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| Thread ID: 128913 | 2013-01-23 07:27:00 | Access windows shares in Linux Mint | hueybot3000 (3646) | Press F1 |
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| 1324458 | 2013-01-23 07:27:00 | Hey all, Windows 7 corrupted and died so installed mint as I haven't used linux for a long time now. So far loving it but I am getting extremely annoyed that file sharing hasn't been sorted "out of the box". I think I have samba installed and have installed system-config-samba but I cannot find the gui anywhere! I'm sure I can handle it once I find it but where the hell is it? If someone can point it out that'd be great. All I want to do is access windows shares so I can copy some data onto lappy from desktop. Cheers |
hueybot3000 (3646) | ||
| 1324459 | 2013-01-23 07:42:00 | Just to confirm -- Is it the windows shared and Mint cant see them, or is it windows are not shared. When Ever I've been using ubuntu, the first thing I do is change what appears to be the default workgroup From "Workgroup" to what ever your workgroup is called. Just installing Samba wont do it. Once I've Edited samba’s configuration file with a text editor, it usually works. Mind you all the work I've done has been with Ubuntu. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1324460 | 2013-01-23 07:43:00 | Yep have folders shared in windows and want access from mint. Workgroup is default at workgroup and that's what the workgroup is, confirmed by looking at config file. | hueybot3000 (3646) | ||
| 1324461 | 2013-01-23 07:48:00 | Can Other Windows computers see the windows shares, ( that's assuming you have more windows computers) | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1324462 | 2013-01-23 08:13:00 | so installed mint What version & what DE. GUI tools will be specific to the environment yoiu are running. |
fred_fish (15241) | ||
| 1324463 | 2013-01-23 08:14:00 | Yeah the shares Im wanting to access have been there for a couple of years. I'm no newbie to windows :-) It's odd cos I don't even see the folder let alone the contents... |
hueybot3000 (3646) | ||
| 1324464 | 2013-01-23 08:20:00 | What version & what DE. GUI tools will be specific to the environment yoiu are running. Cinnamon. |
hueybot3000 (3646) | ||
| 1324465 | 2013-01-23 08:36:00 | last time i used mint it worked out of the box, odd your isn't. Have you tried another distro maybe try puppy on a flash drive save installing it | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1324466 | 2013-01-23 08:54:00 | As a gnome fork, it probably still uses the gvfs mechanism. Never been a gnome user so it is all a bit of a mystery to me. No "Network" icon in the file manager? Can you type "smb://server/share/" in the address bar? |
fred_fish (15241) | ||
| 1324467 | 2013-01-23 21:13:00 | Just to carry on or confirm -- Have you actually installed Mint or running it from a Live DVD ?? I downloaded the same version as you mentioned - Cinnamon - Last night, ran it from the Live CD and it didn't or couldn't see the network anywhere. Installed it this morning on a workshop PC and it sees the Network, all shares and has acess as any other windows based PC, Windows Computers can also see and acess a shared folder on Mint without any problems. No Need to install Samba, its already there Went Via Start ( or mint menu) Places > Network > Windows Network. 4698 Looking From Mint to Network 4696 Looking from Windows 7 to Network, Workshop-Mint is the install and what I'm using to post this. 4697 I KNOW I'm going to regret this - But its actually a better version of Linux than any of the others I've tried in the past. |
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