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Samba share unreachable on OS X 10.8.2
I have a remote Samba share with my web hosting provider. I am unable to access it using OS X 10.8.2, while accessing it from a Windows 7 VM inside the OS X works fine. On OS X, I use "connect to ...
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Why won't OS X Mountain Lion remember smb password on login?
After mounting an smb shared drive and putting in my username and password, OS X will ask me if I want to save password to keychain. I can say yes but it will not save it. The drive has also been ...
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How to test if samba server is working without a PC?
I set up smb file sharing on my MacBook so that an iPad app could browse my computer, but the iPad app is not showing a directory listing. I am not sure if this is just not working/configured ...
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How to copy file/folder beginning with dot from Mac to PC without hidden attribute?
I have Mac (OSX Lion) and PC (Windows 7) with a shared folder. To mount Windows shared folder I use "Connect to Server" in Finder. All files and folders are copied ok except for the files that begin ...
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Directories being shared without being on the file sharing list
I'm having an issue with file sharing in Lion using the default system pref pane. Although the list shows no share points, i can see that my home folder, and Macintosh HD are being shared, despite my ...
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I'm getting lots of Samba “too many open files” errors. How can I troubleshoot?
I'm using Mac OS X Snow Leapord. My iMac's hard drive has been getting unexpectedly full, and I finally tracked the problem down to a huge file: private/var/log/samba/log.smbd.old, weighing in at ...
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Can you run Samba on Snow Leopard workstations?
it appears that Samba functionality is restricted to the server edition of OS X 10.6 - is there a workaround or third-party solution?
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Viewing dollar sign shares over Samba on OS X?
I love Finder's built-in "connect to server" functionality. It's great, if not a bit hidden! (Those of you that don't know about it, right-click the Finder icon in your dock and hit Connect to Server) ...
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How to disable ._ AppleDouble files for SMB?
I have a small problem. I don't want that our Macs here create the ._ files to the network drive. For example when you copy an image over the finder to the SMB storage.
Is there a way to disable this ...
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Do you have a better way to browse Windows 7 machines in Finder (SL 10.6.5)?
Browsing the "network neighborhood" in OS X Finder does show XP machines, but not Windows 7 machines. (Vista machines have a similar problem). I can connect manually to Windows 7 machines ("connect to ...
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How can I get Snow Leopard to properly reconnect to my Windows network drives after it goes to sleep?
My mac goes to sleep. It wakes up. The volumes mounted to a Windows server in my house all work. I can see pictures and listen to music. Until I can't. After two or three sleep/wake cycles, I can't ...
