Accessing Ubuntu Files From Windows With Samba
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Today, Gress writes:
I’m not sure whether this should be in this form or the Linux edition. I just put Ubuntu 7.04 as a dual-boot on an old PC. Everything went well - no problems. I have a wired network of Windows PCs which Ubuntu sees without problem. However, the Windows PCs do NOT see the Ubuntu PC. How can I get them to see it?
Otherwise, everything is OK. I can transfer files from Windows to Ubuntu if I originate the transfer from Ubuntu.
As you can imagine, this is not a great problem for me, but I am interested in finding out how to solve it, so any information would be appreciated.
Hi Gress, no asking here is just fine, because you knew to email me at the provided link and this involves Windows as well.
Now if I was you, I would install a software program for Windows called: Ext2 Installable File System for Windows. Then on the Ubuntu side, install from the software to access your NTFS partitions in Ubuntu so you can actually write to them. Just remember to test the write ability on a dummy partitions just in case something goes wrong, hate to hose a Windows install over this.
And yes, the NTFS writing how-to is fairly involved, but it does work and is all cut and paste into the terminal - just remember that keyboard cut and pasting won’t work in a terminal window, just use your mouse instead. ;)
Now for the ten thousand dollar question - will Windows, using Ext IFS, see your Ubuntu files over the Samba network? To be honest, I have not tried it, but I suspect it will see the networked partitions. I guess you will need to test this for all of us and then report back to the comments area. As always, thanks for the great questions.
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[tags]Windows partitions, networking[/tags]
3 Comments
Stephen Scully
June 22nd, 2007
at 2:25am
Hello Matt,
Just like to add to the article above about file sharing/access between Windows and Ubuntu…here is an article i found to be very useful and i’ve tried it out with success on Ubuntu Fiesty. check out url below:
http://2tap.com/2007/04/22/sharing-files-between-a-windows-guest-and-ubuntu-host-using-vmware-and-samba
I have Linux installed on 2 of my 5 machines (rest Windows) and i really like it! I even installed YellowDogLinux on my PS3..admittedly just for kicks. But point here is which ever Distro i choose, they will all have 2-way sharing with my Windows machines..yes..even the PS3 and i have DLNA set-up on it to stream media files to my PS3.
I’ve played around with a handful of distro’s by now..could never stick with just one.am waiting to test-drive Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon when release by Oct..
BC
June 22nd, 2007
at 11:46am
Matt, you’ve answered the wrong question. He wants the OTHER PCs on the network to be able to see shares on the Linux PC, which means he needs Samba server setup on the Linux PC, not just the Samba client.
Also, file system and network protocol are independant. If a server supports SMB, it doesn’t matter what the file system is on the shared drive. Likewise, if all he ran on the Linux box was an NFS server, all he’d need on the Windows machines is an NFS client for Windows.
Gress
June 26th, 2007
at 5:38am
Thanks for your input. Both of you are correct in what I was asking and I am reviewing the article that Scully referenced.
Matt, the program you referenced works just fine with no difficulty installing it. However, it was not what I was looking for. Thanks, anyway.