[Bug 375593] Re: cannot browse samba shares without editing smb.conf

[Chris Wiesner]

Hello,
I am a NEWBIE to the world of linux and ubuntu. Just installed ubuntu 9.04 a few days ago and attached this laptop to my windows network. I get this same error, even though my shares are turned on in my windows xp pro(sp3) machines. I want to make the change as shown above to my etc/samba/smb.conf  using gedit. However, I get an error message that will not allow me to change. In the properties window of smb.conf the message in permissions appears: you are not the owner, so you cannot change these permissions. I know this may be a problem of a different sort, but how to I get such permission? I am the only user defined on this system!!

I have tried using an ftp solution to access my xp machine running an
ftp server - no luck(but that could be something else, will check it out
another time.

There appears to be no vnc around which supports file transfers. I use
ultra-vnc on my windows machine, but the ubuntu version is just a remote
desktop. I am frustrated beyond belief that such a simple thing
(browsing files on a local network) could be so complicated.


Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.


CW

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cannot browse samba shares without editing smb.conf
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/375593
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