Allowing more than one user to have access to a file. This can be via a network share, some method of cloud storage, using an FTP server, or other methods.
Questions tagged [file-sharing]
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How do I connect two computers using USB 3.0?
I know this question exists, but it's about USB in General. Mine is about USB 3.0 and newer specifically.
USB 3.0 specification introduces the feature known as direct host-to-host connection with normal USB 3.0 A/A (male/male) cables (or some bridge…
Gizmo
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Make a network drive available over the internet?
I recently built a small server machine, using Ubuntu Server and Samba, to act as a file server (among other things) so that my entire family can access certain files over the network from Windows machines. However, I would love to take this a step…
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Windows reverting changes made by Linux to FAT32 partition
I have a laptop with dual-boot Windows 10 and Linux Mint 19 Tara installed to the internal M.2 SSD.
Apart from all the OS-specific partitions, I have a 4 GB FAT32 partition on that SSD that I intended to use for copying files between OSes.
The…
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What port or ports are used for File sharing in windows?
I want to know on the windows operating system, what is the port number for the file sharing service?
For example as you know the port number for HTTP service is 80. So I need to know the port number of file sharing protocol?
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Files/Folders get weird names and become inaccessible on Samba share
Here is our current setup:
Mac OS X 10.5.8 File server using Mac OS Extended (Journaled) file system. There is a share that is shared over AFP (For Mac desktops) and Samba for (Windows desktops).
Here is what is happening:
All GFX designers use Mac…
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Should file names contain multiple periods?
I often name files using a convention such that I incorporate a version number at the end, similar to Some Deliverable - v0.1.docx. Sometimes when colleagues make changes and send back revised versions they will update that version number, but they…
sernaferna
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What is the most reliable way to send a big file between two Windows computers via network?
The file is around 170GB. I wouldn't upload it on the FTP, and download it. It is not reliable, sometime, connections drop, and it will have big trouble. So, is there any better way to do so? Anyone suggest? Thanks.
P.S.:two computers are not in…
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Stop Windows NLA from repeatedly detecting local network as a new, Unidentified Network
I am managing a small business network with a number of Windows 10 and 7 PCs.
Intermittently but quite frequently users complain that they can no longer access shared folders with other co-workers.
Quick troubleshooting determines that the issue…
PaulH
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Windows 10, can ping other PC but cannot access shared folders! What gives?
I have a computer running Windows 7 that shares a Git repo on drive D. Let's call this PC "win7". This repo is the origin of a project that we push to and pull from.
The network is a wireless network. One PC on this network is running on Windows 10.…
Mostafa Zeinali
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Easiest way to send 20GB folder
What's the easiest way to give someone a 20GB folder? I've thought about starting a bittorrent, but it seems like there must be a simpler way. It's too big to email or upload to any free filesharing servers. I could start my own server but it seems…
lersa
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"Users" folder shared with everyone
Today I found something strange on my newly installed Windows 7 OS - my "users" folder C:\Users was shared and "Everyone" had full access... I disabled that and now it seems fine, however I'm a bit scared actually, I'd like to know what caused that…
user256743
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What's the best way to share files between linux and windows 7 on a dual/multi boot computer?
Just got myself a new computer and thinking of how set it up.
I have win7 HP and will probably install at least some version of Ubuntu on it shortly to have dual boot. Might come other Linux distros too in the future.
I have a 1TB HDD and my…
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Disable file sharing on Windows XP
I want to disable file sharing (SMB) on Windows XP and I turned it off in the network properties dialog box, but the system is still listening on port 445. Is there a way to make it stop listening on 445 entirely? Is it still on in stealth mode?
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Cannot connect to Windows share via local network IP address, but can by localhost
I'm stuck a bit in figuring out why can not I access Windows Shared Folder via my local network address even from the very computer that exposes the share.
When I try to see shared folder via \\localhost everything works out, I can see the…
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AFP, SMB, NFS which is the best data transfer protocol?
I have a computer with large hard disks running Gentoo. I have to serve med/big files via a wired network to Apple devices (all of them running OS X).
Which protocol is the best for the following needs ? :
Speed
Ease of use (by the clients and the…
Kami
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