noob about sharing
Posted: 02 Feb 2014, 15:39
I've had Linux for a few weeks and of course if you have more than one computer you want to connect them and share files. I have two computers, other is Win7 x64 and other is Porteus x64.
I've been trying to connect these computers for a few days using program Samba and Smb4K. Smb4K can see Windows workgroup which is same in both machines. It can also see the name of a Windows computer (John). It's type is host. If i click John's name in Smb4k, it asks for a username and password for the host John. Whatever i try to insert on those fields (root, host of porteus which is skyd, john and user called deen in Porteus and passwords, Smb4K does not allow me to see Windows share. Sorry if this got complicated, i'm doing my best to make this as clear as i can. Also Windows can't see Porteus.
If i give manual ip address to Windows computer, for example 175.147.168.1 it does not matter because in Smb4K it is always 192.168.0.10. This is confusing. And in Settings -> Network Connections there is an option called Shared to other computers. Should i use this option or because John's ip is 192.168.0.10 in Smb4k, i should use 192.168.0.11 in Porteus?
All i have done to smb.conf is that i have edited WORKGROUP to same as Windows has.
I hope you got some sense of this.
I've been trying to connect these computers for a few days using program Samba and Smb4K. Smb4K can see Windows workgroup which is same in both machines. It can also see the name of a Windows computer (John). It's type is host. If i click John's name in Smb4k, it asks for a username and password for the host John. Whatever i try to insert on those fields (root, host of porteus which is skyd, john and user called deen in Porteus and passwords, Smb4K does not allow me to see Windows share. Sorry if this got complicated, i'm doing my best to make this as clear as i can. Also Windows can't see Porteus.
If i give manual ip address to Windows computer, for example 175.147.168.1 it does not matter because in Smb4K it is always 192.168.0.10. This is confusing. And in Settings -> Network Connections there is an option called Shared to other computers. Should i use this option or because John's ip is 192.168.0.10 in Smb4k, i should use 192.168.0.11 in Porteus?
All i have done to smb.conf is that i have edited WORKGROUP to same as Windows has.
I hope you got some sense of this.