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Samba Installation and Share Folder in Windows Network on Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin/Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot
To install the system-config-samba package on Ubuntu Open Terminal (Press Alt+F2 and type gnome-terminal -or- Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:
- sudo apt-get install system-config-samba
- sudo apt-get install dconf-tools dconf-editor
- sudo apt-get install samba samba-common-system-config-samba
- sudo apt-get install python-glade
- sudo apt-get install libnspr4-0d libnss3-1d libcurl3
Note: If glade/python glade can't get work than Search "glade" & "python-glade" in Software Center and install both of them
When installation finished close the terminal window and Press Alt+F2 and type: samba. Click on Preferences and select the server settings. In the Workgroup text field you need to enter the name of your windows network. When done you can close the samba server configuration window.
To Share a Folder click with your right mouse button on the folder that you want to share and choose Sharing Options. Click on the checkbox in front of Share this folder and enable allow others to create and delete files and guest access if you want. If you don’t enable guest acces then you will need to make a new user account on Ubuntu and use that account to get acces to the shared folder from a windows machine. Now click on the Create Share button and on the Add the permissions automatically button.
> If for a username and a password when trying to open your shared folder you must add your Ubuntu account to the Samba user database. To do that copy+paste the following line in a terminal window:
sudo smbpasswd USERNAME -a
> First you will be asked for your password and after that you need to enter a new samba password.
> If you can’t detect the shared folder on windows 7 make sure that file and printer sharing is enabled.
To enable file and printer sharing on windows 7 start Windows and in the search box type:
manage advanced sharing settings
Under Public folder sharing enable the Turn on sharing option and restart Windows.
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Seems to require samba4, and samba4 is broken
I cannot find glade or python glade in software center. I am using Ubuntu 11.10
@Anonymous
Post Has been Updated with latest commands
still no phyton-glade supported in 11.10.
just updated from 10.4 to 11.10, am i missing something ive tried every way to install samba and sharing with no luck, is there a way and i'm just screwing it up or is something bigger then me broken? i only ask seeming that i have no idea
@Anonymous
Go to this topic and install Samba.
Samba for Ubuntu 11.10
Also try to install this topic.
Thank you for this sharing
none of this post is helping me get this done i have a few pc's that i would like to set up to share files and printers
samba won't show after installing in ubuntu 11.10..any help will be appreciated...
@Anonymous
What you want to do with samba?
When i open Samba in 11.10 after authentication...it does not show up.i mean samba application doesn't appear..how can i fix it?is there someone knew about this thing?
@Anonymous
You can't open samba in this way.
Open file browser and go to file 'menu' than 'connect to server'
This is the way you can use samba
How do you print to a windows pc shared computer? I've not seen any method that works for ubuntu oneiric.
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