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Display is one thing, but does the user you're using to copy/move the files across, have the necessary write permissions to the network folder?<br />
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once that's figured out, a simple<br />
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<pre><code id="code-20-42145907-1">cp -R -u -p /source /destination</code></pre>
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should suffice.<br />
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You can also copy it as root to maintain permissions/ownership<br />
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<pre><code id="code-20-42145907-2">cp -au</code></pre>
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Also, have you looked at rsync?
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Display is one thing, but does the user you're using to copy/move the files across, have the necessary write permissions to the network folder?

once that's figured out, a simple



cp -R -u -p /source /destination


should suffice.

You can also copy it as root to maintain permissions/ownership



cp -au


Also, have you looked at rsync?

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yes user is super user and should not have a problem. I did try this command but no luck.
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yes user is super user and should not have a problem. I did try this command but no luck.

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Can you post the exact command you are issuing? &nbsp;Also can post the output from the df command, and ls &nbsp;-l from both the target and source directories.
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Can you post the exact command you are issuing?  Also can post the output from the df command, and ls  -l from both the target and source directories.

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Is the share on windows, if so then you need to install samba
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Is the share on windows, if so then you need to install samba

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Unable to copy or move files in a linux folder into a mounted mapped network drive. &nbsp;Getting error file or directory does not exist but yet it does and can display files in the shared folder.
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Unable to copy or move files in a linux folder into a mounted mapped network drive.  Getting error file or directory does not exist but yet it does and can display files in the shared folder.

Linux copy

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