setting up public share with the public share under Preferences/Public Share

[NoOp]

On 09/21/2010 09:57 PM, rikona wrote:
> Hello Patton,
> 
> Tuesday, September 21, 2010, 7:26:39 PM, Patton wrote:
> 
> PE> On 09/21/2010 03:22 PM, Scott Berry wrote:
>>> What packages do I need to install for the public share to work on a 
>>> network?  Also can I put a link for an external drive in that folder?
>>>
> 
> PE> You should not need to install packages (at least not explicitly).
> PE> Under nautilus, right click on the folder you want to share,
> PE> select sharing options and check the boxes that seem logical to
> PE> you for your situation. I'm not sure about the linked folder.
> PE> Should be easy enough to test if you don't get an answer.
> 
> PE> Write back if you have problems -  something does not work. 
> 
> Just saw this. I was just starting to think about the
> sometimes-arduous task of setting up samba [Ubuntu will eventually
> replace my Mandriva2008, which was the master browser for a mixed
> win/lin LAN], and this seemed so much simpler I thought I'd try it.
> But - I still can't see the 'shared' folder from either a Win box or
> another linux system. So, I guess it's in the "doesn't work" category.
> Does this need a reboot to work, perhaps? 
> 

Try:

$ sudo service smbd restart
$ sudo service nmbd restart

See the recent "Problem defining the Samba workgroup" tread.