[Klug-general] Baffled again - samba networking

[David Halliday]

I'm aware that I'm getting into this a little late and that this isn't a
direct answer to the question, however An article has just come up in my
news reader on this very subject:

"We will look at how to convert your Ubuntu box into a Samba file server and
configure it to share directories with different combinations of
permissions."

http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/tutorials/build-a-samba-file-server/


On 26 July 2010 20:39, Peter Apps <peter at sheppey.free-online.co.uk> wrote:

> If you don't have a Microsoft computer why not use openssh and sshfs for
> networking. In Konqueror you can type
> fish://username@computername to get access.
> fish is another ssh application.
>
> ssh -Xl username computername gives you console control of the other
> machine and
> sshfs username at computername:/home/$username/ /home/localuser/directory
> lets you mount it.
>
> All on one  password
> Peter
>
> On Mon, 2010-07-26 at 12:23 +0100, Michael E. Rentell wrote:
> > Good morning all,
> > Another knotty problem. For reasons I won't bore you with I've switched
> > from Mandriva/PCLOS to Linux Mint for both my home network (2 PCs wired
> > through a router).
> >
> > I've never used Microsoft networking and samba before (previously nfs)
> > so I'm way outa my depth here as that's all the networking on offer it
> > seems.
> >
> > When ever I try and 'see' files on the MAIN machine (I have 'shared'
> > them) from the BACKUP machine I get a password demand. As this is a
> > ubuntu derivative there is only the one password for me and that doesn't
> > work.
> >
> > How do I find out what password it requires?
> >
> > I'm sure this is a trivial problem, but only for those who 'just know'.
> > And I don't.
> >
> > Any ideas would be welcome.
> >
> > MikeR
> >
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