[K12OSN] OT - Setting up Samba on k12ltsp for Ubuntu and XP clients?

[Carl Keil]

Thanks for the reply. 

I never looked at any sort of smb config on the clients.  It is weird 
because when I browse "WORKGROUP" on the network, other servers (XP 
machines that have Windows File Sharing turned on) show up, but not my 
Samba Server.

I'll try poking around in there. 



> Longshot:  do all the Linux machines have the same WORKGROUP specified in smb.conf?  I'm not sure if the "Connect to Server" dialog cares about that or
> not, but I'd check it if you don't have any other leads.
>
> -Rob
>
> On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 05:26:27PM -0800, Carl Keil wrote:
> > Hey,
> >
> > I'm running an old server (the Fedora 6 version of k12ltsp).  I'm trying  
> > to set up a Samba share on it that people can access equally easily from  
> > Ubuntu 8.04 or Windows XP clients.  The Windows clients seem to work how  
> > I want them to, but the Ubuntu clients are acting weird.  I'm going  
> > through the "Places" menu and adding the server via "Connect to Server"  
> > selecting "Windows Share" and typing in the IP/share name etc.  Then it  
> > asks for the password.  When I type in the password and click OK,  
> > sometimes it "takes" and sometimes it doesn't.  Even when it works it  
> > pops up an error message saying that the share wasn't mounted.  But when  
> > you go back to "Places" it's there.  Also, I have 2 shares, one of them  
> > works as above, and seems OK once you get in.  But the other shows up,  
> > and you can create files and folders, but then you can't edit them in  
> > applications or save them from within applications.  Even though you  
> > just created them.
> >
> > This is for a school of mixed ages.  None of this is user friendly  
> > enough on Ubuntu.  I thought about doing an NFS share of the same  
> > directories.  But someone on this list a long time ago warned me against  
> > "mixing" shares as both NFS and Samba.  He said stuff could get all  
> > bolluxed up.
> >
> > Does anyone have a "HowTo" or a good link that will walk me through a  
> > good setup?  I've been googling and everything is assuming that I've got  
> > an Ubuntu server serving Ubuntu and XP clients.  I've tried adapting the  
> > suggestions in there with no luck.