So there is plenty of answers to the opposite question but I need to be able to access and modify my files on my Ubuntu machine from my Windows 7 machine.
What have I tried already?
It looks like I have Samba installed (somehow) but I've spent so much time just now installing packages to install other packages, fixing installs and finding out what and why I don't have parts of some packages installed to enable other things to be installed that I just don't know! (I'm a bit of an Ubuntu n00b in case you can't see...)
My /etc/samba/smb.config has been modified to look like this:
#======================= Share Definitions =======================
# Un-comment the following (and tweak the other settings below to suit)
# to enable the default home directory shares. This will share each
# user's home director as \\server\username
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = yes
# By default, the home directories are exported read-only. Change the
# next parameter to 'no' if you want to be able to write to them.
read only = no
...
# This might need tweaking when using external authentication schemes
valid users = %S
Back in my Windows machine I try and map to my Ubuntu drive with \\[my-machine-name]\[my-machines-admin-user]. The little dialog comes up asking me for a Network Username and Password so I enter the credentials aaaaaaand... it tells me that it is no good. I can see the user I am logging in with is not just [ubuntu-username] but [my-windows-machine]\[ubuntu-username]... ??
I'm tired, any help? There's not too much info out there on the web for this.
Thanks!
