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accessing a server with Samba

Asked by beowulf

I'm a new Ubuntu user who is having problems connecting to shares on a linux server. I can see and access them in Konqueror but no where else (like open office). The only instructions I could find were very complex involving mounting a drive using a command line. Considering the rest of my experiences with Ubuntu I find it hard to believe I haven't missed something. Can anyone give me a hand getting samba to work correctly? I want to be able to use Open Office to access files on a Samba share.

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michelem (michele-marcucci) said : 		#1

If you use Gnome you need only to click in: Places -> Connect to Server -> and select Windows Share and fill the informations requested

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beowulf (warrend405) said : 		#2

That's how I got it to work, but I would really prefer to use Kubuntu. Does anyone know if there is a problem here?

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Sebastian (sebastianhgil) said : 		#3

If you can't access the server using the smb protocol you could mount the drive with smbmount

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