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Re: Sharing Folders

From Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz>
Newsgroups alt.os.linux.mint
Subject Re: Sharing Folders
Date 2025-01-24 02:39 +0000
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On 2025-01-23, Bob Henson <bob.henson@outlook.com> 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) 

Short answer is that the Mint team think it is not necessary for Mint to
perform to the Mint specifications.

It is Mint's distro, they can put in what they please. The
respository have the programmes you need so apt install xxxx or crank up
synaptic. Mint does not install samba, nfs-kernel-server, mariadb, or mc.

Yes it is annoying, but the structure is there. A small bit of customisation
is a small price to pay for Mint.

- I'll add the other and work from there.
>
> Thanks for the message.
>

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Sharing Folders Bob Henson <bob.henson@outlook.com> - 2025-01-22 17:44 +0000
  Re: Sharing Folders Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-22 17:29 -0500
    Re: Sharing Folders Bob Henson <bob.henson@outlook.com> - 2025-01-23 09:33 +0000
      Re: Sharing Folders Edmund <nomail@hotmail.com> - 2025-01-23 11:19 +0100
        Re: Sharing Folders Bob Henson <bob.henson@outlook.com> - 2025-01-23 10:41 +0000
          Re: Sharing Folders Edmund <nomail@hotmail.com> - 2025-01-23 12:49 +0100
      Re: Sharing Folders "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2025-01-23 07:27 -0500
        Re: Sharing Folders Bob Henson <bob.henson@outlook.com> - 2025-01-23 13:50 +0000
          Re: Sharing Folders Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-23 09:20 -0500
            Re: Sharing Folders Bob Henson <bob.henson@outlook.com> - 2025-01-23 14:59 +0000
      Re: Sharing Folders Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> - 2025-01-24 02:39 +0000
        Re: Sharing Folders Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-24 00:46 -0500

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