I have a folder I want to share with a couple windows users on the network.
I am using ubuntu 10.4
When I right click a folder I go to "Sharing Options"
There are 3 check boxes. If I check the first 2 which are "share this folder" and "Allow others to create and delete files in this folder" I can now see this folder on the network from my pc.
I cannot access it though, it asks for a username and password (I never set one up so I don't even know what credentials it wants.)
I don't want to have to log in, I just want to be able to go right in.
So If I check the third box, which is "guest access" I can now access the folder from my pc. But so can everyone else on the network. I just want myself and a couple other pc users on the network to be able to access it.
I do not see anyplace where I can specify what users on the network have permission to access it? How do I do that?
update
When I entered my user name and password for the linux machine, it gave me this error message:
\LINUX-SERVER\saga_repo is not
accessible. You might not have
permission to use this network
resource. Contact the administrator of
this server to find out if you have
access permissions.Multiple connections to a server or
shared resource by the same user,
using more than one user name, are not
allowed. Disconnect all previous
connections to the server or shared
resource and try again.
I noticed that when type in my username it defaults to @MY-DOMAIN so I also tried myuser@linux-server but still got the same message.
Also the domain administrator (who knows nothing about linux) told me that the linux machine is not a part of the domain (even though I can see it when I go to My Network Places from my windows machine). I don't know if that means anything.
I also tried created a new user on ubuntu to try to log in with and got the same message. I tried to log in with my user and the new user from a workers machine and I couldn't get in from there either but I just got an "access denied" dialog everytime on his machine.
Is there possibly another step I am missing?
Best Answer
The easiest way (in my opinion) to share files across a local network with Windows machines is to use a program I've written called NitroShare. All you need to do is install the application on each of the machines. Then you can simply drag-and-drop files.
Installing on Ubuntu
Simply open a terminal and run the following commands:
Installing on Windows
Simply download and run the installer below:
https://launchpad.net/nitroshare/0.2/0.2/+download/nitroshare_0.2_win32.exe
Transferring files
Once you have the application installed on each machine, you should see a small box on each desktop:
Simply drag a file on to the box to send it to another machine. That's it.