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Posted August 8, 2012
Cant access Ubuntus shared folders
from Windows 7
by M.el Khamlichi
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Question: Cant access Ubuntus shared folders from Windows 7
Answer:
Have you installed Samba?
sudo apt-get install samba
If so, then you need to set a Samba Password:
sudo smbpasswd -a USERNAME
That command will generate a prompt for a password. (Substitue USERNAME for your
username)
Set a folder to share:
mkdir /home/USERNAME/sharedfolder
Make a backup copy of your smb.conf file:
sudo cp /etc/samba/smb.conf ~
Open your smb.conf file:
gksu gedit /etc/samba/smb.conf
Add this to the very end of the file:
[sharedfolder]
path = /home/USERNAME/sharedfolder
available = yes
valid users = USERNAME
read only = no
browsable = yes
public = yes
writable = yes
There should be NO spaces between the lines (I was unable to do this in this post), and
there should be a single space both before and after each of the equal signs. Save and
exit gedit.
Restart Samba
sudo restart smbd
Use this command to check your smb.conf file for syntax errors:
sudo testparm
Now you should be able to share from your Windows 7 Machine.
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3 Comments

Som
Thanks much. It worked like a charm.

Brad
Thanks for the help. Too easy.

Daniel
Great thanks. Simple to the point took 5 minutes. Cheers
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