File sharing setup

[Lucio M Nicolosi]

On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 2:06 AM, Bill Stanley <bstanle at wowway.com> wrote:
> Well, I'm back!  I started a tread called "Network problems" and for
> some reason, that thread died before I was done.
>
> As you recall, I had a ping problem and that has been completely
> resolved and my computers now respond to pings when either their ip
> number or host-names are given.  I also have been able to set up my
> router properly so that each computer has its own static ip number.  The
> ip number - host-names of all my computers has how been put into their
> /etc/hosts file.
>
> I still have not properly configured my computers to share files with
> samba.  I will use samba because I dual boot these computers and
> sometimes use windows.  I need help in configuring samba.  Thank you for
> the help I have gotten so far in resolving the ping problem.

Perhaps you should start by reading this:

         https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Samba

and this:

         https://help.ubuntu.com/6.06/ubuntu/serverguide/C/configuring-samba.html

L.

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