[ubuntu-ca] Samba, 1 2 3....

[Jim Little]

Quoting Master Cougar:

> Hello,
> Okay, I'm trying to use Samba, included with Ubuntu, but now having a bad
> old time. I installed gsambad, which I have to use in root mode, so I go
> into termnal mode and run sudo  gsambad.

I don't know anything about gsambad but maybe that's because I'm running Dapper
and not Edgy.  To install samba I just did a "sudo apt-get install samba".  It
starts automatically at startup.  I did have to edit the configuration files
first, however.

> Well, the other day, it worked
> fine. I was able to connect my Xbox to my PC, but now that I have restarted
> my PC, I can't get it to work., What's the best way to check out wheter or
> not Samba is working? Also, When my Xbox is on, it is part of Samba, but my
> PC can't find it. I can FTP to it, but it won't show in my network
> neighbourhood. Help please

I think you are talking about 3 boxes here, your Ubuntu machine, a PC running
windows, and an Xbox.  Is that true?  Please indicate which machines you want to
share files to and from.

Samba consists of two parts, a server and a client.  The server part shares
files on your Ubuntu box visible with other machines and the client part allows
your Ubuntu box to see files shared by other machines on your network.

It is helpful (but not mandatory) to choose a machine to be a domain master.  It
should be the one that is on the most often.  Having a domain master will help
your Xbox be able to find the shares on your other two machines.

Check the samba documentation on-line for information on how to do this.

Finally, you can check if samba is running on Ubuntu by typing the following in
a terminal:
ps -ef | grep mbd
If you see smbd and/or nmbd processes than samba is running.

HTH,

Jim