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by altair4
Sun Mar 17, 2024 5:28 pm
Forum: Open Chat
Topic: Is terminal-based web browsers safer than Graphical User Interface-based web browsers?
Replies: 5
Views: 140

Re: Is terminal-based web browsers safer than Graphical User Interface-based web browsers?

Is it just me or is that post devoid of any periods to denote the end of a sentence?
by altair4
Sun Mar 17, 2024 4:45 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: Connecting to Win10 shares on MINT 21.3
Replies: 1
Views: 60

Re: Connecting to Win10 shares on MINT 21.3

I used to have my old MINT 19.1 setup for sharing with shared Windows Files/Folders years ago, and have completely forgotten how to go about setting this up again! If I remember correctly, it was NOT that difficult a thing to do? Don't feel bad that you don't remember how to do it because it's comp...
by altair4
Sat Mar 16, 2024 4:59 pm
Forum: Networking
Topic: desktop icons appear after two minutes using NAS shares (SOLVED)
Replies: 4
Views: 97

Re: desktop icons appear after two minutes using NAS shares (SOLVED)

Not to get obsessively teck-winnie about this but: According to man systemd.mount : noauto, auto With noauto, the mount unit will not be added as a dependency for local-fs.target or remote-fs.target. This means that it will not be mounted automatically during boot, unless it is pulled in by some oth...
by altair4
Sat Mar 16, 2024 9:38 am
Forum: Networking
Topic: Linux Mint can't find known-good Samba Share
Replies: 21
Views: 598

Re: Linux Mint can't find known-good Samba Share

I tried this, but it doesn't work for some reason. (I created the mount point /mnt/third beforehand.) mount -t cifs -o username=matthew,password=<PASSWORD REDACTED> //192.168.1.53/third /mnt/third Would you explain what "doesn't work" means: [1] You ran the command and it produced an erro...
by altair4
Tue Mar 12, 2024 5:42 pm
Forum: Virtual Machines
Topic: How to enable shared clipboard or files in VirtualBox?
Replies: 19
Views: 478

Re: How to enable shared clipboard or files in VirtualBox?

Based only on that picture you have no shared folders so there is nothing to mount.

Go through AndyMH's steps and try it again: viewtopic.php?p=2442081#p2442081
by altair4
Tue Mar 12, 2024 6:17 am
Forum: Networking
Topic: Linux Mint can't find known-good Samba Share
Replies: 21
Views: 598

Re: Linux Mint can't find known-good Samba Share

I'm not disagreeing with the recommendation by RowlandP but I would just like to point out that Alma Linux was created to be "binary-compatible" with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

That might explain why all these enterprise level settings are in the default smb.conf.
by altair4
Mon Mar 11, 2024 5:36 pm
Forum: Networking
Topic: ( Solved ) Recent connectivity issue with home network
Replies: 4
Views: 110

Re: ( Solved ) Recent connectivity issue with home network

Another option is to use the mdns host name of the server and not the ip address. I have a ssh server set up on a debian machine: SSH-mDNS.PNG I can use the ip address ( 192.168.1.99 ) or I can use the mDNS host name: vdeb12xfce host name with a .local attached at the end. Then it doesn't matter if ...
by altair4
Mon Mar 11, 2024 7:59 am
Forum: Storage
Topic: (SOLVED-ish) Unable to mount [Drive name]
Replies: 20
Views: 335

Re: Unable to mount [Drive name]

BTW, you do realize that if you format the partitions to ext4 whatever data you have in them will be lost, right?
by altair4
Mon Mar 11, 2024 7:53 am
Forum: Storage
Topic: (SOLVED-ish) Unable to mount [Drive name]
Replies: 20
Views: 335

Re: Unable to mount [Drive name]

One more command output please, Sorry:

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sudo blkid -c /dev/null -o list
by altair4
Mon Mar 11, 2024 7:20 am
Forum: Networking
Topic: desktop icons appear after two minutes using NAS shares (SOLVED)
Replies: 4
Views: 97

Re: desktop icons appear after two minutes using NAS shares

15 shares is a lot of shares. One suggestion would be not to mount them at boot but "on access". You do that by adding a systmed directive to your mount statement: x-systemd.automount //192.168.8.1/software /mnt/software cifs credentials=/home/username/.smbcredentials,nobrl,iocharset=utf8,...
by altair4
Fri Mar 08, 2024 8:23 am
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: [SOLVED] Apache2 has 'appeared' on my system
Replies: 7
Views: 182

Re: Apache2 has 'appeared' on my system

Run the following command:

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apt rdepends apache2
That will tell you all of the packages that depend on apache2.

