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How to add printer using SAMBA in ubuntu 13.04?

The option is not present anymore in system settings printer to add: Windows Printer via SAMBA
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after upgrading to Ubuntu 13.04 file sharing doesn't always work

I have a laptop and a desktop at home with the laptop connected via WiFi and the desktop over a cable. Both of them are running only Ubuntu 13.04 after upgrading from 12.10. On Ubuntu 12.10 I had ...
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How can I share NTFS drive between Ubuntu PC

I am just installing Ubuntu 12.04 in my office in two PC. Every PC have some NTFS formated drive. So I want to share them between these two PCs. Please help me regent if possible.
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“windows printer via samba” does not work

I am an absolute beginner in Ubuntu. I have installed Ubuntu 12.10 using Wubi from windows 7. It was a clean install. Now I have upgraded to Windows 8. But the problem I am facing lies with either ...
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ubuntu 13.04 any way to restore connect to windows share as a different user?

When I upgraded to Ubuntu 13.04 the file manager lost the ability to connect to windows shares as a specific user(from 'connect to server') from the file manager. I could be connected to z share as ...
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Cannot get Samba past firewall

I have two interfaces. One (eth0, 192.168.1.x) is my network, my internet connection. I pay for my own because of bandwidth issues. The other (eth1, 192.168.0.x) is the other occupants' LAN that I ...
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Ubuntu Samba user already logged in (ghost user)

Situation is following. I have two PCs. Server (Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) and Client (Windows 7). I set up VPN with samba share (each user has it's own shared folder). Everything worked fine untill Client PC ...
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My samba Share stopped working

I have three xubuntu boxes sharing files via Samba. Earlier tonight, the computers suddenly stopped seeing each other. I've restarted samba on all three boxes,to no avail. Is the next step going to ...
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Samba shares, using smb.conf or /var/lib/samba/usershare

Ok, so I caused my own problem by trying to be funny. And now I am very confused about how to fix it. So here we go: Our server has had 2 open shares since day one. only one of them offered windows ...
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Can a printer user code be entered in the printer settings gui?

I managed to get my Ubuntu laptop to do wifi printing at the university in Australia where I study, I was told that only windows using only Internet Explorer can print (not even Mac) as they have a ...
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VirtualBox client OS (using NAT) is able to access host's LAN - How come?

My network is somewhat simple: all PCs in my LAN (Ubuntu desktop, Win7 desktop, XP netbook) connected to a dlink home router, which is connected to ISP's cable modem. LAN has IP subnet 10.10.10.0/24, ...
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Crossover connection between two Ubuntu PCs using samba very slow

I got a Cat5e crossover cable to exchange files between my PC and Notebook real quick but the transfer rate is 1.3 MBs. Using USB 2.0 I'm soo much faster putting files on my external HDD. This can't ...
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Customizing Samba file server

I customized Samba, but now one computer doesn't see new Ubuntu in network. In smb.conf, I appended this: [develop] comment = Develop file storage path = /develop browsable = yes read only = no ...
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ubuntu applications cannot access samba network

I have Ubuntu 12.04 LTS installed (I'm running KDE 4.8 instead of unity). Samba share via dolphin works absolutely fine. I have access to all my files on my windows PC. However, when it comes to open ...
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Clone GIT from SAMBA network share

Has anybody successfully cloned GIT repository to Ubuntu from a SAMBA network share? I have access over file manager and can ls over command line, but cannot clone Also, in git cola, qgit and gitg I ...
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How can I access an Ubuntu computer from Windows 8?

I'm trying to access an Ubuntu 12.10 machine from a Windows 8 machine. I see the machine, but I get the following error: windows can't access \\samba24 with error code:0x80070035. I use gadmin samba ...
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Connect to Windows7 machine and print document

I have Windows7 on one machine. Ubuntu 12.10 on another. I have a printer connected to the Windows7 machine. Basic network home lan setup. The brother printer works fine on windows 7. I setup ...
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sharing a printer in windows 8 with a ubuntu machine on a network

I'm struggling to share a printer that is connected to my windows 8 machine with a other ubuntu linux machines. It keeps on asking me the username and password to connect to the windows 8 machine. ...
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Able to access shared files on Ubuntu from Windows only when I ping the IP from Ubuntu

I shared a folder from the Shared Options of the folder allowing guest access. If I try to open this folder (or my Ubuntu system) from my Win7 system using the IP or the hostname, I get an error. But ...
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Samba Error-WindowsXP Shares-(Error NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL)

john@Laptop:~$ smbtree Enter john's password: MYHOME \\LAPTOP Laptop server (Samba, Ubuntu) \\LAPTOP\print$ Printer Drivers \\LAPTOP\John ...
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Connecting to existing network with Windows computers

I am currently using an Acer Aspire One KAV60 netbook and want to run it on Ubuntu 12.10. I want to add this netbook to an already existing network that consists of 3 other laptops that run on Windows ...
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Why is it my Windows XP and Windows 7 PC/laptop can find and connect to my Ubuntu file server while my Ubuntu laptop cannot see it?

I have an Ubuntu file server running SAMBA on my home wifi network. It is set to share a directory under the user "john" I have a Windows XP desktop connected to the network and it sees the file ...
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Local file copy using SMB shares

I created two SMB shares for my local disks on my server: disk1 and disk2. Using my laptop I can access the shares. If I try to copy files between these two shares using my laptop the speed is very ...
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How to network a mounted windows partition?

