Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 5 March 2011 18:43, John MM wrote: > Well, I have to say this, since upgraqding to 10.04 from 9.04, I have not > been able to use my file share on my computers. I have tried looking, tried > asking, more times than I want, and I have to say, after spending most of > the day today, almost demadi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 05/03/11 18:35, Matthew Daubney wrote: If you've not changed it (based on reading I doubt you have) the domain is probably "WORKGROUP". You username/password for your Ubuntu shares will be whatever user you assigned to the shares in the smb.conf file (the "valid users = timmy johnny" line), I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 05/03/11 18:35, Matthew Daubney wrote: If you've not changed it (based on reading I doubt you have) the domain is probably "WORKGROUP". You username/password for your Ubuntu shares will be whatever user you assigned to the shares in the smb.conf file (the "valid users = timmy johnny" line), I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

Well, I have to say this, since upgraqding to 10.04 from 9.04, I have not been able to use my file share on my computers. I have tried looking, tried asking, more times than I want, and I have to say, after spending most of the day today, almost demading questions answered, I got my answer. Wit

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On Sat, 2011-03-05 at 10:33 +, John MM wrote: > On 05/03/11 08:14, Matthew Daubney wrote: > > Not sure if this will help, but I've never got nautilus to work happily > > in that manner with SMB, however, if you hit ctrl+l in a nautilus window > > it will drop you into the address bar. Now just

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 05/03/11 08:14, Matthew Daubney wrote: Not sure if this will help, but I've never got nautilus to work happily in that manner with SMB, however, if you hit ctrl+l in a nautilus window it will drop you into the address bar. Now just type smb://192.168.x.x/ and hit enter. It should now show you

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 5 Mar 2011, at 08:14, Matthew Daubney wrote: On Fri, 2011-03-04 at 19:58 +, John MM wrote: Ok, I just wondered, can I ask the question again, I have managed to get the computers to see each other, but I cannot get Nautilus to show the directories, from either the Ubuntu partition or

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On Fri, 2011-03-04 at 19:58 +, John MM wrote: > Ok, I just wondered, can I ask the question again, I have managed to get > the computers to see each other, but I cannot get Nautilus to show the > directories, from either the Ubuntu partition or the Windows Partition. > When I go into Places>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

Ok, I just wondered, can I ask the question again, I have managed to get the computers to see each other, but I cannot get Nautilus to show the directories, from either the Ubuntu partition or the Windows Partition. When I go into Places>Network, I click on the Icon in there, and still get Unab

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

Why cant Nautilus handle Samba locations, I am getting that error. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 04/03/11 12:08, Alan Lord (News) wrote: On 04/03/11 11:30, John MM wrote: Ok, went ahead, and uninstalled using the Terminal. Rebooted, then installed using Terminal. Now, when I go to add Directories to share, I get this error 'net usershare' returned error 255: net usershare add: cannot co

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 04/03/11 11:30, John MM wrote: Ok, went ahead, and uninstalled using the Terminal. Rebooted, then installed using Terminal. Now, when I go to add Directories to share, I get this error 'net usershare' returned error 255: net usershare add: cannot convert name "Everyone" to a SID. Memory alloc

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

Ok, fixed that problem, but when I go into Places>Network, and click on the Windows Icon, I still get 'Unable to mount location - Failed to retrieve share list from server' I have tried everything, why should I still be getting that error message. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ub

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

Ok, went ahead, and uninstalled using the Terminal. Rebooted, then installed using Terminal. Now, when I go to add Directories to share, I get this error 'net usershare' returned error 255: net usershare add: cannot convert name "Everyone" to a SID. Memory allocation error' I now have an smb

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 04/03/11 10:59, Andy Partington wrote: smb.conf is in /etc/samba/ smb.conf get's generated on installing Samba from memory, so if you don't have one samba didn't install correctly ? Just running testparm on it's own will look in the default dir. Hi, thank you for the reply, ok, so how

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 4 March 2011 10:32, John MM wrote: > On 04/03/11 10:25, Colin Law wrote: > >> What do you see if you select Places> Network >> >> Colin >> > I see Windows Network Icon, that when I click on it, it gives an 'unable > to mount, failed to retrieve sharelist from server'.I just discovered, I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 04/03/11 10:25, Colin Law wrote: What do you see if you select Places> Network Colin I see Windows Network Icon, that when I click on it, it gives an 'unable to mount, failed to retrieve sharelist from server'.I just discovered, I cant find my smb.conf file in the samba directory. I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

ok, think I found something, I tried running testparm smb.conf inside samba directory, and it seems I dont have the smb.conf file. I tried looking for it, in the directory, and couldnt see it anywhere. Where should it be, and if its really isnt there, how do I ge it. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 4 March 2011 10:13, John MM wrote: > Ok, well, I found this, if I run > > me@me-laptop:~$ smbclient -L //192.168.x.x > Enter me's password: > Domain=[WORKGROUP] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.5.4] > >    Sharename       Type      Comment >    -            --- >    print$          Di

