I purged and then tried sharing a directory. It installed Samba and this was the result when I tried again to share a folder: "'net usershare' returned error 255: net usershare add: share name tom is already a valid system user name" Tom <div class="gmail_quote">On 12 July 2010 19:33, NoOp <<a href="mailto:glgxg@sbcglobal.net">glgxg@sbcglobal.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="im">On 07/12/2010 04:13 PM, Tom Rue wrote: > Thanks for the reply! I tried smb://<a href="http://192.168.122.1" target="_blank">192.168.122.1</a> (this box's IP according > to ifconfig). I also tried the external IP address in the same format. > Neither worked. </div>You don't enter your machine ip, you only enter the target machine. <div class="im"> > > When you say "purge samba", do you mean uninstall and reinstall? > > I've been slogging through, as you say, all afternoon. Best hope I found > was <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1169149" target="_blank">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1169149</a>, but none of those > ideas have worked. </div>Please bottom post on this list - thanks :-) This may be of help: <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpSamba" target="_blank">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpSamba</a> But that's long and outdated. This may be easier: <<a href="http://reformedmusings.wordpress.com/2010/05/22/samba-file-sharing-in-ubuntu-lucid-10-04-lts/" target="_blank">http://reformedmusings.wordpress.com/2010/05/22/samba-file-sharing-in-ubuntu-lucid-10-04-lts/</a>> If the ip address isn't working, then the next questions would be: - Do you have folders set to share? - Are the machines on the same subnet (192.168.122.x)? - Can you ping the target machine ip address? Purge meaning: $ sudo apt-get purge samba Or via System|Administration|Synaptic...|Quick search: samba|right click on 'Samba' and select 'Mark for complete removal' & then click the 'Apply' button. But before you do that check to see if you actually have a folder set for sharing & answer the questions above. ... -- <div><div></div><div class="h5">ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </div></div></blockquote></div> -- <a href="mailto:tomrue@gmail.com">tomrue@gmail.com</a> <a href="http://tomrue.net">tomrue.net</a> | <a href="http://carmenrue.com">carmenrue.com</a> <a href="http://history.tomrue.net">history.tomrue.net</a> <a href="http://choicescounseling.tomrue.net">choicescounseling.tomrue.net</a> Please note that this e-mail and any files transmitted with it may be privileged, confidential, and protected from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any reading, dissemination, distribution, copying, or other use of this communication or any of its attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by replying to this message and deleting this message, any attachments, and all copies and backups from your computer.