RE: Sharing folders Ubuntu/Windoze

Have you looked at smbpasswd ? This is the program needed to create
passwords for SAMBA users, under Linux. Or, you can setup a publicly,
widely open share. This is what I do for yself at home, as we are behind
a fierwall anyway. This was the easiest way to get SAMBA working at
home. And I don't have any file to hide to my
wife.............................JF

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Subject: [oclug] Sharing folders Ubuntu/Windoze
From: Andy Civil <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, May 30, 2008 10:08 am
To: General Membership Discussion List <[email protected]>

I've never really worried about sharing between my XP and my Ubuntu
boxes, since 
I could always use a USB drive to transfer files; however, I was using
my Ubuntu 
the other day, and I right-clicked on a file and saw the option to share
with a 
windows box.

Bear in mind that I know nothing of how Samba or WINS works. Anyway, I
took the 
bait, and shared a folder. It downloaded and installed some software
(since this 
was the first time), and all appeared to go well.

Now, from my windows box, the Ubuntu computer appears, but when I try to
browse 
inside, the windows asks me to log in. The icon makes it look like this
is a 
windows login, and my Ubuntu username and password are not accepted. My
windows 
box does not have a password.

I realise that I've given a very sketchy description of the problem, but
can 
anyone guess what I've omitted, that's preventing this from working? I'm

guessing that it may be related to my answer to a question about logging
in, and 
where to log in to, which I got wrong because I didn't understand what
it was 
asking. (Sorry... when Ubuntu was setting up the sharing, I mean.)

The windows login box is pre-populated with my hotmail address which I
haven't 
used in several years (is this something to do with that "live" crap?)
and if I 
just enter "andy" as the username, it fails, but comes back with
BOOTS\andy in 
the field - BOOTS is the hostname of the Ubuntu.

Thanks!

-- 
Andy
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