Do you have any of those packages?
by altair4
Thu Mar 07, 2024 2:56 pm
Forum: Networking
Topic: [SOLVED] Default permissions for shared files?
Replies: 1
Views: 76

Re: Default permissions for shared files?

"nobody" is the default user samba assigns to "guest" users. You can force every samba user t be you my using the "force user = calab" in /etc/samba/smb.conf If you created the share in your file manager add it to the [global] section of smb.conf - put it under the work...
by altair4
Thu Mar 07, 2024 8:03 am
Forum: Networking
Topic: Question about Buffalo LinkStation
Replies: 5
Views: 177

Re: Question about Buffalo LinkStation

By default mount.cifs will negotiate with the server to determine the best dialect of smb to use between a range of 2.1 to 3.11. Your nas can only accept versions 2.0 and 1.0 so you would have to add that to your cifs mount statements: vers=1.0 , or vers=2.0 There might be another problem however an...
by altair4
Tue Mar 05, 2024 6:56 pm
Forum: Networking
Topic: Cannot browse SMB workgroup
Replies: 11
Views: 297

Re: Cannot browse SMB workgroup

Other than games and a few commercial applications I need to use for professional purposes, Linux is generally capable of doing all the things I need to do on an everyday basis as a desktop productivity OS, and I *can* connect to my shares, even it's clumsy to do so. This is just a suggestion but j...
by altair4
Sun Mar 03, 2024 12:06 pm
Forum: Networking
Topic: Question about Buffalo LinkStation
Replies: 5
Views: 177

Re: Question about Buffalo LinkStation

It would be good to know which dialect of SMB the NAS is using .. or can use.

You can find that out from your Mint box:

Install nmap:

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sudo apt install nmap
Then run this command - if the ip address of the NAS is 192.168.1.100:

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nmap -Pn --script smb-protocols 192.168.1.100
by altair4
Sat Mar 02, 2024 3:41 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: Unable to connect to local LAN SOLVED
Replies: 23
Views: 505

Re: Unable to connect to local LAN

"Home Group"? Damn, you know it's been so long since I've had to deal with Windows that old I completely forgot about Windows Home Groups. There is no Home Group in Linux. There is no Home Group in Windows 10 or 11 either. I've got to think about this one and look at some of my old notes. ...
by altair4
Sat Mar 02, 2024 3:33 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: Unable to connect to local LAN SOLVED
Replies: 23
Views: 505

Re: Unable to connect to local LAN

I want you to run the command in a terminal:
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by altair4
Sat Mar 02, 2024 3:19 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: Unable to connect to local LAN SOLVED
Replies: 23
Views: 505

Re: Unable to connect to local LAN

In a terminal of your Mint system run this command:

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nemo smb://192.168.1.73/Temp
Does it connect and show the contents of the Temp share on the Windows machine?
by altair4
Sat Mar 02, 2024 3:00 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: Unable to connect to local LAN SOLVED
Replies: 23
Views: 505

Re: Unable to connect to local LAN

If 192.168.1.254 is the IPV4 address of the windows box use that one:

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smbclient -L 192.168.1.254
by altair4
Sat Mar 02, 2024 1:36 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: Unable to connect to local LAN SOLVED
Replies: 23
Views: 505

Re: Unable to connect to local LAN

I'm having difficulty with step 1: Running ipconfig.exe blinks a text box too fast to see. I can't get it to stay long enough to read or copy. Same thing with each of the windows machines... I don't understand that post. Open Command Prompt on your windows box and run ipconfig . Doesn't Command Pro...

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