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SAMBA shares don't work with short server name
I have a legacy SAMBA server to share files.
But I can't mount windows disk with short name:
net view \\dades.company.es -> That work
net view \\dades -> That don't work
net ...
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Best practice of what folders must not go to DFS-Replication File server?
I'm using The existing Windows Server 2016 DFS-Replicated file servers across 10 different locations.
Each site offices in different regions and countries across the globes are replicated.
However, ...
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Why is my network share access different across machines?
The Issue
I recently moved a few file shares to a new server. The file shares kept the same name, permissions, and contents.
I then changed the group policy mappings in active directory to point to ...
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Server not appearing in Shares for Active Directory
I am trying to create a file share for a server in Active Directory, but I cannot see the server I want to use.
I have two servers, one is Windows Server 2012 R2-GUI and the other is Core. The GUI is ...
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Domain users can't use domain name to access server file shares. Works fine using server IP address & Netbios name
I've set up some simple domain users to test my active directory configuration.
These users have access to several shares on the server.
When I log in using any of these profiles client machine ...
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CENTOS 7 can't edit files on a shared Windows folder
I have the following very peculiar problem:
We have a Windows server 2012 R2 server with some shares on it. I'm trying to get them to share via SMB3 at the very minimum. No problem with our Windows ...
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Samba file sharing on Server 2012 R2 AD domain
Overview
I currently have a CentOS 7 server set up as a VM host using KVM. It has a 4TB (2x2TB mirrors) ZFS array that will be used for VM and file storage. This was set up as part of a process to ...
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How to deploy files using Group Policy
I wish to share a couple files to every computer on my domain. I know I need to use Group Policy, but I'm not really sure where to go from there. I am using Windows Server 2003 R2.
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Work folders and domain guest
I have setup Workfolders on my Windows Server 2012 R2. This is all working fine, however I want to be able to use my domain guest user on my domain computers.
This is not possible according to this ...
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best practice for deploying file shares in Remote Desktop Services
We are setting up a new virtual Remote Desktop Services deployment for 10 users in Azure, with 2 domain controllers and 2 RDS servers. Our requirement is to have resilient and fast file system for ...
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Transparent user migration to a new file server - just changing DNS?
So, file server migration.
I've robocopied everything over and kept folder permissions intact, I have recreated the shared.
My question is I need a transparent way of switching all the users from ...
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Accessing local groups remotly for a Windows Fileshare where user accounts are on an AD
I am asking this question with almost no knowledge of Windows and Active Directory.
I have a Windows Server (2012), that I am using as a file server (FILE01.domain.tld). There are some local groups ...
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Is there a shiny way to make Windows shares web accessible?
I'm new here, and I hope this isn't too much of a shopping question.
I'm the under-qualified director of technology at a small college that may be acquired by a larger school. We have Office 365 ...
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Shares and printers on a server are not accessible for one workstation
The PC in question is running Windows 7 and the server is Windows Server 2012 Standard.
Both machines can ping each other by IP and Name.
I've tried flushing the DNS cache, removing the pc from the ...
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Replace User within Active Directory File Server Share
I have a file server role utilizing an Active Directory Domain on Windows Server 2012 and I'm attempting to replace one User Object with another User Object across all existing file server share ACLs.
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