Setting up simple wired network.

[Autodave]

I have 4 machines all hooked up through a wired router. All machines Run Ubuntu 9.10 and none of them have Winblows on them. What program can I use to set up file sharing amongst these machines? I am a relative newbie to Ubuntu, so a GUI program would be great! However, I can also run from a command line if forced to.

[%hMa@?b<C]

samba
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpSamba

[Autodave]

samba
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpSamba

I have seen that before, but I thought that was just for sharing with Windows. I have no Window machines and only wish to swap files between Ubuntu 9.10 machines. Isn't there a simpler way of doing it than with SAMBA?

[Morbius1]

Open Nautilus > Right click on a folder in your home folder > select Sharing options > check off all the boxes > select create share.

Just like windows

[Autodave]

Open Nautilus > Right click on a folder in your home folder > select Sharing options > check off all the boxes > select create share.

Just like windows

OK: I did that on two of the machines. I made seperate folder on each machine and gave it sharing properties. But, now, when I go to NETWORK and click on that, I get this message: UNABLE TO MOUNT LOCATION: Failed to receive share list from server.

I don't use a server: they are all just individual machines. How do I share files from one to the other?

[Morbius1]

Oh lord, you knew that would happen, right? Are you using Karmic by any chance?

Let's hope this is something simple. Please post the output of the following commands from one of the machines please:

Open Terminal
Type net usershare info
Type testparm -s
Type smbtree
Type findsmb
Type nmap -sT 192.168.0.100/22
Change 192.168.0.100 to the ip address of the machine you're using.

You may not have nmap installed but when you issue the nmap command it will ask you if you want to install it - you do. Once it's installed run the nmap command again.

[Autodave]

Oh lord, you knew that would happen, right? Are you using Karmic by any chance?

Let's hope this is something simple. Please post the output of the following commands from one of the machines please:

Open Terminal
Type net usershare info
Type testparm -s
Type smbtree
Type findsmb
Type nmap -sT 192.168.0.100/22
Change 192.168.0.100 to the ip address of the machine you're using.

You may not have nmap installed but when you issue the nmap command it will ask you if you want to install it - you do. Once it's installed run the nmap command again.

Before doing that: maybe I am just being dumb or missing something simple. Do I have to specify one of the machines as the server? If so, how do I do that?

I did the same thing on both machines: now, when I click on NETWORK on the other machine, that machine shows up, but not the first machine (the one I am typing on righht now). When I click on NETORK on this machine, I get the message that I posted before. Does that help any??? And I am using Karmic on both machines.

[Autodave]

Before doing that: maybe I am just being dumb or missing something simple. Do I have to specify one of the machines as the server? If so, how do I do that?

I did the same thing on both machines: now, when I click on NETWORK on the other machine, that machine shows up, but not the first machine (the one I am typing on righht now). When I click on NETORK on this machine, I get the message that I posted before. Does that help any??? And I am using Karmic on both machines.

I started to run the commands you asked me for: when I get to run smbtree, it asks for a password. I never set up a passowrd for that and my root password doesn't work. What now?

[Morbius1]

(1) Both machines are servers and both machines are clients of the other.

(2) The password it's looking for is your login password

[Autodave]

(1) Both machines are servers and both machines are clients of the other.

(2) The password it's looking for is your login password

Here's what I got when I did waht you asked for:

david@ddesk-ub:~$ net usershare info
[share]
path=/home/david/share
comment=
usershare_acl=Everyone:F,
guest_ok=n

david@ddesk-ub:~$ testparm -s
Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
Processing section "[printers]"
Processing section "[print$]"
Loaded services file OK.
Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE
[global]
server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)
map to guest = Bad User
obey pam restrictions = Yes
pam password change = Yes
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
unix password sync = Yes
syslog = 0
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 1000
dns proxy = No
usershare allow guests = Yes
panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d

[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
create mask = 0700
printable = Yes
browseable = No
browsable = No

[print$]
comment = Printer Drivers
path = /var/lib/samba/printers
david@ddesk-ub:~$ smbtree
Enter david's password:
david@ddesk-ub:~$ findsmb

*=DMB
+=LMB
IP ADDR NETBIOS NAME WORKGROUP/OS/VERSION
---------------------------------------------------------------------
david@ddesk-ub:~$ nmap -sT 127.0.0.1

Starting Nmap 5.00 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2010-01-09 17:35 EST
Interesting ports on localhost (127.0.0.1):
Not shown: 997 closed ports
PORT STATE SERVICE
139/tcp open netbios-ssn
445/tcp open microsoft-ds
631/tcp open ipp

Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 0.17 seconds
david@ddesk-ub:~$