network file sharing help needed

[Olaf Stein]

Map it manually

\\ip_address\share in the winooze explorer Tools->Map Network drive

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Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 12:16 PM
To: Ubuntu Help and User Discussions
Subject: Re: network file sharing help needed

Olaf Stein wrote:

>Did you create samba users that have access to your share?
>
>The other question is going to be if the programs you want to share run 
>from a network drive
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of cogyfarm
>Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 10:50 AM
>To: Ubuntu Help and User Discussions
>Subject: network file sharing help needed
>
>Hello, I need to know how to setup a directory on my intranet server to 
>be used by any other computer on the network as a single repository of 
>programs.  For example, they would be able to install Open Office to 
>this folder so that there is ONE installation not 6.  I have already 
>created a folder called /samba with 775 permissions and told the server 
>to make it a shared network folder in "network neighborhood" but I 
>can't see it from the windows machines.
>
>Troy.
>
>  
>
I don't seem to be able to get samba to allow the windows computers to have
it.  It shows up under samba but not in network neighborhood in windows.  I
was planning on mapping the share as a drive.
Troy

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