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Ubuntu 14.04 on Windows Network

EXCellR8

EXCellR8

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I'll try to make this as simple as possible... since I don't have a whole lot of nix knowhow.

I have a small computer with Ubuntu 14.04 installed and I can't seem to be able to find it on my network via a Windows computer. I've successfully joined the domain but the system doesn't appear in the list of computers. A search in the Active Directory, however, does indicate that it is present.

I control the Ubuntu machine remotely but I'd like to be able to copy some data from my Win7 computer to a 2TB external drive on my Linux computer. Yes, I can just disconnect the drive and do it manually each time, but I'd really like this to work, if possible.

Any suggestions?
 
Did you install and configure SAMBA on the Linux machine? That's required to share folders in Linux, with a Windows network.
 
Okay, I know it's installed but I may not have finished configuring it. I will run through that and post back if I hit another wall.

Is there any other reason as to why I cannot connect to the Windows machine, from the Linux system?
 
Well... I was able to create the share and have the Linux computer viewable on the network, but I can't access it for some reason.

I added a group, user, and password for the share in CLI but access to the share is still denied.
 
I somehow managed to get this working without even knowing it.

I had all but given up when I decided to check the status of my share in Windows. I had been fiddling with shares, users, permissions, and mounted disks for hours and I was ready to call it quits. Not sure what granted me access to the share but it's working perfectly at the moment.

I figured the task would be tricky but I was definitely way over my head with this one.
 
The windows network locations thingy has always been a bit finicky with my Ubuntu/LibreELEC machines, sometimes showing up and sometimes not in Windows, but always accessible by IP (typing in \\192.168.0.xxx). I just mapped the Ubuntu share as a Network drive and it's permanently accessible. BTW, you know about smb.conf in /etc/samba/, yes? I ask only because you didn't mention anything about it in your other posts.
 
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Yes, the smb.conf file had been updated and saved numerous times as I struggled to get it to work.

I figured it wouldn't hold for long, and it didn't, so I still have some work to do if I am going to use it. I might just do a clean install because there are some other issues that I feel should not be occurring.

My goal was to map the share as a network drive as you did, and it would appear all the time, but each time I attempted to connect I would just get denied access. I could not figure out how to change the owner and permissions on the share in Ubuntu; I tried the sudo chown thing and made sure everything jived--yet I was still unable to change the permissions. It was clickable in the menu, but would just revert to the default half a second later.
 
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