Questions tagged [sharing]
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Windows 10 Share not accessible from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
I am trying to connect/mount a point on my Ubuntu 16.04 LTS VM to a share on the host which is a Windows 10 with no success. The goal is so that I can download files on Ubuntu(VM) and transfer them to the Windows host. The Windows share is…
dude
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how to know the capacity of a shared drive
I'm working on a network of Windows-10 computers. I have access to other computers' C:-drives, using the IP address, followed by "C$": in Windows Explorer, I type "\\10.10.10.1\C$", and as this C:-drive is shared, I can see the contents.
Today I'm…
Dominique
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Windows 10 file sharing on local wifi is horribly slow
When sharing a file/folder in Windows 10, the connection is horribly slow.
What I am trying to do is to share a folder on one computer, and access that folder and the files within from another computer on the same WiFi network. More precisely, the…
user550628
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Windows share folder mount error: cifs filesystem not supported by the system
I am trying to mount a windows share folder that is on the local network on the windows ubuntu terminal
The command is:
sudo mount -t cifs //xxx.xxx.x.xxx/foldername /mnt/x -o user=username
But I have:
mount error: cifs filesystem not supported by…
Darky
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How can you hide shared folders from those who do not have permissions in Window server 2016 without Active directory
I am using window server 2016 without active directory. I have created some shared folder for users in the server but when users are accessing their folder they are able to see the folder of all other users. I have enable access based enumeration as…
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Everyone and NTFS permissions
I have been reading some articles about file sharing permissions. In most of the articles it states that the easiest way to manage share and NTFS permissions is to grant everyone full access and then use NTFS to further restrict permissions.
My only…
user944413
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How to connect two Windows XP x86-64 PCs using FireWire?
I'm having trouble doing so. I basically want to transfer files between two PCs and also share the internet connection from one. As you may know Windows XP supports FireWire Network Adapters. What I've done so far:
I've tried setting up "office or…
WindowsXpUser
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How to automatically connect to phone using phone link
My windows 10 PC, phone link works as a startup app and also it works as background app. But it not connects to the android device automatically.
For each time to connect I will open the app and press reconnect. I want to connect it automatically to…
Alwin Varghese
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virtualbox employ deduplication between multiple vdi on the same host
I am using virtualbox to test software on various linux distributions. The base Application (10-20GB CAE Suite) is stored on separate vdi, so I can have one vdi per Version of the Application and attach them to multiple virtual machines. These vdi…
Ingo
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Can’t see my shared resources from my server in a client computer, connected through a VPN
I’m new to networking. I am the new network manager in a business. A few days ago I tried to change a computer in a branch office to a new one, but I can´t get the server to see that new client.
When I try net view from…
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Is LibreOffice able to open MS Office documents in "shared" mode?
I'm a GNU/Linux and Free/Libre software user for about twelve years now. In the company I work I am the only one who runs GNU/Linux. It's been that way for a couple of years.
Recently a colleague showed me Excel 2013 is able to open documents that…
user463678
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How to connect on windows 10 through smb to external server shared folder
I am trying to connect to external ip address through smb on windows 10 without any success.
\\server-ip:port\shareDirectoryName
So far I did try the following ports: 139,445 but without any success.
I know this is not firewall/antivirus issue,…
fenix440
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When managing permissions via network on a remote PC, can't list or add users on the managed PC (no AD): What I am doing wrong?
This is not a duplicate question. Please read thoroughly and completely before closing it. Similar questions or their solutions either are related to AD or did not work. Having said this:
I have two PCs, PC-local and PC-remote. Both are running…
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Excel 365 co-authoring: how to track changes?
I would like to see who changed which cells in Excel 365 workbook shared for co-authoring.
Something similar that was available for shared workbooks like this:
Is that possible somehow?
Vojtěch Dohnal
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Can i use my laptop to stream video files on multiple android devices?
Let's start from the beginning, i have a laptop (windows 10) in which i have saved a lot of video files around 100 GB, i want to share those files with my sister such that she can connect her android phone to my pc and can stream those videos on…
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