Networking/Filesharing between Ubuntu and Windows

Cerpin Taxt

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Feb 23, 2005
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I have 3 systems:

Main rig: Windows XP with 2x160GB SATA drives hardwired to my router

Prelimnary server: Xubuntu Edgy Eft with 2 x 200GB IDE in RAID0 running Samba

HTPC in Development: Ubuntu Feisty Fawn with 1 x 200GB running Samba

When I browse my network from the Ubuntu rig I can see my fileshare on the Xubuntu rig, but I can't see any shared folders on my Windows box (nor can I see any from the Xubuntu box, for that matter). Is there a way I can do that?

I can see the Linux boxes' fileshares just fine from my Windows box.


 

Nothinman

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If you hit Ctrl+L in the file browser it should open up an address bar and you can type smb://windowsbox/share to get to the share. The downside to that is that shares accessed via smb:// in Nautilus will only be accessible to Gnome things so if you want the share to be usable by anything else you'll need to mount it with smbmount.