that possible? It seems that cifs does not support the umask=000 option (source: man mount.cifs).
My current best…
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