UBUNTU NETWORK FILE SHARING INSTALL
UBUNTU NETWORK FILE SHARING PASSWORD

This is because Windows and Ubuntu do not understand each other's file ownership and permissions. However, if you create a file in Windows and put it in the Public folder of the laptop you may not be able to open that file when you get to the laptop. Now you should be able to edit files created in ubuntu in the 'Public' folder of the laptop in the Windows Explorer. Go to the permissions tab and make sure it looks like this:Ĭlick on 'Change permissions of enclosed files' button and make sure it looks like this: Open the property window of the 'Public' folder, by right clicking on it. It will ask you to restart services and click Yes.

You may be prompted to install more software like libpam-smbpass.

It may tell you Sharing service is not installed:Ĭlick 'Install Service' and let it install the software by providing the password for the laptop user account when it prompts. This may be useful if your Windows userID is not exactly the same as your Ubuntu user ID. The 'Guest Access' check box is self explanatory. You may also want to check the other two boxes 'Allow others to create and delete files in this folder.' This will allow you the desktop Windows user to create and delete files on this folder. Right click the folder icon and choose 'Sharing Options.' A new window will open up: There may be a folder called 'Public' choose that one if you want. Step 1 On the laptop create a folder you want to share. If an option to assign these specific IP addresses permanently in the router exist, you can do that.

Optional: In the router setup, see the local IP addresses assigned to the desktop and the laptop. To check that both computers are connected, test that you can get on the Internet from both computers. However, if you later switch one (or both) computer(s) from WiFi to Ethernet cable (or vice versa), the local IP address of that computer will probably change. This means the any of the computers can be connected either by WiFi, or by Ethernet cables. Connect both the desktop and laptop to the WiFi router using standard setup.

UBUNTU NETWORK FILE SHARING INSTALL

UBUNTU NETWORK FILE SHARING PASSWORD

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