Browse your local network and share files with Windows computers by following our Samba tutorial. Get some tips on how to easily read the Samba configuration file.
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File Manager not show your network shares?
Install Samba:
Samba is a re-implementation of the SMB/CIFS networking protocol, it facilitates file and printer sharing among Linux and Windows systems as an alternative to NFS. Some users say that Samba is easily configured and that operation is very straight-forward. However, many new users run into problems with its complexity and non-intuitive mechanism.
- Install Samba
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install samba samba-common system-config-samba python-glade2 gksu nautilus-share
- Enable your user account as a Samba user
smbpasswd -e chase
Having troubles resolving computer names?
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Check your DNS settings
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Add the following stanza to smb.conf:
name resolve order = lmhosts bcast host wins
testparm — check an smb.conf configuration file for
internal correctness
Bonus: Going through these steps will also make your Windows network file browsing work under your file manager too!
Further Reading:
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Setup your file share in /etc/samba/smb.conf or use system-config-samba
- Sharing files in LAN through Samba or SSH – Ask Ubuntu
- Samba/SambaServerGuide – Community Help Wiki
- Samba – ArchWiki