Ubuntu

All;

I've done this before, but sure I'm typing in the wrong search terms, so not finding the help I need.

What I have to do: Set up Samba, smb.conf, smbclient, fstab and all other settings so I see both the Windows and Linux servers and their shares in the network, via Samba.

It's been a good five years since I've done this last, so had many brain-farts since then and not finding what I need, so if you know the right HOWTOs, please pass them along, so I get this right!

Cheers!

OMR/TBNK

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PS,

Must come up on boot (think that where fstab uses smbclient mounts, I think),

I'm setting this up on Aspire 7739 Laptop running Kubuntu 16.04 LTS.

Must share, via smb.conf, my shares on the network as well.

Cheers!

OMR/TBNK

Samba is no longer needed for as many things as it used to be. It's still the go-to to serve shares, but native client support has popped up in many operating systems. In Linux you can do

Code:

mount -t cifs -o username=USERNAME,password=PASSWD //192.168.1.88/shares /mnt/share

...and bam, you're a CIFS client, no Samba required.

What specific application were you using to browse shares and in what way did it not work? Knowing that would help me figure out what it's trying to do and why it's not working.

We need more details on what your shares are.

Corona688,

I need the SAMBA as i explained it must come up on bootup, and therefore has to be in the fstab to auto load with all required passwords. Additionally this process has to be repeated on other machines to have fully functional network, sharing with the Linux and Windows servers.

Cheers!

OMR/TBNK



PS

If it's not SAMBA, then the Windows computers on the network will not see any of the shares.

OMR/TBNK

To repeat:

Samba serves shares. I don't know what purpose putting it in fstab would serve.

Your question remains too large and vague to effectively answer. "how do I do everything" is not a good question. Try a little on your own and narrow it down.

Corona688,

Ok, more research and I see they replaced samba with cifs, but it seems totally confusing to me, and all the mount cmds, I've tried have some syntax errors, so it's always showing the man help page, everytime I issue a cmd for it.

Cheers!

OMR/TBNK

Corona688,

Tried your command, doesn't work! Checked and CIFS is installed. Has a syntax error.

Not sure what to do next.

Cheers!

TBNK

Maybe you'll want to fix the syntax error in your CIFS installation???