Setting up a home network in Ubuntu 8.10. So that I can share files with Windows.

tleeonly · 12-28-2008, 08:04 PM

Can anybody show me how to do this? I can see files in Ubuntu while in Vista but not the other way around. I have tried everything. Any help would be appreciated.

smbell100 · 12-29-2008, 12:56 AM

Is your Vista firewall set to allow export of filesystems? Can you see the files from any other computer?

This link may be of help http://thinkabdul.com/2007/03/11/tip...os-x-or-linux/

ne3e · 12-29-2008, 07:54 AM

Have you looked at the configuration files yet?
Are you planning on using Active directory?
The easiest way to set it up is to install samba-swat.
Take a look at the samba website for configuration examples and write me back.

Good Luck and Happy New Year

John

win_to_lin_migrant · 12-29-2008, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by tleeonly

Can anybody show me how to do this? I can see files in Ubuntu while in Vista but not the other way around. I have tried everything. Any help would be appreciated.

Your post is incredibly skimpy on details such as: What hardware are you using to connect your network? Can all PC’s in your network ping all other PC’s?

I wrote a detailed procedure to network using Samba in Ubuntu to Windows 98. Here’s my post:
Setup a Peer to Peer Home Network with Point & Click

Have a look at it, try some things on your network and post back here with your findings.