Samba Sharing

[nilsA]

Hi,

At last, a Linux distribution that works for me.

I'm  slowly getting into the interface, and have encountered a problem

When I try to define sharing (System Settings -> Sharing), I get two options. The one, (Local Network) works.

The problem is the other one, )File sharing) (I guess; I have a Norwegian version), most of the text is greyed out, and a couple of lines only partially shows.

Then I go Aministrator mode, and the same happens there; the text is greyed out, except two unreadable partial lines (cut top/bottom) is in solid.

What is wrong here? How to fix, please.

[javierrivera]

Re: Samba Sharing

¿Did you install the samba server?.

Kubuntu, as default, only install the client packages. That means that you can view windows shares, but can't share your folder to windows client (unless you install some NFS client there, of course).

You will need to install the samba package. You can find it in Adept or just type:

$sudo apt-get install samba

on the command line.

Javier.

[nilsA]

Re: Samba Sharing

Thanks! Now I can see the work group in my Linux box, but for some reason, I can't log on, using the password I use for my account. I have also tried to log on as root - but no luck.
I have tried to figure out how to do this in
System Settings -> Sharing
but it seems I don't get it right.

[javierrivera]

Re: Samba Sharing

¿Have you tried to right click on a folder and select share on the menu?.

There will be a couple of options there.

After sharing a folder you should be able to log in.

Javier.

[nilsA]

Re: Samba Sharing

¿Have you tried to right click on a folder and select share on the menu?.

There will be a couple of options there.

After sharing a folder you should be able to log in.

Javier.

Yes, I tried that, but still I don't get to log on to the Kubuntu computer name. I use my Kubuntu log on name and password, but am denied access.

[javierrivera]

Re: Samba Sharing

Samba passwords are not the same that system password. So maybe your samba password is not assigned. We can try to create it.

Try this in the console:

$sudo smbpasswd username

Don't write username, but your real user name.

It will prompt you for a password. It is your normal user password for normal sudo use.

After that it will ask you for a "new samba password". Give it some password, it can be the same that your normal password or not. Confirm it.

Now try again to conect, with your username and the new password.

Javier.

[nilsA]

Re: Samba Sharing

Thank you, Javier; that did it!

[trash]

Re: Samba Sharing

If you still have any problems this may prove useful;

http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=11431.0

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[Malacoda]

Re: Samba Sharing

Thanks for the link Trash - helped me out...

nilsA, make sure you have Samba installed and not just samba-common - I only had common and everything was greyed out before and after entering admin mode. Installing samba along with samba-common made the greyed out areas active.

Good luck.
Malac