Git requires minimal file locking, which I believe is the main cause of problems when using this kind of shared resource over a network file system. The reason it can get away with this is that most of the files in a Git repo— all the ones that form the object database— are named as … Read more
You could add a second IP address to the system and point the DNS name at that new IP address. The server will still talk on both IPs, so none of your users will be disrupted, but you will know that anyone connecting on the old IP is not using DNS.
You can open a command shell and type: net share
Map a network drive to that network path and choose the option to use a different username and password.
If you want to use the GUI, try clicking Places -> Connect to Server…. For Service Type choose Windows share, and fill out the fields like so: Server: 192.168.1.66 Share: SharedFolder Then download your file from the window. If you want to use a command-line interface, smbclient uses a FTP-like interface (get, put, etc.): ~$ … Read more
If the inherent linux mechanisms (like cachefs aka cachefilesd) don’t work AND you have budget, you may look into WAFS (wide area file services). These are devices designed for aggressive caching of NFS (and CIFS), to try and hide the latencies usually involved in WAN links.
If you don’t have Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Logon\Always wait for the network at computer startup and logon configured in your GPO, it’s possible that your computer boots and you log in with cached credentials before the NIC is up and has obtained an address. Then, by the time you get around to opening Explorer, you’ve got … Read more
This really piqued my interest. I was able to replicate your findings in my lab with the same pattern of results that you describe. I used Procmon to to try to see what changes are made and almost gave up until I saw the following: That shows lsass.exe (Local Security Authority) writing to the local … Read more
You can create an SSH tunnel through machine2 then in another session connect to the tunnel. For example, open two CLI sessions on machine1. In the first session run the following: MACHINE1$ ssh -L 2022:MACHINE3:22 <user>@MACHINE2 In the second session run the following: MACHINE1 $ ssh -p 2022 <user>@localhost What’s happening with the first command … Read more
I don’t know how, but when I inserted as username \ and left the password field blank suddenly it accepted the credentials and showed me the share contents. Maybe it will help someone else who has the same issue. EDIT: when I originally posted this answer I couldn’t check the checkbox to remember the credentials, … Read more