How to Share Ubuntu Home Directory with Windows
Samba Server allows you to share the home directories with Windows automatically.That’s so easy that you just need to install Samba on uubntu and configure smb.conf file.
1.Install Samba Server on ubuntu and create a user,here is how to install
2.Run this command in terminal window:
sudo gedit /etc/samba/smb.conf
Find this section of the file, and make it match the following:
Now,you should be able to map a drive on Windows by following share format:
//ubuntumachine/username
Run hostname to get ubuntu machine name,in my case it’s wraith-desktop.So I use:
//wraith-desktop/wraith
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Reader Comments
smb.conf is different in ubuntu 9.10 compared to 9.04.
To connedt from my windows XP it was less changes from the original smb.conf.
The changes was:
usershare allow guests = yes
usershare owner only = no
After I have restarted my ubuntu 9.10 I could share my own directory.
Dont forget to mark all 3 sharing options and choose a proper share name.
If not sharing does not work.
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