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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RDP Read Only Local Drive
I need an auditor to be able to access the server's file system and be able to run programs on their local computer without the ability to save/copy the data.
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Unable to write to Windows file share "not enough space" yet drive has 10Gb free
I've got a system running Windows Server 2016 Standard.
It's got multiple file shares running from a common drive.
Periodically, I get an error when trying to save data to a file share on that drive.
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Access SMB over a custom port
I have the fileserver hosted on AWS. I was using smb port 445 to access the fileserver. I found out that some ISPs have blocked port 445, so I set up my fileserver instance behind AWS network load ...
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Disable file locks on a read-only Windows File Share
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On a Windows Server (2012R2 or 2016), I want to configure a file share offering a following functionality
some users, publishers group, have a write access to the share; these users are ...
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Symlinks look like regular files on samba shares
Symlinks on my samba share aren't behaving the way I want them to – specifically, the links look like duplicate regular files to the client machine. This used to work (i.e. symlinks on the server ...
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Create a Group RW-access for a KVM shared folder via virtiofs on Ubuntu Server 22
I have a folder /common on an Ubuntu Server 22 host which is RW accessible by all users in group users i.e. user alice (with uid 1000) is a member of users (with gid 12345) and has fuull RW access to /...
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How to delete cached temporarily credentials for a network share on a Windows machine without rebooting or logging off [duplicate]
This is more of a curiosity then a real problem, I am just to lazy to reboot or log off my laptop.
I have connected to a network share on a Windows server with domain credentials from a non-domain ...
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How to configure a Windows Server 2022 machine to allow file sharing with a DNS alias
Machines on my company's network can access file shares on a Windows Server 2022 system using the FQDN, but they can't access them using a DNS alias. I reviewed How to configure a Windows machine to ...
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Accessing Windows file server by alias name
What could be the possible problems with accessing a Windows file server shares using a DNS CNAME instead of the actual computer name? The file server is joined to an Active Directory domain, but is ...
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Windows NTFS filesystem - user cannot access file using Administrators group permissions
There is a shared folder on the computer running Windows 2012R2 with a NTFS filesystem.
There is a local User X who is part of the local Group Administrators on the computer.
The Shared folder is ...
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Applying permissions for share removes permissions on local folder win 2008 r2
I have a folder which has permissions on it for our IIS user. This folder is currently shared so our code deployment user can move files onto it.
I attempted adding another user to the share through ...
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Emulate local directory as network drive
Is there a way to map a local directory in Windows 10 as a network drive? I want to map C:\datastore as if it were \\datastore . Although there is plenty of information on mapping a network drive to ...
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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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Migrating 9 virtual machines to 1 server or pc
I have a build system set up which has 5 pcs and that has a total of 9 virtual machines using Hyper-V. I want to update this infrastructure and cut out the need for 5 physical pcs. Is there a way to ...
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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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