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

Ok, well, I found this, if I run me@me-laptop:~$ smbclient -L //192.168.x.x Enter me's password: Domain=[WORKGROUP] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.5.4] Sharename Type Comment - --- print$ Disk Printer Drivers IPC$IPC

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 04/03/11 09:18, Simon Greenwood wrote: The samba directory should be owned by root. Everything else looks correct from your ls output. Your shared folders should be owned by you. In Windows, a machine's user has defacto admin rights. The question that Vista and Windows 7 asks about making c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 04/03/11 07:09, Simon Greenwood wrote: Check that you can ping either computer each way, that SMB sharing is set up on your netbook - it isn't installed by default as Gordon has pointed out, and you'll have to search for Samba in the Software Centre. s/ Ok, have been trying to work with t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 4 March 2011 07:37, John MM wrote: > On 04/03/11 07:09, Simon Greenwood wrote: > >> Check that you can ping either computer each way, that SMB sharing is set >> up on your netbook - it isn't installed by default as Gordon has pointed >> out, and you'll have to search for Samba in the Software

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 04/03/11 07:09, Simon Greenwood wrote: Check that you can ping either computer each way, that SMB sharing is set up on your netbook - it isn't installed by default as Gordon has pointed out, and you'll have to search for Samba in the Software Centre. s/ Appologies, just woke up, forget w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 04/03/11 07:09, Simon Greenwood wrote: Check that you can ping either computer each way, that SMB sharing is set up on your netbook - it isn't installed by default as Gordon has pointed out, and you'll have to search for Samba in the Software Centre. s/ Um, when I look in the samba direct

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 3 March 2011 21:17, John MM wrote: > On 03/03/11 19:57, Simon Greenwood wrote: > > >> > No, that's OK at the moment. /var/lib/samba/usershares should contain > files with the names of shares on your machine. These files should be owned > by you. If they aren't, from terminal, type 'sudo chow

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 03/03/11 19:57, Simon Greenwood wrote: No, that's OK at the moment. /var/lib/samba/usershares should contain files with the names of shares on your machine. These files should be owned by you. If they aren't, from terminal, type 'sudo chown : /var/lib/usershares/'. You should have some

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 03/03/11 19:57, Simon Greenwood wrote: No, that's OK at the moment. /var/lib/samba/usershares should contain files with the names of shares on your machine. These files should be owned by you. If they aren't, from terminal, type 'sudo chown : /var/lib/usershares/'. You should have somethin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 03/03/11 19:57, Simon Greenwood wrote: No, that's OK at the moment. /var/lib/samba/usershares should contain files with the names of shares on your machine. These files should be owned by you. If they aren't, from terminal, type 'sudo chown : /var/lib/usershares/'. You should have someth

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 03/03/11 19:57, Simon Greenwood wrote: No, that's OK at the moment. /var/lib/samba/usershares should contain files with the names of shares on your machine. These files should be owned by you. If they aren't, from terminal, type 'sudo chown : /var/lib/usershares/'. You should have somethin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 3 March 2011 19:38, John MM wrote: > On 03/03/11 18:50, Simon Greenwood wrote: > > > > On 3 March 2011 13:46, John MM wrote: > >> On 03/03/11 13:54, Simon Greenwood wrote: >> >>> The lock means that they are owned by root or another user, but most >>> likely root. I think I need to do this w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 03/03/11 18:50, Simon Greenwood wrote: On 3 March 2011 13:46, John MM > wrote: On 03/03/11 13:54, Simon Greenwood wrote: The lock means that they are owned by root or another user, but most likely root. I think I need to do this with a ma

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 3 March 2011 13:46, John MM wrote: > On 03/03/11 13:54, Simon Greenwood wrote: > >> The lock means that they are owned by root or another user, but most >> likely root. I think I need to do this with a machine running Ubuntu in >> front of me, so I'll get back to you tonight. >> >> s/ >> > > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 03/03/11 13:54, Simon Greenwood wrote: The lock means that they are owned by root or another user, but most likely root. I think I need to do this with a machine running Ubuntu in front of me, so I'll get back to you tonight. s/ Ok, thank you. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 3 March 2011 13:23, John MM wrote: > On 03/03/11 13:19, Simon Greenwood wrote: > >> running 'smbtree -D >> > > How do I find out what domain is, is it my IP address or what? > A Windows domain is the name given to an office network that is managed by a domain controller, which is a server. I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

