Hi,

I'm a total noob who had just installed ubuntu 8.1 due to getting sick of WAGs WGAs. I've installed my ubuntu on my old comp which was connected to the same router with my new pc. Through the new pc with vista business, I made a workgroup mshome for home networking. On vista, I can see the ubuntu pc but can't access it more or so the shared folder from it. The most important problem for me is on my ubuntu pc, I can't even see my vista pc. Under places >windows network >mshome my vista pc doesn't showed up (this part right here baffles me since most of the troubleshooting i've read on the net and everywhere occurs no problem). I've tried smb://vista pc's ip address, but still doesn't work. i just need to read my files from my vista pc on my ubuntu. hope somebody can help. thanks.

I'm not sure i understand. But the folders on Vista was been able to use on the when i'm using win xp. But now I upgraded to ubuntu 8.1 ibix (dual boot). I did not alter the settings on the vista folders. the problem is ubuntu can't even see my vista computer.

should I manually adjust network settings to get into mshome network or ubuntu automatically done this?

installing samba 4 now. Finish in another 20 hrs or so. It seems samba 2.3 have been installed but i mark samba 4 for installation and it removed samba 2.3.

ok, samba 4 is installed. Still my windows pc doesn't show on the network.

ok i did what you told. Here's a screen shot of the outcome.



btw i've inadvertantly installed ubuntu 8.1 on a ntfs hd if that's info any help.

2. the vista has a dynamic ip . B4 this it was only static no wonder i can't find. So the pinged hostname is fine.
but i can't install windbind. here's the problem:


3. this is the testparm result

ok, noted. so I added sudo but still..



sorry for being such a noob. Thx for being so patient.

ah yes, my dyslexia triumphant again. this is why i can't do programming well. I just need to network my ubuntu then i won't bother you guys anymore .

here's the latest scoop, broken packages?!?

ok, changing back to samba 2.3 now. For the record do I need to restart my computer anytime i install a new package?

winbind is now install. now the problem is i can't edit /etc/nsswitch.conf: permission denied. how can i get the permission to edit that file?

ok. So the next step.
What code should i enter to do this?


ps: I've already did sudo gedit /smb.conf it only opens an empty page.

This post has been edited by NasiLemakMan: Nov 13 2008, 06:38 PM

woohoo yeah! orait. I finally did it. I finally managed to share files on the windows network. Thank you everybody. Thanks fastcx. Thanks Internet! now can i say goodbye to winxp... now figuring out how to make ubuntu the default start up.

it wouldn't work since the default 0 in that is already ubuntu but I found the solution already. A worth noting for newbies who installed their ubuntus within windows. To change the default OS, you must log into windows, go to start>control panel>system>advanced>startup and recovery and changed the default OS there.