Sharing files over network between Window XP and Ubuntu

[Amedee Van Gasse (ub)]

On Thu, October 22, 2009 07:35, dheeraj bansal wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thanks a ton guys for all the help, my ultimate objective is to
> connect a windows XP machine with a Ubuntu machine using cross cable
> to share data between the two, and for this I was in the notion that
> it is possible only if I have windows XP on both. So may be u can help
> connecting cross cable in the current setup or help me in installing
> XP on ubuntu box and then I will be able to connect the two. And I can
> partition the harddisk and do geeky stuff with my machine, so please
> everyone go ahead with all the possible solutions. Any help will be
> highly appreciated.

You were misinformed.

It is fairly trivial to have a network connection between a Windows and a
Linux machine. Just plug in a network cable in both machines, make sure
that they are on the same subnet (*ASK* if this sounds Greek to you), and
you're done. To share files, you need some network file system, and
usually that is Samba.
I don't know if Samba is installed by default on Ubuntu but I think I
remember that there is some "wizzard" in the file manager that makes it
very easy to share files over the network.


I changed the subject line so that it better reflects your question.

Another suggestion:
Describe the goal, not the step

If you are trying to find out how to do something (as opposed to reporting
a bug), begin by describing the goal. Only then describe the particular
step towards it that you are blocked on.

Often, people who need technical help have a high-level goal in mind and
get stuck on what they think is one particular path towards the goal. They
come for help with the step, but don't realize that the path is wrong. It
can take substantial effort to get past this.

Stupid:

    How do I get the color-picker on the FooDraw program to take a
hexadecimal RGB value?
Smart:

    I'm trying to replace the color table on an image with values of my
choosing. Right now the only way I can see to do this is by editing
each table slot, but I can't get FooDraw's color picker to take a
hexadecimal RGB value.

The second version of the question is smart. It allows an answer that
suggests a tool better suited to the task.

From: http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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Amedee