Why can't I open files and locations across a home network?

Question

I have figured out how to get my two Ubuntu 11.04 machines to see each other, and I can look through shared files but when I go to open say a song in a shared music file I get an error message saying

could not open location, you might not have permission to open the file.

I have set the file permissions to let it be both read and write. But it still will not let me listen to the song.

Answer 1

You have to check Folder sharing options - right-click on shared folder and choose Properties-->Share. The section "Allow others to create and delete files in this folder" has to be checked.

Here you can find useful info how to setup samba on Ubuntu 11.04