It is written very well with a lot of details.
However I tried it twice. Second time I even changed the workgroup
name again. Either of the times, it didn’t work out for me. The first time I changed the name, my Ubuntu computer said it failed to open. The second time I changed the name it didn’t even appear on my Networks. The name appeared as the old name.
Anonymous
13 years ago
I was able to get it to work once I used the IP address of my windows computer in the server field.
Juozas
13 years ago
It works with WinXp and doesn’t work with Win 7. I always get dialog box with username and password requirement and no one of existing in Win 7 username and password works. I get dialog box with username and password requirement again and again… The same situation is in case when I try to access shared printer in Win 7.
I manage a computer network of windows machines and a Linux server and I have this problem on some windows computers. It seems that Windows versions are working differently (quite buggy). On some machines, to make it work without asking passwords each time, I had to use the same username & password on both server & windows client. Also check the Windows network security settings (encrypting, etc.).
Norman
13 years ago
I was able to connect to a computer that has Windows 7 Home Premium okay, but when I try to connect to a computer that has Windows 7 Professional it keeps asking for a password. Any user and password I use will not work.
Anonymous
13 years ago
I second the Anon comment about the IP address. I was completely unable to accomplish this using the computer name. IP address of the windows machine in the server field worked perfectly though. Thanks for the tips!
Garagegoblin
13 years ago
I had to add this line to my /etc/fstab.conf which solved the rest of my issues. Good luck all.
//{IP of server}/{shared folder} {mount point} smbfs rw,auto,user={username},password={Password} 0 0
Ivan
12 years ago
I successfully connected to Windows7 share after I changed password for the windows user from a unicode charset (my password was in russian) to english charset. I spent ~1 hour trying to guess where the problem is. Hope this may help someone.
Thanks for the tutorial!
Brian hanson
12 years ago
Thanks for this tutorial. I’ve tried this other times with out any success, thank you thank you thank you.!!!!!!!!
Bob
12 years ago
Only worked when I used the IP address. Thank you.
Then chances are you won’t be able to connect to those Windows shares. If I remember correctly, Windows has a security policy of not allowing access to shares with no password. If that’s the case for you too, then you have two choices:
– disable that policy in Windows OR
– create a password for the user account used to make those shares and then use that user & password to connect from the Linux computer.
User
11 years ago
Does the 128bit encryption setting in windows 7’s control panel advanced sharing have any effect on linux-windows sharing? Can I leave it at 128bits?
Aymen
11 years ago
I have to use the IP addres to get it working, it worked for 1st time but after rebooting lunix it won’t work
ahmed majid
10 years ago
thank you it works now i can share files in both systems.
rizalID
10 years ago
good tips friend, succesfully test on my pc
LoGos
10 years ago
Wow it worked for me. I was able to transfer data from Windows 8 Pro (32Bit) to Linux Mint 13 (64Bit) on my network easily. Thank you!
arulkumar
8 years ago
i have connected shared file but i cannot accees that files
swati sharma
8 years ago
Linux is capable to admittance index, files, & copiers that are communal from MS Windows equipment, & can perform as a server for Windows clients, a software package called Samba, which is a completion of the SMB protocol describe the Net-BIOS or LanManager protocol.
It is written very well with a lot of details.
However I tried it twice. Second time I even changed the workgroup
name again. Either of the times, it didn’t work out for me. The first time I changed the name, my Ubuntu computer said it failed to open. The second time I changed the name it didn’t even appear on my Networks. The name appeared as the old name.
I was able to get it to work once I used the IP address of my windows computer in the server field.
It works with WinXp and doesn’t work with Win 7. I always get dialog box with username and password requirement and no one of existing in Win 7 username and password works. I get dialog box with username and password requirement again and again… The same situation is in case when I try to access shared printer in Win 7.
I manage a computer network of windows machines and a Linux server and I have this problem on some windows computers. It seems that Windows versions are working differently (quite buggy). On some machines, to make it work without asking passwords each time, I had to use the same username & password on both server & windows client. Also check the Windows network security settings (encrypting, etc.).
I was able to connect to a computer that has Windows 7 Home Premium okay, but when I try to connect to a computer that has Windows 7 Professional it keeps asking for a password. Any user and password I use will not work.
I second the Anon comment about the IP address. I was completely unable to accomplish this using the computer name. IP address of the windows machine in the server field worked perfectly though. Thanks for the tips!
I had to add this line to my /etc/fstab.conf which solved the rest of my issues. Good luck all.
//{IP of server}/{shared folder} {mount point} smbfs rw,auto,user={username},password={Password} 0 0
I successfully connected to Windows7 share after I changed password for the windows user from a unicode charset (my password was in russian) to english charset. I spent ~1 hour trying to guess where the problem is. Hope this may help someone.
Thanks for the tutorial!
Thanks for this tutorial. I’ve tried this other times with out any success, thank you thank you thank you.!!!!!!!!
Only worked when I used the IP address. Thank you.
What if the Windows share doesn’t has a password?
Then chances are you won’t be able to connect to those Windows shares. If I remember correctly, Windows has a security policy of not allowing access to shares with no password. If that’s the case for you too, then you have two choices:
– disable that policy in Windows OR
– create a password for the user account used to make those shares and then use that user & password to connect from the Linux computer.
Does the 128bit encryption setting in windows 7’s control panel advanced sharing have any effect on linux-windows sharing? Can I leave it at 128bits?
I have to use the IP addres to get it working, it worked for 1st time but after rebooting lunix it won’t work
thank you it works now i can share files in both systems.
good tips friend, succesfully test on my pc
Wow it worked for me. I was able to transfer data from Windows 8 Pro (32Bit) to Linux Mint 13 (64Bit) on my network easily. Thank you!
i have connected shared file but i cannot accees that files
Linux is capable to admittance index, files, & copiers that are communal from MS Windows equipment, & can perform as a server for Windows clients, a software package called Samba, which is a completion of the SMB protocol describe the Net-BIOS or LanManager protocol.