To be honest, the quickest way to access networked data between linux boxes is to ensure ssh is enabled, and to open nautilus - in the address bar type
ssh://usern...@ipaddress You'll then be asked to log on with credentials on the remote machine (assuming you don't use key-based authentication)... Samba is really designed for interoperability between Windows and *nix boxes...there are several methods of sharing files natively though. You might also want to read up on NFS Hope this helps On 11/07/2009, David King <linux...@avoura.com> wrote: > I do have another problem, with the network. > > I have put my Asus EeePC running Xandros on the network, and I want to > connect to it from my Ubuntu PC and vice versa. > I have installed samba on Ubuntu, plus gadmin-samba, and Firestarter. > > I have tried to set up the file sharing so that the Asus can access my > home directory, and so that Ubuntu can access the Asus home directory. > > But when trying to access Asus from Ubuntu, it asks for a username, > domain and password. But when I entered the Asus username, the PC name, > and the password, it would not connect. Error message: "Unable to mount > location. Failed to mount Windows share." > > And from the Asus, when I try to connect to the Ubuntu PC, I get an > error saying "No route to host". > > I have used networking successfully in the past. It was not difficult at > all in Windows XP, 2000 and 98 (although I found it to be impossible in > Windows ME). > > I then started using Xandros, and networking with that was very easy. I > have also networked PCs running other Linux distros, but when it comes > to Ubuntu, I just cannot get it to work. I have tried in 7.10, 8.04 and > now 9.04 -- I always get no access to other PCs on the network from > Ubuntu, and no access to Ubuntu from other PCs. However, I can access my > NAS okay from Ubuntu (as mentioned earlier, below). > > So why is networking in Ubuntu so very difficult to set up? What is the > magic thing I need to enter to make it work? Other distros make it much > easier. Ubuntu did not even have Samba installed by default, so I fear I > may still need to install another piece of software to make it all work. > > Firestarter is set up to allow incoming traffic to all using Samba, and > I specified the network by IP (192.168.0.2-192.168.0.255) and by name. > > And when I try to access the Ubuntu network share via Network in > Nautilus, which I should be able to do as it is the PC I am accessing it > from, I get an error saying "Unable to mount location. Failed to > retrieve share list from server." > > > So how do I get networking/filesharing working in Ubuntu? > > > David King > > > > > David King wrote: >> Thanks, Matthew, that worked perfectly. I have saved it in a script so >> that I can mount the NAS from the CLI when I need to use it, and have >> full read-write access. >> >> >> David King >> >> >> Matthew Daubney wrote: >> >>>> >>>> >>> Hi David, >>> >>> You need to tell the mount line to override the uid and gid of the >>> files. This can be done with the options switch on the mount line like: >>> >>> sudo mount -t cifs '//192.168.0.4/DISK 1' /media/nas1 -o >>> uid=1000,gid=1000 >>> >>> You'll need to look up the id for your user and your group, you can find >>> that info in /etc/group, which will look like "yourgroupname:x:gid:" and >>> in /etc/passwd. >>> >>> If you're the first user they'll probab;y both be 1000. >>> >>> Hope that helps! >>> >>> -Matt Daubney >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- Sent from my mobile device -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
