A workgroup is Microsoft's terminology for a peer-to-peer Windows computer network.
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How to access share files from Windows Vista machine?
I'm trying to access a drive connected to my Windows Vista machine, from this Ubuntu machine. How can I accomplish this? I have tried all kinds of things found on google but nothing works.
I can see ...
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Can connect ubuntu with windows workgroup
I have a two systems in my home, one is windows 7 and other is ubuntu precise pangolin. Now i want to connect my two systems in one workgroup for sharing purpose. Is it possible to achieve this..?
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How to access Samba shares in Lubuntu 12.10
Lubuntu uses PCmanFM as it's default file manager. I want to access my samba share with PCmanFM to upload and download files. I've already installed the "samba" and "cifs-utils" packages and thier ...
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“Failed to retrieve share list from server” error when browsing a share with Nautilus [closed]
I get feeling, somehow never going to work again.
It USED to work fine! Seems like an update killed it awhile ago.
I have two windows 7 PC and 1 ubuntu 12.04 PC
I can view tricia-pc ok,
When I click ...
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VPN ubuntu 12.10 on workgroup
I have an old rig setup with Ubuntu 12.10 but I am unfamiliar with setting up VPN for ubuntu. I watched this tutorial and I wanted to know if the user's credentials are not set within the username ...
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Connecting to Windows Home Network Printer
I have a Brother MFC 5440CN connected to my Windows Vista Desktop which is shared with the Workgroup. I have figured out how to go to the Printers application and find the shared printer. However, no ...
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Windows Workgroup issue [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Share Ext4 Partition Over Network
How to configure my Ubuntu Workstation to be a member of Windows 7 Workgroup ? and How to manage permissions for windows users ...
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Difficulties connecting to workgroup and using shared printer
I am a Linux/Ubuntu noob, so please be patient with me and please don't assume that I'll know what you're talking about when talking about utilities and/or jargon.
I have been trying to research this ...
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Pros and cons to default workgroup
I'm setting up an Ubuntu 12.04 LTS samba server. A lot of guides tell you to change workgroup from the default 'workgroup' to something else, e.g. smb.conf "workgroup = ubuntu_home"
I see the ...
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Does a Samba workgroup with spaces need quotes around it?
If my Windows workgroup is made of two words with a space in-between, does Samba's config file need quotes around the workgroup name, example: WORKGROUP = "MY WORKGROUP"
