How to share network files on a Windows network with Ubuntu
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Even I cant believe but I had to install it when I installed Ubuntu Gutsy from a cd. But when I installed Hardy from DVD I did not need to.
And also OP said smbclient was not installed and smbtree command did not work.
After a complete reinstall of Ubuntu, and many hours of fiddling here and there, then finally getting perfectly detailed directions from another forum (and installing Samba...turns out that needed to be installed after all), I now have a working share! And it goes both ways (XP to Ubuntu and Ubuntu to XP)!!!
Well you really do not need samba configured for that. Samba need to be configured only when you need to share linux files/folders on windows machines. But you want to access windows shares on linux and that do not need samba configured.
Well you really do not need samba configured for that. Samba need to be configured only when you need to share linux files/folders on windows machines. But you want to access windows shares on linux and that do not need samba configured.
As screwy as Ubombtu is, you just might have to do it that way.
Well you really do not need samba configured for that. Samba need to be configured only when you need to share linux files/folders on windows machines. But you want to access windows shares on linux and that do not need samba configured.
Well, I DID also learn how to share a folder from the Ubuntu desktop, so maybe that was what Samba was used for. All I know is that it works now, and I'm happy. I'm going to put kubuntu on another pc I have and see if I can get it to do all the same things. But that will be a task for another day.
For that you will need nfs server. samba is used to share files with windows clients. TO share file/folders between linux machines, nfs is what you need.
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