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Re: Sharing Folders

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On 23/1/25 10:19 am, Edmund wrote:
> On 1/23/25 10:33, Bob Henson wrote:
>> On 22/1/25 10:29 pm, Paul wrote:
>>> On Wed, 1/22/2025 12:44 PM, Bob Henson wrote:
>>>> Having partially fixed my network I now need to share some Linux Mint 
>>>> 22.1 Mate folders with Windows 11. I can see my windows shares OK 
>>>> from the Linux laptop. I tried using Caja to share them and even 
>>>> installed caja-share which I read might help, but can find no share 
>>>> tab in the folder properties page. What do I need to do to share the 
>>>> folders?
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Bob
>>>
>>> sudo apt install synaptic
>>> sudo apt install wsdd
>>> sudo apt install samba
>>>
>>> ullwinkle@MINTMATE:/var/lib/samba$ ls -al
>>> total 1368
>>> drwxrwxrwx  6 root       root         4096 Jan 22 16:44 .
>>> drwxr-xr-x 71 root       root         4096 Jan 22 16:17 ..
>>> -rw-------  1 root       root       421888 Jan 22 16:44 
>>> account_policy.tdb
>>> -rw-------  1 root       root          696 Jan 22 16:44 group_mapping.tdb
>>> drwxr-xr-x 10 root       root         4096 Jan 22 16:44 printers
>>> drwxr-xr-x  2 root       root         4096 Jan 22 16:44 private
>>> -rw-------  1 root       root       528384 Jan 22 16:45 registry.tdb
>>> -rw-------  1 root       root       421888 Jan 22 16:45 share_info.tdb
>>>
>>> drwxrwx--T  2 root       sambashare   4096 Jan 22 16:44 usershares    
>>> <=== made by the automation, complete with T flag
>>>
>>> bullwinkle@MINTMATE:/var/lib/samba$ groups
>>> bullwinkle adm cdrom sudo dip plugdev users lpadmin sambashare <=== 
>>> some earlier step did a groupadd
>>> bullwinkle@MINTMATE:/var/lib/samba$
>>>
>>> Bullwinkle@MINTMATE:~/Downloads/share$ ls -al
>>> total 8
>>> drwxrwxrwx 2 bullwinkle bullwinkle 4096 Jan 22 16:38 .    <=== my 
>>> share is smashed flat, but I'm getting
>>> drwxrwxrwx 3 bullwinkle bullwinkle 4096 Jan 22 16:38 ..        a 
>>> permission error from Windows. I'm auto-logged
>>>                                                                 
>>> (because I clicked the allow Guest button) but
>>>                                                                 it 
>>> could be that Windows does not like that mode.
>>>
>>> I cleared the two option boxes in the share definition, so that
>>> Windows would be asked for a password. Password was NOT accepted,
>>> which means we have to resort to the secondary password system.
>>>
>>> bullwinkle@MINTMATE:~/Downloads/share$ sudo smbpasswd -a bullwinkle
>>> [sudo] password for bullwinkle:
>>> New SMB password:
>>> Retype new SMB password:
>>> Added user bullwinkle.
>>>
>>> And... I'm in. As in... exhausted :-)
>>>
>>> *******
>>>
>>> I looked at my notes now, to see how well I managed to discover
>>> all this crap again. I swore I would not be editing this file
>>> but I'll give you a flavour of this anyway. This may also require
>>> some systemd activity. Normally systemd would be smbd or nobd or
>>> something. I don't know where "wins" comes from.
>>>
>>> workgroup = WORKGROUP   # /etc/samba/smb.conf
>>> server min protocol = NT1
>>> server max protocol = smb3
>>> client min protocol = NT1
>>> client max protocol = smb3
>>> ntlm auth = yes
>>>
>>> wins support = yes        \
>>> local master = yes         \
>>> preferred master = yes     /
>>>
>>> You may have to mess with that material, in the case of
>>> Win98 comms or WinXP comms, and wishing the Network Neighbourhood to 
>>> work.
>>>
>>> *******
>>>
>>> Final config
>>>
>>>     [Picture]
>>>
>>>      https://i.postimg.cc/8CRh5hSX/LM221-M-Linux-SAMBA-share.gif
>>>
>> That's all a tad technical for me, but I'll work my way through it. I've 
>> already installed synaptic and samba (why they are not included in the 
>> Mint installer beats me) - I'll add the other and work from there.
>> 
>> Thanks for the message.
> 
> Yeah Paul can be a bit intimidating :-)
> 
> BTW if I go to a folder > right click > select "sharing options" it
> pretty much shows all there is to it.
> 

My problem was that there was no "share" tab there at all. However, 
after I installed "wsdd" as in Paul's note, the "share" tab magically 
appeared and the process was, as you said, simple.

I /really/ cannot understand why an otherwise excellent  distro as Mint 
no longer includes such basic requirements - they used to be there. I've 
had to add quite a few things since I installed Mint - which, since I 
have forgotten most of what I knew about Linux, was not easy. I imagine 
that, like Windows, distros  are being made to look pretty and be easy 
to install, but have all useful functions "below the hood" removed.

-- 
Tetbury, Gloucestershirel, UK

The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

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