[Warty] Newtork set up - newbie

[Lindsay]

> 
> If you want to transfer files you will need to share a folder. Hoary
> has the shared folders program thingy (in the menu). I havent used it
> myself but Im sure you can just select the folder to share and select
> wether to share it with smb. if you select to make it browseable then
> I asume the windowes machine should be able to see it.
> 
> as for browsing the shares from the windows machine in ubuntu - I
> think you can just use smb:///<computername>/<shared folder>
> from within nautilus
> 
> alternatively you can run:
> 
> sudo mount -t smbfs //<computername>/<folder> /mnt/<folder to mount on>
> 
> this will then show up as a mounted location like a CD
> 
> to make it permanent, add the entry to /etc/fstab
> 
> Hope this points you in the right direction (and that its not completely wrong)
> 
> Tom
> 
I'll file it away until I find the confidence yo attempt it - thanks.
Linz