Getting Samba to work

[mrstevegross]

I am trying to get Samba (server) set up on Ubuntu. I am using the directions found on:

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

I installed the samba server (sudo apt-get install smbfs). That went fine.

Then I went to the network settings. The instructions tell me to enter some stuff for both "host settings" and "windows networking". There are options available for host settings, but nothing appears under the general tab for "windows networking."

Is there somewhere else I should be looking for those settings?

Thanks,
--Steve

[mrstevegross]

BTW, this is ubuntu 8.04. I see that in earlier versions of Ubuntu the windows config was under system -> admin -> share folders. In 8.04, it apperas to be nowhere!

Thanks,
--Steve

[jetsam]

I just took a stab at this question in post # 6 of this thread.

Hope it helps...

[cb951303]

 sudo apt-get install system-config-samba

System > Administration > Samba

[mrstevegross]

 sudo apt-get install system-config-samba

System > Administration > Samba

Ok, I installed system-config-samba and ran the above command. However, it crashed! It created a window that said "spawning samba"; then it closed that window and alerted me to a system crash.

???

--Steve

[jetsam]

There's a bug report on that in Launchpad here.

This is pasted from a solution suggested there:

In the Traceback,txt I see
SystemError: could not open configuration file `/etc/libuser.conf': No such file or directory

So, I did

sudo touch /etc/libuser.conf

and now the tool starts.........

[mrstevegross]

There's a bug report on that in Launchpad here.

This is pasted from a solution suggested there:

Ok, I got the samba config to run and set up a share. However! It is stilled not visible on my XP network browser.

I took a look at the Samba server settings, and it is indeed using the correct workgroup ('mshome').

Any ideas? (This is Ubuntu-via-VirtualBox, BTW).

Thanks,
--Steve

[cb951303]

you should add your user to the samba group

also in samba manager make sure "visible" is checked for your shared directory

[Iowan]

This help at all?