Just to show, when I try to share, the message I get is 'net usershare' returned error 255: net usershare add: failed to add share documents. Error was Operation not permitted' -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 03/03/11 13:19, Simon Greenwood wrote: running 'smbtree -D How do I find out what domain is, is it my IP address or what? As far as this machine, it seems if I go to /var/lib/samba/usershares all the files in there are locked. They have a lock on them. Before updating to 10.04, I could g

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 3 March 2011 12:26, John MM wrote: > On 03/03/11 12:17, Simon Greenwood wrote: > > OK, I've just had a look back for your original query, and it would appear > that you're trying to connect two machines running Ubuntu using Samba. The > people who replied suggested that you don't use Samba an

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 03/03/11 12:40, Simon Greenwood wrote: As far as I'm concerned, absolutely nothing. A similar question doesn't necessarily have a similar answer. I have to point out that you were given a solution, which was basically 'don't use samba', which I think is a reasonable reply. I have to admit th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 03/03/11 12:17, Simon Greenwood wrote: OK, I've just had a look back for your original query, and it would appear that you're trying to connect two machines running Ubuntu using Samba. The people who replied suggested that you don't use Samba and use SSHFS instead, which is built into Nautil

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 3 March 2011 12:08, John MM wrote: > On 03/03/11 12:17, Simon Greenwood wrote: > >> OK, I've just had a look back for your original query, and it would appear >> that you're trying to connect two machines running Ubuntu using Samba. The >> people who replied suggested that you don't use Samba

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 3 March 2011 12:23, Alan Lord (News) wrote: > On 03/03/11 12:17, Simon Greenwood wrote: > >> OK, I've just had a look back for your original query, and it would >> appear that you're trying to connect two machines running Ubuntu using >> Samba. The people who replied suggested that you don't u

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 03/03/11 12:17, Simon Greenwood wrote: OK, I've just had a look back for your original query, and it would appear that you're trying to connect two machines running Ubuntu using Samba. The people who replied suggested that you don't use Samba and use SSHFS instead, which is built into Nautil

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 03/03/11 12:17, Simon Greenwood wrote: OK, I've just had a look back for your original query, and it would appear that you're trying to connect two machines running Ubuntu using Samba. The people who replied suggested that you don't use Samba and use SSHFS instead, which is built into Nautilus

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 03/03/11 12:13, Alan Lord (News) wrote: On 03/03/11 11:47, John MM wrote: I did actaully say I had the same problem the error 255, you must have missed the e-mail. " Hi, Has anybody managed to get this sorted, has it been taken off list. I have been trying to follow what is going on, but

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 3 March 2011 11:34, John MM wrote: > On 03/03/11 11:44, Simon Greenwood wrote: > >> A quick Google would also show that there isn't much more to know than >> what is in the man page. Smbtree prints a list of available servers and >> devices in your domain in the same way as Network Neighborhoo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 03/03/11 11:47, John MM wrote: I did actaully say I had the same problem the error 255, you must have missed the e-mail. " Hi, Has anybody managed to get this sorted, has it been taken off list. I have been trying to follow what is going on, but the thread seems to have dried up, can som

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 03/03/11 12:00, Alan Lord (News) wrote: On 03/03/11 11:01, John MM wrote: Um, ok 'man' has been proven to be difficult to understand even by the best of you, it isnt written for newbies, and I look at it, and it makes absoluteluy no sense to me at all. What is hard to understand? "smbtree

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 03/03/11 11:01, John MM wrote: Um, ok 'man' has been proven to be difficult to understand even by the best of you, it isnt written for newbies, and I look at it, and it makes absoluteluy no sense to me at all. What is hard to understand? "smbtree is a smb browser program in text mode. It i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 03/03/11 11:44, Simon Greenwood wrote: A quick Google would also show that there isn't much more to know than what is in the man page. Smbtree prints a list of available servers and devices in your domain in the same way as Network Neighborhood does in Windows, but it does it on the command

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 03/03/11 11:44, Simon Greenwood wrote: A quick Google would also show that there isn't much more to know than what is in the man page. Smbtree prints a list of available servers and devices in your domain in the same way as Network Neighborhood does in Windows, but it does it on the command

