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Old 06-04-2009, 11:13 PM   #1
krishnakant
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Cool How to access a share folder in UBUNTU


Hi Folks,

Actually I have a Ubuntu desktop & I have installed wine. I want to access a network share using this option:

First method:
Start run terminal ctrl+F2 then typing //192.168.58.56
but Its show error Could not open location 'file:////192.168.58.56

Second method:
But when I access smb://192.168.58.56 . I am able to access it.

But I wants to access it First method. How it will be possible.


Regards,
Krishna Kant
 
Old 06-05-2009, 02:23 AM   #2
vlademir
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Originally Posted by krishnakant View Post
Hi Folks,

Actually I have a Ubuntu desktop & I have installed wine. I want to access a network share using this option:

First method:
Start run terminal ctrl+F2 then typing //192.168.58.56
but Its show error Could not open location 'file:////192.168.58.56

Second method:
But when I access smb://192.168.58.56 . I am able to access it.

But I wants to access it First method. How it will be possible.


Regards,
Krishna Kant
Did you install and configure samba ?
see here how to configure samba share on ubuntu

if it is installed then open your browser and type :
Quote:
\\192.168.58.56
Hope that this can help
 
  


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