Hi John, When I enter as root smbpasswd -a lshare it asks for a password, but then it gives the message "Failed to add entry for user lshare". John On Wed, Jul 06, 2016 at 07:11:54PM -0500, John G. Heim wrote: > I am pretty sure that on your linux machine, all you have to do is this: > > sudo apt-get install samba > > *sudo smbpasswd -a <username>* > > > That's all I did on a fresh debian jessie machine and I was able to access > my files in Win7. In Win7, press control+r to open a run dialog box. Type > \\<hostname>\<username>. That will open a dialog box for mapping a share. > If you make your linux user ID and password match your Win7 user ID and > password, you don't even have to enter those things. If they don't match, > there is a link titled something like "Log in with a different user name and > password". Sorry, I'd have to reboot into Win7 again to get the exact title > of the link. > > But seriously, those 2 commands were all I had to do to access my files from > my Win7 machine. If you want to modify the files on your linux machine, you > have to edit /etc/samba/smb.conf on the linux machine. But for copying the > files to your Win7 machine, I really think that is all you have to do. > > > On 07/06/2016 01:39 PM, John J. Boyer wrote: > >I tried to install a samba server on Windows. However, the Geek Squad > >agent who was helping said he didn't know enough to proceed. If I go to > >the Samba website, what should I do? > > > >Thanks, > >John > > > >On Wed, Jul 06, 2016 at 01:22:27PM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote: > >>Ditto. I've also only every used Samba for this. > >> > >>Note, however, that once you have Samba set up, you can perfectly access > >>the Windows folder from the Linux command line. Look at the man pages > >>for the following: > >> > >>smbclient > >>smbget > >> > >>Good luck! > >> > >>Janina > >> > >>John G Heim writes: > >>>I have always done this with samba. I never found it particularly > >>>difficult. You do have to read/follow the instructions. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>On 07/05/2016 01:36 PM, Mark Peveto wrote: > >>>>I'll be interested in the answer to that question myself. I've had some tell me I need to use samba to do that...I've never been able to make it work. > >>>> > >>>>Mark Peveto > >>>>Registered Linux user number 600552 > >>>>Sent from F123 Visual using alpine 2.20.13 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>On Tue, 5 Jul 2016, John J. Boyer wrote: > >>>> > >>>>>I'm going to set up a folder called c:\share on my Windows machine. I > >>>>>want to set up a device on my Linux machine which is connected with this > >>>>>folder over my LAN. I know that this can be done, because I had > >>>>>something similar at one time. However, i'm not certain how to do it > >>>>>again. If I remember, it just took an entry in fstab and an entry in > >>>>>/dev. Thanks. > >>>>> > >>>>>John > >>>>> > >>>>>-- > >>>>>John J. Boyer; President, > >>>>>AbilitiesSoft, Inc. > >>>>>Email: john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>>>Website: http://www.abilitiessoft.org > >>>>>Status: 501(C)(3) Nonprofit > >>>>>Location: Madison, Wisconsin USA > >>>>>Mission: To develop softwares and provide STEM services for people with > >>>>> disabilities which are available at no cost. > >>>>> > >>>>>_______________________________________________ > >>>>>Blinux-list mailing list > >>>>>Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >>>>>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >>>>> > >>>>_______________________________________________ > >>>>Blinux-list mailing list > >>>>Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >>>>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >>>-- > >>>-- > >>>John G. Heim; jheim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; sip://jheim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>> > >>>_______________________________________________ > >>>Blinux-list mailing list > >>>Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >>>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >>-- > >> > >>Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 > >> sip:janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Email: janina@xxxxxxxxxxx > >> > >>Linux Foundation Fellow > >>Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org > >> > >>The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) > >>Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Blinux-list mailing list > >>Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- John J. Boyer; President, AbilitiesSoft, Inc. Email: john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Website: http://www.abilitiessoft.org Status: 501(C)(3) Nonprofit Location: Madison, Wisconsin USA Mission: To develop softwares and provide STEM services for people with disabilities which are available at no cost. _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list