Connect to computer on windows 7 network

Asked by Larry Taylor

I am trying to use a printer connected to a Windows 2000 computer from a
computer using Ubuntu 9.1 on the same network. When I select Network
servers, Windows Network, Mshome(this is the name of my home network),
I receive a box saying UNABLE TO MOUNT LOCATION: Failed to retrieve
sharelist from server. I am new at Ubuntu and have no idea how to go
about sharing the Pinter. Also how do you change the workgroup name in
Ubuntu. On the windows machines the workgroup name is MSHOME, On
the Ubuntu computer the workgroup name is Workgroup.

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A. Denton (aquina) said :
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You change the workgroup by modifying "/etc/samba/smb.conf" with your favourite editor. Maybe the other problems you mentioned can be solved by altering this file too. Nevertheless I recommend you to check your Windows NT 5 (2000) servers share configuration. Is it accessible to users fom the Ubuntu client system? Is it accessible to guests? Havy you checked the NT servers policies (acces on the computer from the network)?

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Larry Taylor (letaylor1) said :
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I went to the terminal and typed:/etc/samba/smb.conf pushed enter and the
reply was: Permission denied. Then I went to Samba Server Config, then
preferences, then server settings, then basic: I changed workgroup:
workgroup to workgroup: mshome(my network name on the Win 2000 machines.
Now, from the windows machines I can see the Ubuntu machine and access its
files, but nothing has changed from the Ubuntu machine. I don't
know what else I could change on the win machines as they share between
themselves ok. Thanks, Larry Taylor

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Aquina proposed the following answer:
You change the workgroup by modifying "/etc/samba/smb.conf" with your
favourite editor. Maybe the other problems you mentioned can be solved
by altering this file too. Nevertheless I recommend you to check your
Windows NT 5 (2000) servers share configuration. Is it accessible to
users fom the Ubuntu client system? Is it accessible to guests? Havy you
checked the NT servers policies (acces on the computer from the
network)?

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A. Denton (aquina) said :
#3

Larry you have to pepend "sudo " before the actual command (e.g. «sudo nano -w "/etc/samba/smb.conf"»). nano can be substituted with vim or an editor of your choice.

Further I suggest you to consult Microsoft for support when using their operating system in case you really want to use it. Personally I cannot and will not give support for such systems broken in many ways. Thus I recommend you to install "Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS" on the machine serving files and printers and learn to use it ([L1] will guide you). Good luck!

[L1] http://doc.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/serverguide/C/

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Jan Mostert (jmostert99) said :
#4

It seemed that windows XP connect but windows 7 won't?

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A. Denton (aquina) said :
#5

Windows 7 is different in many ways. I think however that the problem lies either within the Kernel itself or within your policies (user and group definitions). Thry to check that first and get some help using »fastbot.com«, »ixquick« or »metager.de«. You can also use »Google« but I don't recommend it. ;-)

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