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| Thread ID: 75256 | 2006-12-22 03:55:00 | LINUX (very) newbie question | Tony (4941) | Press F1 |
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| 508696 | 2006-12-22 03:55:00 | I've installed Ubuntu Linux dual-booting with WIN XP on a spare machine. So far, so hoopy - in fact this post is coming from Firefox on Linux. The machine is networked, and I can see and access the other machines on the network fine - they are all XP beasts. My problem is access the other way round. I have the Linux machine set to the correct workgroup by editing Samba.conf, so the other PCs can see it, but if I try to access the Linux PC from another machine, I get asked for a login and password, and whatever I supply does not seem to be accepted - it just re-displays the login request. I presume there is something else I have to configure on the Linux PC - But what, I have no idea. Any suggestions? This is absolutely my first foray into Linux, so please make all responses in words of one syllable, and a minimum of Linux geek-speak. :) :) |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 508697 | 2006-12-22 04:04:00 | Hey Tony, unfortunately I can't help you on the Linux department but I would like to say congratulations for getting into Linux. | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 508698 | 2006-12-22 04:44:00 | Not sure on an answer despite running linux but not Ubuntu. But I have to congratulate you on your excellent post explaining the problem. |
kjaada (253) | ||
| 508699 | 2006-12-22 04:47:00 | An afterthought to my previous post.It could be to do with permissions on the other boxes if you are not the user on each of them. | kjaada (253) | ||
| 508700 | 2006-12-22 05:13:00 | Hmm ... I haven't used samba for a couple of years now, so not sure how much help I can be. For starters, could you please post the contents of your smb.conf. Also, well done on getting so far with networking the machines especially considering this is your first looksie at Linux. :) |
Jen (38) | ||
| 508701 | 2006-12-22 05:37:00 | like jen I havent played with samba for a while but theres a nagging thought of users have to be added to password cnf file my suggestion is to go to the experts on ubuntu http://ubuntuforums.org |
beama (111) | ||
| 508702 | 2006-12-22 06:59:00 | It was probably an accident in my case, but Samba set itself up and I can access files across both platforms on my home network . XP seems to be happy as well as Mepis doing this . I cannot "see" the Mepis (Linux) files that are the actual OPSYS while I search in XP, but I can access the files and folders in my shared areas bi-directionally . . . . but don't ask me how it happened . Maybe Mepis has something over Ubuntu . . . . BTW: TY pj for the Ubuntu . . . I am toying with it right this moment . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 508703 | 2006-12-22 08:52:00 | Use Samba for transfering files but I don't really know how to help you because I'm not good in Linux at all. But it was OK for me transfering files in window. | PedalSlammer (8511) | ||
| 508704 | 2006-12-22 09:17:00 | I presume there is something else I have to configure on the Linux PC - But what, I have no idea. Any suggestions? Have you created Samba users? To access resources for a particular user on the Linux PC from a WIndows PC you have two users normally with the same name - the traditional Linux user and a Samba user (this is because of incompatibilities between the Linux and Windows login process). You should be able to do this from your GUI somewhere - otherwise there is smbpasswd command line tool. |
johnd (85) | ||
| 508705 | 2006-12-22 09:29:00 | Does this link help? www.linuxheadquarters.com |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
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