Sharing a Folder

[Andrew Hunter]

On Saturday 11 November 2006 13:22, David Harsch wrote:
> Can anyone help me with setting Ubuntu  to share a folder.
> Seems like a simple thing but I can't seem to get it to work.
> I have shared the folder, I can see the Ubuntu computer from my windows
> computer but when I try to access the Ubuntu computer using my windows
> computer it asks for user name and password.
> In Ubuntu I set up a user called "guest" with password of "guest".
> I can't seem to get pass the user name password stage on the windows
> machine.
>
> I have not been able to find anything to help me on this so far.
>
> Can someone give me a step by step setup process.  I do this at work all
> the time on windows machines but I can't seem to get it set up between
> windows and Ubuntu.  Must be simple but I can't seem to figure it out.
>
> Thanks
> David Harsch

Have you checked the Desktop Guide on how to set up a Samba share?

If not, http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Edgy#Samba_Server is a good place 
to start.

-- 
"First, God created idiots. But that was just for practise, then he made 
school boards."
   -Mark Twain 
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