Questions tagged [file-sharing]
A mechanism for allowing and mediating access to files for non-local users and programs. Such mechanisms are either built on top of local filesystems or seamlessly integrated into distributed filesystems. Common examples of file sharing mechanisms include CIFS (SMB, DFS), NFS, GlusterFS, Lustre.
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How do I mount sshfs at boot?
Using a NAS box as 24/7 file server, I'd like to use sshfs to connect to it from an Ubuntu 9.04 desktop. Currently, I have this line in the desktop's fstab:
sshfs#jldugger@storage:/mnt/HD_a2/ /mnt/...
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Windows XP File Properties Security Tab
This is hopefully a real easy one.
In Windows XP on some environments the File Properties dialog (that opens on right-click > properties when viewing the file in windows explorer) sometimes shows a ...
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GUI Tool to configure SFTP in Mac OS X Server?
Is there a GUI tool out there to configure SFTP for Mac OS? I have SFTP running fine, but I have no idea if it's possible to restrict access to certain Shares etc. Server Admin just lets you configure ...
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Preventing Folders from being Deleted/Moved on a Share
Situation: Windows Server 2003 - Users all have a mapped network drive to a common "Shared Files" file share...
File Share
Level 1 ("Projects" folder)
Level 2 (Files in the project folder)
Users ...
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File shares for Mac users
The main file shares on our network are currently hosted by old Apple XServes. I had planned to replace some of these with Windows shares as I have better hardware available but have been told this ...
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What should be done to share a /home partition between two Linux installs on the same computer?
If I wanted to run different releases (stable, development) of the same distribution on a single computer, what do I need to configure to ensure they can share a /home partition between them?
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What software do you recommend for extranet fileserver access? [closed]
Right now we have Windows file servers, and more and more groups of departments are wanting to share files for collaborative purposes with our clients. The sharing needs to be bidirectional.
It is ...
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How do you find what process is holding a file open in Windows?
One thing that annoys me no end about Windows is the old sharing violation error. Often you can't identify what's holding it open. Usually it's just an editor or explorer just pointing to a relevant ...
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Has anyone deployed the business version of Humyo or similar?
We're currently looking at rolling out an enterprise "safe" form of business file sharing and collaboration. Has anyone had experience with the Business flavour of the Humyo offering or something ...
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What security risks are there with employees using Dropbox?
Are there any particular security concerns to keep in mind with company-wide use of Dropbox file sharing / versioning / backing up, and are there specific options or settings that would be recommended ...
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