I cannot get the samba interface to run after installing 13.04. I installed samba through the software center on one machine, and through terminal sudo apt-get install samba system-config-samba cifs-utils on another with the same result.
The problem is the same with both machines - typing "samba" in dash gives no result. (Nothing shows up).
In order to be able to run Samba in Ubuntu 13.04, you have to install it. Just press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the command below:
sudo apt-get install samba samba-common
To complete the installation from terminal, then click here for complete instruction.
I just got a machine up and running, installed Ubuntu 13.04 on it, and followed the instruction in the above link, and it worked. See below:
Once I clicked on the Samba icon it opened the window below
I have managed to fix the problem. It was happening because gksu is not installed in 13.04 by default, and dash presumably tries to run gksu system-config-samba, and does not find gksu.
To install gksu, open terminal and run sudo apt-get install gksu
Then type : gksu-properties
In the dialogue that follows set authentication mode to "sudo" and grab mode to "enable".
Had the same problem
even after installing "system-config-samba" samba app didn't show up.
Check this answer here it solved my problem.
