You should run ' sudo apt-get install samba' on Ubuntu to get all the necessary components. Those 2 links explain things quite well, it's just a matter of double checking everything. Please tell me how to do the above procedure.ĭo the Windows 7 and Ubuntu Linux 15.19 computers have to be on the same network? The technical reference to CIFS is available from Microsoft Corporation at Common Internet File System (CIFS) File Access Protocol. Both SMB and CIFS are also available on VMS, several versions of Unix, and other operating systems. The Common Internet File System (CIFS) Protocol is a dialect of SMB. The set of message packets that defines a particular version of the protocol is called a dialect.

The Windows 7 Server Message Block (SMB) Protocol which is a network file sharing protocol, and as implemented in Microsoft Windows is known as Microsoft SMB Protocol. smb://192.168.1.123/ĭo I need to install and configure either the Ubuntu Linux Samba server and client ** and/or ** Type your friend's IP with smb protocol e.g. Open Home folder(or any other folder, whatever) The following URL describes how to do that procedure. Please tell me what I am doing wrong and how to fix this problem.Īlso, I would like to share my Windows 7 C folder with another Ubuntu Linux 15.10 Lenovo desktop computer in the ** reverse ** direction. Where //FRANKSPC is the name assigned to the Windows 7 PC. Sudo mount -t cifs //FRANKSPC/REMOTE_SHARE_NAME /mnt/LOCAL_SHARE_NAME

sudo mount -t cifs //FRANKSLINUX/REMOTE_SHARE_NAME /mnt/LOCAL_SHARE_NAME Here are the Ubuntu Linux commands I tried:ģ. Mount error(115): Operation now in progressĮven though I thought I had entered the right password for Password for ********** When I try it, I get the Ubuntu Linux error message: The following URL describes how to do this procedure. I would like to share my Windows 7 C folder with another Ubuntu Linux 15.10 Lenovo desktop computer.

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