[wellylug] Re: SMB server set up in Ubuntu

[Andrew]

> On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 07:33, Andrew wrote:
>>> Is the samba package installed on the machine?
>>>
>>> When I right click on a folder, I can select 'properties'.  One of 
>>> the
>>> tabs is
>>> labelled 'sharing;.  It informs me I'm not set up for sharing, and
>>> offers a
>>> button to let me set sharing up.
>>
>> No, no sharing tab. But he is sure samba is installed. The drive shows
>> as 777.
>
> In the KDE setup pages, there are pages for both Samba and "File 
> Sharing".
> Please look through the Intenet/Network setup pages for Ubuntu and 
> make sure
> you have visited and filled in the basic Samba settings (enable, 
> workgroup,
> create a share).

Samba settings seem to be there and sharing setup looks OK. It was 
first setup through GUI then modified in smb.conf

The Mac can see the PC via a SMB connection but all users/passwords are 
rejected still.

Cheers
Andrew