XP didnt see linux ubuntu shared folders!

Thanks for your question.

Ubuntu has no separate root password. You need to use sudo and teh password you use to log into your account.

I hope this helps.

A default ubuntu installation has no root passwd, you should be able to execute any command as root by typing "sudo command_to_execute". Only members of the admin groups (and special users specified in the sudoers file) can execute sudo commands. It will ask you for YOUR password. If you want to set a root password (NOT RECOMMENDED), you could type

1. sudo passwd
2. if that doesn't work, restart your computer, after a couple of seconds grub will pop up, click ESC, then select the first option with "Recovery mode", it will bring you to a root terminal, then you simply need to type "passwd"...

but has I said, you shouldn't change the root password and should always use sudo to execute commands as root.

Have a look at : https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo

To come back to your question to edit the smb.conf as root, do the following:

1. Press Alt-F2
2. Type "gksudo gedit /etc/smb.conf"
3. Enter YOUR password.

Then edit the file.

thank you so much i solv this problem how to change smb.conf file!
Aidas Karosas from Lithuania
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Thanks Philip Paquette, that solved my question.

thant you I solved this problem how to change smb.conf file
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I edit smb.conf file change user to share but my friend didn't see
my folders in LINUX ubuntu...
he try fo find my folders by the net with XP...
what can I do something else to solve this problem?
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my friend try to see my folders with XP by the net
but didn't see my folders in LINUX ubuntu 7
did you know how to solve this problem?
I change smb.conf file from user to share
but this can't solve problem...
can you that to do something else?
Aidas from Lithuania
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my friend didn't see me from the net with XP
he try to see linux ubuntu 7 shared folders...
I change before smb.conf file
change user to share but didn't solve this problem
thats happened?

Instructions on how to set up a samba shared folder are available here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpSamba

Hope that solves your question.