accessing windows computer from ubuntu computer

[NoOp]

On 10/04/2008 07:10 AM, David Curtis wrote:

> On the Ubuntu side there should be 'shared folders' in 
> Applications/System. Or at least in my Xubuntu there is, Ubuntu should 
> not be that different. Open that up, click unlock, enter password, add 
> the directory you wish to share, I recommend /home/<username>/Public to 
> keep your .config files safe if you allow read/write privilages though 
> Samba.
> 
> If you do not have file sharing activated yet, a dialog asking you to 
> choose between SMB (windows style networking) and NFS (*nix style 
> networking) will pop-up. In this case (Ubuntu to Windows) choose SMB. It 
> should install all the software you need.
> 
> On the windows side, I'm a little hazy, as I haven't touched networking 
> on a windows box since XP first came out. You most likely have to open 
> up net neighbourhood and let it search for the Ubuntu machine. Make sure 
> workgroup is the same between machines. Worse comes to worse, you may 
> need to force the windows machine to search using the Ubuntu machine's 
> IP, something like 10.*.*.* or 192.168.*.*, as was mentioned previously 
> 'ifconfig' in a terminal can tell you.
> 
> Hope that gets you started, also google 'ubuntu samba' that might hit on 
> a tutorial or two.
> 
> Dave
> 

@Donald you may find these helpful:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpSamba
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ComprehensiveSambaGuide

The last gives good information on setting up on the Windows side
(Configuring SMB on Windows) and has worked for me on all of my systems.
Note that the author of 'man samba' is on this list, so hopefully if you
 run into any real problems he can help you out.