Kubuntu file sharing

[Liam Proven]

On Sun, 30 May 2021 at 09:12, rikona <rikona at sonic.net> wrote:
>  but Win7 can't
> see the comp at all.

Rikona, you are a veteran here, you know better than this. :-)

You need to give us a *lot* more info.

What do you mean the Windows box can't see the Kubuntu one? What did you try?

Here's a fairly definitive method:

[1] Find the IP address of your Kubuntu box, e.g. 10.1.2.3
[2] Open a console window on Windows. (Cmd+R, cmd, Enter.). Type:

ping 10.1.2.3

(or whatever the Kubuntu IP is)

See if it responds.

If it does:

[3] Open an Explorer window (Cmd+E)
[4] Click in the Location bar, or just press Ctrl-L
[5] Type in:

\\10.1.2.3\

[6] This should open a view of all shares. Try a share. Enter your
Samba credentials for Kubuntu. Remember, Samba credentials are *not
the same* as Linux credentials. You need to manually sync them, or set
up some form of sync.

[7] If you know a direct share path -- you haven't told us -- you can try:

\\10.1.2.3\sharename

Things to check:

• Are they in the same IP subnet?
• Are they in the same named domain? Have you set one up?
• If it exists and it's something.local you need to install Avahi --
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToZeroconf
• Does name resolution work? If not, use IPs.
• Are there compatible user credentials? Do you know them? Did you
sync them on the Linux end?




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