Page 2 of 2 FirstFirst 12
Results 11 to 19 of 19

Thread: File Sharing over network

  1. #11
    Join Date
    Aug 2009
    Beans
    22

    Re: File Sharing over network

    Oh bugger!
    It's now 2:35am here in the UK, and this has all become a nasty mess as I feared it might....
    Before I saw Bodhi's last message I decided to try Powels method to see if I could get that working.
    Samba has installed and I'm sure I did all the things mentioned, however even though my windows laptop can see the shared folder on the Ubuntu machine, when I try to open it I'm told I don't have permission.
    I'm not asked for a password or username, I'm just refused access......

    Do I now try to reverse the whole SAMBA thing & try changing the owner like Bodhi suggests?
    or can I still do that now WITH Samba installed?
    should I stick with trying to make SAMBA work?

    Do you guys disagree about how this should be done?

    I only want read access to the files in that folder yet it seems impossible to make it happen...

    I really do want to move away from microsoft OS but things like this really do tempt me to just go back to what I know works fine...

    I'll sleep on it & see what replies are here when I awake.

    Please don't think I'm not grateful guys, your help is much appreciated, just a little frustrated here that's all!

    D.

  2. #12
    Join Date
    Apr 2006
    Location
    Montana
    Beans
    Hidden!
    Distro
    Kubuntu Development Release

    Re: File Sharing over network

    The other question is, are you running a firewall on Ubuntu or your windows boxes ?
    There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth...not going all the way, and not starting.
    --Prince Gautama Siddharta

    #ubuntuforums web interface

  3. #13
    Join Date
    Aug 2009
    Beans
    22

    Re: File Sharing over network

    No firewall that I'm aware of...
    As well as the folder I can't access there is also an Ubuntu shared folder which I have no problems accessing, so I'm assuming there's no firewall problems.

  4. #14
    Join Date
    Nov 2008
    Location
    Taiwan
    Beans
    446
    Distro
    Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope

    Re: File Sharing over network

    Check your samba settings. I have included some pics to help. Where you see my user name "drock" please substitute your own user name". I have set up many systems this way and it works very well.

    samba settings can be found at "system\administration\samba"

    See attached.

    i hope that helps

    Powel
    Attached Images Attached Images

  5. #15
    Join Date
    Nov 2008
    Location
    Taiwan
    Beans
    446
    Distro
    Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope

    Re: File Sharing over network

    BTW here is what the windows side looks like on my home network.

    Powel
    Attached Images Attached Images

  6. #16
    Join Date
    Aug 2009
    Beans
    22

    Re: File Sharing over network

    Hey thanks Powel!
    I double-checked and changed a few things & re-booted both machines and eventually got it working.
    Weird thing is though the windows laptop couldn't see the Ubuntu box at all until the Ubuntu box looked at the Windows laptop, only then did the Windows laptop start to see the Ubuntu box & it's shares.

    That's no big deal though.

    Thanks for all your patience.

    I'll now move on to my next question, but I guess I should start a new thread.
    Cheers,
    Dave.
    xxx.

  7. #17
    Join Date
    Nov 2008
    Location
    Taiwan
    Beans
    446
    Distro
    Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope

    Re: File Sharing over network

    Now that you mention it I remember experiencing what you just mentioned and I believe it is because the ubuntu box does not announce itself to the router, (which then registers its ip), until after it makes a call out to the network. where as windows is constantly announcing itself, which can be dangerous if you are on an unprotected wireless system.

    What's your next question?

    Powel

  8. #18
    Join Date
    Aug 2009
    Location
    U.S.
    Beans
    41
    Distro
    Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx

    Re: File Sharing over network

    Thanks, I was having the same problem. You should make a tutorial for this.
    |_ _| _ _ __ __ / | / | ( _ )
    | | | | | | \ \/ / | | | | / _ \
    | | | |_| | > < | | | | | (_) |
    |_| \__,_| /_/\_\ |_| |_| \___/

  9. #19
    Join Date
    Nov 2008
    Location
    Taiwan
    Beans
    446
    Distro
    Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope

    Re: File Sharing over network

    A good point. It did take me some time and doing to find this working method. I hope that Karmic will address these issues. If this is not the case I will certainly take the time to do a detailed tutorial on the subject.

    Powel

Page 2 of 2 FirstFirst 12

Tags for this Thread

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •