Trouble attaching to Ubuntu on network

bro67 · 27 Aug 2023

How to Install Samba in Ubuntu {+Configuring and Connecting}

bro67 · 27 Aug 2023

How to Install Samba in Ubuntu {+Configuring and Connecting}
How To Set Up a Samba Share For A Small Organization on Ubuntu 16.04 | DigitalOcean

RickC · 27 Aug 2023

rboppy said:

Do you have any tutorials that would help me establish connections between Windows and Mint? I installed Mint, went through several tutorials and I get Access is denied. The folders on Mint I want to share say "The permissions for /home/jim prevent other users from accessing this share".

How to mount SMB shares in Linux Mint tutorial.

Hope this helps...

rboppy · 28 Aug 2023

bro67 said:

How to Install Samba in Ubuntu {+Configuring and Connecting}

Got to step 2 and received a "Permission denied"

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RickC said:

How to mount SMB shares in Linux Mint tutorial.

Hope this helps...

Turns out Mint won't work for what I need, thanks.

pepanee · 28 Aug 2023

Sorry if this has been mentioned, or if you already tried it. Try steps 1 to 13:
How to Access Shared Folders on a Network (with Pictures)

rboppy · 28 Aug 2023

pepanee said:

Sorry if this has been mentioned, or if you already tried it. Try steps 1 to 13:
How to Access Shared Folders on a Network (with Pictures)

Both computers a wired to the same network (router).

x509 · 28 Aug 2023

RickC said:

Some Linux distros make filesharing with Windows easy by doing all the work for you (like Linux Mint, which is based on Ubuntu) whilst others make you sweat for it (like Ubuntu itself which, IMO, is not a distro for a Linux newbie).

If you're a Linux newbie then I suggest you choose your Linux distro wisely... IMO it's a snap with Mint whilst I've had to leap through hurdles with Ubuntu itself.

Hope this helps...

@RickC

I have to laugh, or maybe shake my head in disbelief. If you install Windows Subsystem for Linux, the default is Ubuntu. So far I've noticed that the WSL version of Ubunutu is not case-sensitive and supports a "dir" command in addition to "ls." I have no way of knowing if these features are native to Ubuntu or installed by Microsoft.

Shaking my head again, Linux Mint is not even on the list of alternative distros for WSL.

I haven't used Ubuntu too much, but so far my reaction is, "Why bother to use it?" I'm not trolling, and I know that would be thread jacking, which I don't want to do. But if someone wants to start a "why use Linux" thread, I will be happy to jump in.

RickC · 28 Aug 2023

@x509 - I haven't used WSL and mainly only use Linux Mint on low-powered netbooks (with max 2GB RAM) to a) keep them going and b) build up familiarity for the day Windows becomes unusable and I finally jump ship.

bro67 · 29 Aug 2023

rboppy said:

Got to step 2 and received a "Permission denied"

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Turns out Mint won't work for what I need, thanks.

Is your user ecen in Sudoers?

rboppy · 30 Aug 2023

bro67 said:

Is your user ecen in Sudoers?

Neither off those terms mean anything to me; after Google I am a Sudoer.

I am a died in the wool Windows user, I installed Ubuntu on an old computer ~6 years ago and used it for File History for 2 computers, install Synergy and used the Ubuntu computer to look at web pages, pdf files, even the calculator when my Windows window was overwhelmed which has turned out to be very useful.