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 3 March 2011 11:01, John MM wrote: > On 03/03/11 09:22, Alan Lord (News) wrote: > >> On 03/03/11 08:51, John MM wrote: >> >>> >>> what is smbtree? >>> >>> >> Open a terminal and type "man smbtree" >> >> NAME >> smbtree - A text based smb network browser >> >> SYNOPSIS >> smbtree [-b] [-D] [-S]

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 03/03/11 09:22, Alan Lord (News) wrote: On 03/03/11 08:51, John MM wrote: what is smbtree? Open a terminal and type "man smbtree" NAME smbtree - A text based smb network browser SYNOPSIS smbtree [-b] [-D] [-S] DESCRIPTION This tool is part of the samba(7) suite. smbtree is a smb brows

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 03/03/11 08:51, John MM wrote: what is smbtree? Open a terminal and type "man smbtree" NAME smbtree - A text based smb network browser SYNOPSIS smbtree [-b] [-D] [-S] DESCRIPTION This tool is part of the samba(7) suite. smbtree is a smb browser program in text mode

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 01/03/11 18:45, Alan Lord (News) wrote: On 01/03/11 18:11, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: It appears that installing "Samba" from the Ubuntu Software Centre doesn't actually install Samba - it installs something else! I've now installed Samba4 from Synaptic and running "sudo netstat -auntp | gr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 01/03/11 18:45, Alan Lord (News) wrote: from any computer try smbtree as this will show you what Samba can see on the LAN. On both machines that command gives precisely nothing! Find your smb.conf and let people see what's in there too (obviously remove any sensitive data). The smb.con

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 01/03/11 18:11, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: It appears that installing "Samba" from the Ubuntu Software Centre doesn't actually install Samba - it installs something else! I've now installed Samba4 from Synaptic and running "sudo netstat -auntp | grep samba" on both machines gives me somethin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 01/03/11 18:18, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 01/03/11 18:11, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 01/03/11 17:48, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 01/03/11 17:37, Paul Morgan-Roach wrote: Did you run sudo netstat -auntp | grep samba That's interesting - that command doesn't give any output

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 01/03/11 18:33, Paul Morgan-Roach wrote: I now have a problem sharing directories on the Netbook. If I right-click on a directory and choose "Sharing Options" and check the "Share this folder" box it now says : 'net usershare' returned error 255: net usershare add: cannot convert na

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

I now have a problem sharing directories on the Netbook. If I right-click on a directory and choose "Sharing Options" and check the "Share this folder" box it now says : > 'net usershare' returned error 255: net usershare add: cannot convert name > "Everyone" to a SID. Memory allocation error. > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 01/03/11 18:11, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 01/03/11 17:48, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 01/03/11 17:37, Paul Morgan-Roach wrote: Did you run sudo netstat -auntp | grep samba That's interesting - that command doesn't give any output on EITHER machine OK. Update. It appears

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 01/03/11 17:48, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 01/03/11 17:37, Paul Morgan-Roach wrote: Did you run sudo netstat -auntp | grep samba That's interesting - that command doesn't give any output on EITHER machine OK. Update. It appears that installing "Samba" from the Ubuntu Software

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 01/03/11 17:37, Paul Morgan-Roach wrote: Did you run sudo netstat -auntp | grep samba That's interesting - that command doesn't give any output on EITHER machine -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 4:55 PM, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > On 01/03/11 16:51, Paul Morgan-Roach wrote: > >> You should get something similar to the following: >> >> $ sudo ufw status >> Status: active >> >> Status inactive. > What does that imply? It's not Iptables that's stopping the conne

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 01/03/11 16:51, Paul Morgan-Roach wrote: You should get something similar to the following: $ sudo ufw status Status: active Status inactive. What does that imply? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 4:39 PM, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > On 01/03/11 16:36, Paul Morgan-Roach wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 3:58 PM, Gordon Burgess-Parker > wrote: > >> >> Why should the access be OK one way but not the other? >> > > Firewall rules? Samba server started? Check ufw sta

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On 01/03/11 16:36, Paul Morgan-Roach wrote: On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 3:58 PM, Gordon Burgess-Parker mailto:gbpli...@gmail.com>> wrote: Why should the access be OK one way but not the other? Firewall rules? Samba server started? Check ufw status on both machines, and output netstat -auntp

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 3:58 PM, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > > Why should the access be OK one way but not the other? > Firewall rules? Samba server started? Check ufw status on both machines, and output netstat -auntp to see whether the necessary samba ports are open and samba is listening fo

[ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

Laptop with standard Ubuntu 10.04 desktop installed, Netbook with Ubuntu 10.04 Remix installed, both with Samba installed and all updates installed, both on same home (wireless) network. I have made the Public folder on each User to be shared, with read/write permissions and guest permissions ch