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Windows/Ubuntu Network Shares

Asked by zzzxxx

yikes i know thers alot of people that tend to have problems with this but mine is realy odd

i have a network of 2 computers one is mine (ubuntu) and the others is my sisters (vista/sucky lil buger)
her computer has the printer on a windows share and my ubuntu has files i want to share i`ve tried this many times but neither of them acknowledge each others existance, i can forgive the ubuntu ignoring windows hes got a pretty good reason too :P but i need this to work

although i know alot about networking im not sure how to configure ubuntu, and vista realy isnt <making networking easier>

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Best Pedro Fragoso (ember) said : 		#1

About the files you can check Samba https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpSamba
and then read https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsXPPrinter for the use of the Printer.

Hope this helps.

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zzzxxx (michalski-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#2

i managed to get the filesharing running on both computers but the printing service wont work on the ubuntu. when i open admin-->print the option to add new printer isnt there

i have no idea why?

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zzzxxx (michalski-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#3

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i open the printer management and it has no options but to connect to another CUPS server, i try entering my own computers info here and it says CUPS isnt running. i also tried another Print Manager and it said the CUPS manager could not be contacted

i dont think the service is running, how do i start it?

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zzzxxx (michalski-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#4

Thanks Pedro Fragoso, that solved my question.

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zzzxxx (michalski-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#5

Note to those who have problems with CUPS like i did:

under System---> Administration---> Services
theres an option called "Printing Service (cupsys)"

mine wasnt enabled :P
problem solved