I'm trying to get my home network up and running. But I have gotten to a snag.
My wifes vista computer can see and access my Kubuntu laptop and it's shared files with no problem. In fact in vista I was able to map to my Kubuntu "My Files" folder and I am able to access it.
However in Kubuntu when I go into Dolphin and open the Network>Samba Shares>Jeremy (my workgroup)> Home (the vista desktop). But at this point when I click on the vista computer it blanks out the dolphin window pane and wont list any files or folders. Then after a few seconds it shows a message on the bottom of the dolphin panel that says "Timeout on server home". It doesn't even give an opportunity to enter a username or password.
I followed the following guide to setup samba: "HOWTO:Setup Samba peer-to-peer with Windows" at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=202605
I also have attached a copy of my smb.conf file.
Dose anyone see anything that I missed or messed up on? Is their something in vista that I may need to configure? The message "Timeout on server home" seems to indicate that vista is trying to act as a server. If thats what its indicating could that be the problem?
Thanks for your advice.
My wifes vista computer can see and access my Kubuntu laptop and it's shared files with no problem. In fact in vista I was able to map to my Kubuntu "My Files" folder and I am able to access it.
However in Kubuntu when I go into Dolphin and open the Network>Samba Shares>Jeremy (my workgroup)> Home (the vista desktop). But at this point when I click on the vista computer it blanks out the dolphin window pane and wont list any files or folders. Then after a few seconds it shows a message on the bottom of the dolphin panel that says "Timeout on server home". It doesn't even give an opportunity to enter a username or password.
I followed the following guide to setup samba: "HOWTO:Setup Samba peer-to-peer with Windows" at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=202605
I also have attached a copy of my smb.conf file.
[global]
; General server settings
netbios name = Jm
server string =
workgroup = JEREMY
announce version = 5.0
socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_KEEPALIVE SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
passdb backend = tdbsam
security = user
null passwords = true
username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
name resolve order = hosts wins bcast
wins support = yes
printing = CUPS
printcap name = CUPS
syslog = 1
syslog only = yes
; NOTE: If you need access to the user home directories uncomment the
; lines below and adjust the settings to your hearts content.
[homes]
valid users = %S
create mode = 0600
directory mode = 0755
browseable = yes
read only = no
veto files = /*.{*}/.*/mail/bin/
; NOTE: Only needed if you run samba as a primary domain controller.
; Not needed as this config doesn't cover that matter.
[netlogon]
path = /var/lib/samba/netlogon
admin users = Administrator
valid users = %U
read only = no
; NOTE: Again - only needed if you're running a primary domain controller.
[Profiles]
path = /var/lib/samba/profiles
valid users = %U
create mode = 0600
directory mode = 0700
writeable = yes
browseable = no
; NOTE: Inside this place you may build a printer driver repository for
; Windows - I'll cover this topic in another HOWTO.
[print$]
path = /var/lib/samba/printers
browseable = yes
guest ok = yes
read only = yes
write list = root
create mask = 0664
directory mask = 0775
[printers]
path = /tmp
printable = yes
guest ok = yes
browseable = no
; Uncomment if you need to share your CD-/DVD-ROM Drive
[DVD-ROM Drive]
path = /media/cdrom
browseable = yes
read only = yes
guest ok = yes
[MyFiles]
path = /home/jm/
browseable = yes
read only = no
guest ok = yes
create mask = 0644
directory mask = 0755
force user = jm
force group = jm
[Documents]
path = /home/jm/Documents
read only = no
[Downloads]
path = /home/jm/Downloads
read only = no
[Music]
path = /home/jm/Music
read only = no
[smb4k]
path = /home/jm/smb4k
read only = no
[Templates]
path = /home/jm/Templates
read only = no
[Videos]
path = /home/jm/Videos
read only = no
[Jeremy]
path = /media/Jeremy
read only = no
[Public]
path = /home/jm/Public
read only = no
[Desktop]
path = /home/jm/Desktop
read only = no
; General server settings
netbios name = Jm
server string =
workgroup = JEREMY
announce version = 5.0
socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_KEEPALIVE SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
passdb backend = tdbsam
security = user
null passwords = true
username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
name resolve order = hosts wins bcast
wins support = yes
printing = CUPS
printcap name = CUPS
syslog = 1
syslog only = yes
; NOTE: If you need access to the user home directories uncomment the
; lines below and adjust the settings to your hearts content.
[homes]
valid users = %S
create mode = 0600
directory mode = 0755
browseable = yes
read only = no
veto files = /*.{*}/.*/mail/bin/
; NOTE: Only needed if you run samba as a primary domain controller.
; Not needed as this config doesn't cover that matter.
[netlogon]
path = /var/lib/samba/netlogon
admin users = Administrator
valid users = %U
read only = no
; NOTE: Again - only needed if you're running a primary domain controller.
[Profiles]
path = /var/lib/samba/profiles
valid users = %U
create mode = 0600
directory mode = 0700
writeable = yes
browseable = no
; NOTE: Inside this place you may build a printer driver repository for
; Windows - I'll cover this topic in another HOWTO.
[print$]
path = /var/lib/samba/printers
browseable = yes
guest ok = yes
read only = yes
write list = root
create mask = 0664
directory mask = 0775
[printers]
path = /tmp
printable = yes
guest ok = yes
browseable = no
; Uncomment if you need to share your CD-/DVD-ROM Drive
[DVD-ROM Drive]
path = /media/cdrom
browseable = yes
read only = yes
guest ok = yes
[MyFiles]
path = /home/jm/
browseable = yes
read only = no
guest ok = yes
create mask = 0644
directory mask = 0755
force user = jm
force group = jm
[Documents]
path = /home/jm/Documents
read only = no
[Downloads]
path = /home/jm/Downloads
read only = no
[Music]
path = /home/jm/Music
read only = no
[smb4k]
path = /home/jm/smb4k
read only = no
[Templates]
path = /home/jm/Templates
read only = no
[Videos]
path = /home/jm/Videos
read only = no
[Jeremy]
path = /media/Jeremy
read only = no
[Public]
path = /home/jm/Public
read only = no
[Desktop]
path = /home/jm/Desktop
read only = no
Thanks for your advice.