Problem with samba

[CharlieDaves]

Hello Kubuntu Forums. Sorry I've been having M.H. issues.
So. On one of my PC's, the zfs is having a fit, and I have created another zfs on this PC. Now the problem.... Samba.
Q1 is there a better way to share folders between two networked computers ? And no SSH please
Ive followed what has been posted here, and when I get the the restart smbd, I get smbd service not found error.
Q2. why am I getting smbd service not found?
q3. when I do properties on a folder -> click on Share -> I see "install samba" I click on it and it errors "The samba package failed to install".... even thou I did apt install samba* just to make sure I got all samba files.
TIA

[oshunluvr]

Q1: NFS

Q2: Because you likely don't have it installed or you're looking at it incorrectly. The SAMBA service is called "smdb". But you don't need the server installed on a client machine. You need only have "smbclient" to access SAMBA shares. If you have everything needed for SAMBA already installed, you should probably be looking at your SAMBA configuration. To check if the SAMBA service is running on the server, use "systemctl status smdb". If you get "not found", it's not installed properly.

Q3: There is no such package called "samba". SAMBA is a protocal, not a package. There are several packages with samba in the name:

stuart@office:~$ apt-cache search samba
libnss-winbind - Samba nameservice integration plugins
libwbclient-dev - Samba winbind client library - development files
libwbclient0 - Samba winbind client library
nautilus-share - Nautilus extension to share folder using Samba
python3-samba - Python 3 bindings for Samba
samba - SMB/CIFS file, print, and login server for Unix
samba-common - common files used by both the Samba server and client
samba-common-bin - Samba common files used by both the server and the client
samba-dev - tools for extending Samba
samba-dsdb-modules - Samba Directory Services Database
samba-libs - Samba core libraries
samba-vfs-modules - Samba Virtual FileSystem plugins
smbclient - command-line SMB/CIFS clients for Unix
argonaut-samba - Argonaut scripts to generate Samba share configurations
freeipa-client-samba - FreeIPA centralized identity framework -- Samba client
fusiondirectory-plugin-samba - samba3 plugin for FusionDirectory
fusiondirectory-plugin-samba-schema - LDAP schema for FusionDirectory samba plugin
gosa-plugin-samba - samba3 plugin for GOsa²
libcrypt-smbhash-perl - generate LM/NT hash of a password for samba
libfilesys-smbclient-perl - perl interface to access Samba filesystem
python3-smbc - Python 3 bindings for the Samba client library
samba-testsuite - test suite from Samba
sambamba - tools for working with SAM/BAM data
smb4k - Samba (SMB) share advanced browser
smbc - samba-commander - curses based samba network browser
smbldap-tools - Scripts to manage Unix and Samba accounts stored on LDAP
vlc-plugin-samba - Samba plugin for VLC
webmin - web-based administration interface for Unix systems
stuart@office:~$​