I'm new to Xubuntu, using Samba, and it looks like I can share the mounted Windows partition, but it does not show up on my other computer, a Windows XP laptop. How exactly can I allow my ...
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configure simutaneous connections, one for internet, one for home/work network

I have 12.10 on my laptop and I use my cellphone to go online but when I'm home I want to be able to plug into my other laptop with just a cable. My phone will act as a router if I want and I can file ...
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How to turn on Network Discovery for Samba

I have an Ubuntu server. Accessing the server from Windows clients works fine. But the server is not listed among the available PCs on Windows client's Network overview. For windows machines it ...
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How to make nautilus forget saved password?

I am browsing Shared folders on a Windows network through Samba. When I first opened a system on the network I was asked for a login username, password and I checked the save-password setting. Now ...
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FTP access to a windows machine on LAN?

I am on a LAN network on which most of the systems are Windows based and only I am using Ubuntu 12.10. I want to access the Shared folders on these systems using my ubuntu. I have installed samba ...
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Server drops all network connections from OTHER hosts during SAMBA file copy from Gigabit clients

I have a vanilla install of Ubuntu Server 12.10 running on an old P4 PC with 512MB RAM and a 10/100 NIC. Default samba config, with a simple share defined as follows: [public] comment = Ubuntu File ...
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Samba 3.6 and Samba4

I have installed Ubuntu 12.10 and samba 3.6 (the version of samba that is installed for Ubuntu 12.10, by default). Everything works fine. I can access shared folders and shared printers of Windows ...
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How to access Windows 7 PC in Samba network?

First of all, sorry for my bad English, as it isn't my primary language. I have a home network with my Ubuntu box, a Windows XP box (sister's laptop) and a Windows 7 box (mother's PC). Never had a ...
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How do I re-install Samba?

I recently followed a guide to configure Samba but I couldn't get it configured properly. After realizing that the guide was six years out of date I thought I should start again. I reinstalled samba ...
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Why can't I browse network shares on 12.04?

This is driving me nuts. I recently did a fresh install of 12.04 on three computers (two laptops, one desktop). For a while, I was able to connect to my FreeNAS media server through Browse Network, ...
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Why the difference between Samba sharing inside Home folder and outside (eg: mounted device)

With Samba, when I share inside my home folder, I only need to right click the folder I want to share (Let's assume it is on the Desktop) and select Sharing Options, then just select the options I ...
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Samba Shares Ubuntu 12.04 and Win 7 Home Network

I have managed to create a home network of sorts between my desktop with windows 7 and my laptop running Precise Pangolin using probably more than a dozen different tutorials I have read here and ...
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mount remotely mybook live network drive

I have a mybook live western digital 1TB hard disk connected to fritzbox 7270 router in office. When I am in the office, I can mount this drive to ubuntu since I have added to the etc/fstab file: ...
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Samba folder is gone

I seem to have some issues sharing folders from my Ubuntu 12.04 machine to a Win7 machine. After playing around with the settings, I decided to revert to Samba's original setting by reinstalling it: ...
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Can't see other computer on network

My friend and me are connected via LAN router, and we both have Ubuntu 12.04. There is a problem with network. My friend can see my computer on network, but I can't see his computer. I can ping him ...
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Cannot access windows share

I have an accounting program specifically tailored to the IT industry, its called Fincon (exe based). It basically works on a client to server directory base system. the server is currently running on ...
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Mounting HFS+ drive over network, write not required

I really need to figure out how to configure out how to get my linux box to mount a drive from my mac. They are permanently networked. My Mac is called fuzzy, and has been set up to allow the Movies ...
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Windows 7 won't let me connect to my Ubuntu samba share

I set up samba on my 12.04 Ubuntu install. I shared a folder from my home directory. When I go to my Windows 7 box, I can see the Ubuntu box on the network, but when I try to connect, I get a ...
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Why would accessing photos over a network be a problem for Digikam?

Digikam has always worked nicely for me. I recently setup a Synology DiskStation (DS212+) and moved all my pictures to it, keeping them in an encrypted folder. I mount that folder using cifs, as some ...
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Not showing Linux PC's in Network List

I have Ubuntu Precise and my brother has Windows 7, as well as my sister having windows 7 too. I can see them in the network list, they can see each other in the list, however they are not able to see ...
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Local network speed issues, 12.04.01/smb/cifs

I have some very common setup: a file server box (12.4.1 / kernel 3.6 / kde) connected to a router box (inet, dhcp). Wi-Fi router is connected to the first one as DHCP relay. Both are not the ...
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why samba share files are not able to access by some user for some time?

I'm running samba on Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS, I've some folders on samba share and created some user to access it, but suddenly some of the user are not able to access it for a certain time only. For ...
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Unable to connect to Samba printer

I have a headless Ubuntu 12.04 server for files and printers. It shares files via Samba just fine. However, the HP PSC-750xi connected to the server via USB is not accessible from my Ubuntu 12.04 ...
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How do I share a folder on SAMBA?

I want to share my home folder with my Windows machine, but I have no idea how to share the folder. I can't find any up-to-date guides on Google, so how can I share my home directory?
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Network File Sharing Mechanisms in Ubuntu

I have noticed Ubuntu has several mechanisms to share folders with other machines on a network: For example, if I am in Nautilus (the file manager), I can right click on a folder, go to Properties, ...
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How do I set up file sharing between two Ubuntu laptops on my wireless network?

I have two laptops running Ubuntu 12.04. Both connect to the same WIFI network to access internet. How do I connect them to each other so that I can access files on one from another and vice versa? ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 network printing through Windows Samba server

I have to print through a Samba server sharing an HP printer. After upgrading to 12.04 I'm no longer able to get it to work. The printer is shared through a samba server and I need to provide logon ...

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