How do I setup tow computer on a a lan to share files?

[Scott O'Nanski]

can you ping the other computer

Yep.

From both machines.

[Morbius1]

Please post the output of the following commands from the desktop PC:

Open Terminal
Type smbtree
Type findsmb
Type nmap -sT 192.168.0.100/22

Change 192.168.0.100 to the ip address of the desktop.

EDIT: you may not have nmap installed but by issuing the command it will ask you if you want to install it - you do.

[Scott O'Nanski]

Please post the output of the following commands from the desktop PC:

Open Terminal
Type smbtree
Type findsmb
Type nmap -sT 192.168.0.100/22

Change 192.168.0.100 to the ip address of the desktop.

EDIT: you may not have nmap installed but by issuing the command it will ask you if you want to install it - you do.

smbtree

Returned

WORKGROUP
	\\SYSTEM-LAPTOP-X		system-laptop-x server (Samba, Ubuntu)
cli_start_connection: failed to connect to SYSTEM-LAPTOP-X<20> (0.0.0.0). Error NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL
	\\SYSTEM-DESKTOP-X		system-desktop-x server (Samba, Ubuntu)
		\\SYSTEM-DESKTOP-X\scott desktop  	
		\\SYSTEM-DESKTOP-X\IPC$           	IPC Service (system-desktop-x server (Samba, Ubuntu))
		\\SYSTEM-DESKTOP-X\Videos         	
		\\SYSTEM-DESKTOP-X\print$         	Printer Drivers

And

findsmb

Returned

                                *=DMB
                                +=LMB
IP ADDR         NETBIOS NAME     WORKGROUP/OS/VERSION 
---------------------------------------------------------------------
192.168.2.2     SYSTEM-DESKTOP-+[WORKGROUP] [Unix] [Samba 3.4.0]
192.168.2.3     SYSTEM-LAPTOP-X [	WORKGROUP     ]

And

nmap -sT 192.168.2.2/22

Returned

Starting Nmap 5.00 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2010-01-01 19:32 EST
Interesting ports on 192.168.2.1:
Not shown: 999 filtered ports
PORT   STATE SERVICE
80/tcp open  http

Interesting ports on 192.168.2.2:
Not shown: 994 closed ports
PORT     STATE SERVICE
21/tcp   open  ftp
80/tcp   open  http
139/tcp  open  netbios-ssn
445/tcp  open  microsoft-ds
5900/tcp open  vnc
9091/tcp open  unknown

Interesting ports on 192.168.2.3:
Not shown: 998 closed ports
PORT    STATE SERVICE
139/tcp open  netbios-ssn
445/tcp open  microsoft-ds

Nmap done: 1024 IP addresses (3 hosts up) scanned in 93.33 seconds
s

[confusedstingray]

from the out put \\SYSTEM-LAPTOP-X has nothing shared if it shared not accessable by the workgroup

[Morbius1]

Your machine names in one case is at the legal length limit and in the other is beyond the limit. It must be 15 characters or less. The easiest way to fix this is like this:

Open Terminal
Type gksu gedit /etc/samba/smb.conf

And all the following line to the [global] section of smb.conf:

netbios name = DESKTOP-X

It doesn't have to be DESKTOP-X, but it must have 15 characters or less with no spaces please.

Save the file, exit gedit, and back in the Terminal type: sudo service samba restart

Wait a few minutes and see if sharing works.