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Create,Modify,Delete samba shares with system-config-samba(GUI) in Ubuntu Linux

admin — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:19:38 +0000

If you’re using samba to share your files in network,there’s a recommended GUI tool system-config-samba that you can easily create,delete and configure shares with a graphical interface.
First,make sure you have installed samba server in your ubuntu.
And now,you can install system-config-samba from System->Administration->Synaptic Package Manager.Search “system-config-samba” in search box,choose to mark and click Apply to install.
After installed this tool,you can launch it from System->Administration->Samba.

To create new share,click on Add Share,and in this screen type details.

To get access to the share folder from Windows PCs in the network,go to Start->Run and type \\hostname\share_name.(or \\IP address\share_name),you can use this command in terminal to get your ubuntu hostname:

hostname

Or,just type \\hostname after Start->Run and you will get all shares from this PC.
Tips:
if you want to share files between Ubuntu PCs,using sshfs maybe more easily and friendly,just like mount windows drives on your desktop.
Networking ubuntu PCs with sshfs

Sharing Desktop Files with Giver

admin — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:19:09 +0000

Giver is a simple file sharing desktop application. Other people running Giver on your network are automatically discovered and you can send files to them by simply dragging the files to their photo or icon shown in Giver. There is no knowledge or set up needed beyond what the person looks like or their name to use Giver.

To install Giver,click here to download or just run this command:

sudo apt-get install giver

After installation,launch giver from Applications->Internet->Giver.

This screen shows people running Giver on network.

This is a notification asking whether to accept the file. Received files are placed on the desktop by default.

How to Share Ubuntu Home Directory with Windows

admin — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 07:05:53 +0000

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

Instant LAN File Sharing with one command in Ubuntu

admin — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 04:36:03 +0000

If you want to share files over the LAN quickly and easily and do not want to mess with apache or any http daemon.

You just need to openup a terminal window and run this command:

python -c "import SimpleHTTPServer; SimpleHTTPServer.test();"

python -m SimpleHTTPServer

For example,in terminal navigate to Download folder and run the command:

wraith@wraith-desktop:~/Download$ python -c "import SimpleHTTPServer; SimpleHTTPServer.test();"
Serving HTTP on 0.0.0.0 port 8000 ...

People within your LAN,should get your /home/username/Download folder by type yourip:8000 in browser.

You can also make this command more simpler by adding this line to .bashrc or .bash_aliases in your home folder(Ctrl+H to view hidden files).

alias LANshare='python -c "import SimpleHTTPServer; SimpleHTTPServer.test();"'

Now,reboot and you can run the command LANshare anywhere on your file system and share those files.

Change network card MAC Address on Ubuntu

admin — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:55:21 +0000

For various reasons you might want to manually change your MAC address for your network card.

There’s an easy way that you just need to edit /etc/network/interfaces file on your ubuntu.

Run following command in terminal

sudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces

File will be opened up,add this line at the end.Close and save it.

hwaddress ether 01:02:03:04:05:06

Change the address to what you want,the random number is hex.

At last restart networking:

sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

How to install Samba Server on ubuntu

admin — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:11:58 +0000

Samba is a good choice for sharing files between Ubuntu and Windows computers.
To install samba server,you can just run following command in terminal:

sudo apt-get install samba smbfs

After installed samba,we need to configure it to make it accessible by following command

sudo gedit /etc/samba/smb.conf

At following screen,change and make it look like the marked section

Now create a samba user by following command

sudo smbpasswd -a username

And add that username to the smbusers file.

sudo gedit /etc/samba/smbusers

Add in the following line, substituting the username with the one you want to give access to

ubuntuusername = “samba username”

Use the name you created in “sudo smbpasswd -a username” instead samba username.

An Easy way to mount remote filesystem on ubuntu

admin — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:59:53 +0000

Ubuntu has a build-in utility lets you to access network filesystem on your desktop .In this tutorial I’ll using SSH protocol because it is much more security than FTP.

Navigate to Places–>Connect to Server… to open up it.

Change Service type to SSH in following screen.In Server field type the fully qualified domain name or the IP address of the remote computer.Leave the Ports field blank.

Enter the home directory in Folder field,if it’s left blank you will be dumped into the root directory.Enter the username in User Name field

If you select Add bookmark and enter a bookmark name,next time you connect to the remote filesystem you won’t have to go through all of these steps.

Click Connect button,a window pops up prompts you to enter the password.

When you access to the folder,you can umount it by right click on the desktop icon and select Unmount Volume in the pops up menu.

Tsclient,A Graphical VNCviewer for ubuntu

admin — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:24:46 +0000

If you want to connect to a computer remotely,you’ll need a VNCviewer for that.
Tsclient may be good for you,if you want a graphical interface.
If you do not have tsclient installed.You just need to run following command in terminal:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install tsclient

Open up the VNCviewer at Applications–>Internet–>Terminal Sever Client
,you will see following screen.

Enter the name of the computer or IP address,username,password,and domain if in need.Then click on Connect button.