sharing files between ubuntu computers

[Gary Kirkpatrick]

When I fish://127 etc from the jaunty machine I get the contents of
the jaunty.  When I fish from the intrepid using 127 I get the
contents of the intrepid machine.

both machines have the same name.  whoami gets the s ame results.  At
one point I was trying to make sure the machines shared the same
workgroup name and perhaps I entered that in the  wrong place.

gary

On 5/30/09, Gary Kirkpatrick <pegngary at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 6:07 AM, Karl F. Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Gary Kirkpatrick wrote:
>> > On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 4:09 AM, Karl F. Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >> Gary Kirkpatrick wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> I have posted this question before and no one seems to want to mess
>> with
>> >>> it.  I don't understand why not.  Should not be that difficult a
>> problem
>> >>>
>> >> to
>> >>
>> >>> resolve.
>> >>>
>> >>> I have 2 ubuntu computers.  Sharing files between them ought to be
>> >>> the
>> >>> simplest thing to do.  Places, network yields only 'windows network'
>> >>>
>> >> which
>> >>
>> >>> can not be mounted.  One computer has jaunty the other still has
>> intrepid
>> >>> (have not had time to upgrade).
>> >>>
>> >>> I have enable sharing via shares-admin-network.  The only option is
>> >>> to
>> >>>
>> >> share
>> >>
>> >>> through windows network/SMB
>> >>>
>> >>> I  have selected some files to share through Nautilus.
>> >>>
>> >>> ssh is installed.
>> >>>
>> >>> Places/networking shows "window network" which upon activation  shows
>> >>> 'unable to mount location.'
>> >>>
>> >>> Before I installed jaunty these two computers shared files.  I had no
>> >>> trouble getting this to happen.
>> >>>
>> >>> Repeated searches for help on google, and ubuntu have left me
>> befuddled.
>> >>> It's probably something simple I am over-loooking.
>> >>>
>> >>> I appreciate any  assistance.
>> >>>
>> >>> thanks
>> >>>
>> >>> gary
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>     I think you have some problems with networking. Do This: In a
>> >> terminal type:
>> >>
>> >> $sudo ifconfig
>> >>
>> >> and write down the ip address for this computer. Then do the other the
>> >> same way.
>> >>
>> >>    Now in either computer in a terminal type: $ ping (the other
>> >> computers ip number). If this fails you have a serious networking
>> >> problem. If it works then do this:
>> >>
>> >> $ sftp (the other computers ip number)
>> >>
>> >> and you should be able to put anything you want from one to the other
>> >> computer.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Karl
>> >>
>> >>
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>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks for the info.  I can ping from the jaunty to the hardy but not
>> > the
>> > other way around.  sftp does not produce any results from either
>> computer.
>> >
>> > thanks
>> >
>> > gary
>> >
>> >
>>     Hi Gary tell us where your Internet comes from, and then a router
>> and then....like that. If you have a router between Jaunty and Intrepid
>> then the results you got sound right.
>>
>>    Try to plug both computers into the same router.
>>
>>
>> Karl
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>>        Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
>>        Linux User
>>        #450462   http://counter.li.org.
>>   PGP 4208 4D6E 595F 22B9 FF1C  ECB6 4A3C 2C54 FE23 53A7
>>
>
>
> So you were also onto something, Karl.  I have no access to the router and
> have no idea what the deal is with it/them.
>
> gary
>