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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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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Audit deleted file by Linux client from Windows Server
I using a Windows Server 2012 for network file sharing (domain) and turn on audit policy for event file delete.
When a client using Windows OS access network share folder then delete some file, the ...
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Disable creation of specific file names on a windows share
In Linux, it's easy to disallow the creation of files with specific names through the use of samba's veto files options. This is useful in situations where, for example, you have Macs connecting to ...
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how to prevent windows server 2016 share from holding file locks after a disconnects?
I have a Windows Server 2016 server with a file share that clients have write permissions to. Sometimes clients disconnect while the client has file locks that are not released.
Here is a view using ...
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Files created by Samba always sets g+rwx when ACL is used
I'm using ACLs to enable rw access to both local and samba users, and noticed that group permissions is always set to rwx.
This is the ACL set on the test directory:
ubuntu@server:/test$ getfacl .
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SharePoint OneDrive & CIFS
I'm working on a project that includes moving users away from their network shared folder to SharePoint. Is there any option to have a user's SharePoint OneDrive cloud space live inside their existing ...
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Windows Server 2012 Shares vs. Windows Explorer Sharing
When I use the server manager in WS2012 and create a new share, point it at a folder and give everybody permission to read, it works very strangely:
From a client computer, I can access the server in ...
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Why is file sharing over internet still working, despite all firewall exceptions for filesharing being disabled?
Every exception in my windows server firewall that starts with "File and Printer Sharing" is disabled (ordered by name, so that includes domain, public (active), and private profiles).
The Network ...
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Shared folder on Linux
how do I create a truly shared folder on a Linux server? I want for the members of a project team to be able to read and write every file as if they were their own, regardless of whether they copied ...
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Failed downloading file. Nginx aio read /path/to/file failed (22: Invalid argument)
On our site we added the ability to download our video files. We use nginx on our servers.
The weird issue is now that sometimes files are downloadable and sometimes not.
The error we receive in the ...
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Can I use DFS or a namespace to redirect the top level share e.g. \\server\redirect -> \\otherserver\share\some\path\
Let's say I have a share with a really long path. e.g.
\\targetserver\share\folder1\folder2\folderIWant.
I can use DFS to get a shorter path, e.g.
\\server\shareFolder\folderIWant
However, I was ...
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Files saved to Samba share are randomly differing from originals?
I manage a small network of windows clients and a BSD file server running Samba 4.6.x. We had some odd issues which led to the discovery that when users save files to the server, about 12% of the ...
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Set client Quotas on a windows server
I'm using winserver 2012 to Share files over a network of about 100 users. Currently anyone connected to the network has full access to the shared folders. I would like to limit each client to a ...
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Windows 10 Pro Sharing/Samba Speed Throttling?
Does Windows 10 Pro file sharing (aka Samba) throttle its speed? Mine seems to cap out at exactly 25 megabytes per second.
My Windows 10 Pro machine is directly connected (via crossover cable) to a ...
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IIS Virtual Directory maximum number of connections to Windows share
**Disclaimer. I'm a developer, largely ignorant on what actually happens with virtual directories and such.
A recent outage was explained away as too many connections to a Windows file share, and it ...
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