Sharing folders WinXP / Kubnuntu

[Quaxo76]

Hello,
I have a small home network of 4 computers, 3 of which run WinXP and one runs Kubuntu 7.04.
After following this guide:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...ee%20r-to-peer
I was able at last to see the files on my Linux box from a Windows PC. The process is a little complex and "unconvenient" though. I have to add to the linux box the usernames of the users of the other computers; then I need to add the shared folders to the smb.conf file; then I need to manually "mount" the folders in the Windows pc, mapping them to network drives. Is there a way to just "plop" my linux box in the workgroup, and have each computer see each other, and access the shared folders - the way it's done with Windows? I would like, from within Windows, to just open "Network resources" - or whatever it's called in English - and find all the shared folders in all the running computers... Can this be done?

If I open Smb4K and click on "Scan Network" it finds nothing, the "Network Browser" window is empty.

Thanks
Cristian

[penguin.ch]

Re: Sharing folders WinXP / Kubnuntu

For starters, you may want to install the server part of Samba on the Linux system to enable sharing as well as review the network settings of the four machines involved to ensure that

- all belong to the same "workgroup" ("domain" in Linux terms);
- all interfaces share the same subnet mask (i.e. 255.255.255.0).

Then try again

[Quaxo76]

Re: Sharing folders WinXP / Kubnuntu

Hello,
Thanks for the reply!
I actually think the server part of Samba IS installed - after all, the files in my Linux box *can* be seen from Windows; anyway, how do I check if it is actually installed?

About the settings: all the computers are already configured to be in the same workgroup - after all, before installing Kubuntu in this box, all four PCs had Windows and all were sharing files with each other. They are all in the same workgroup, and they all have the same subnet mask.

Cristian