Tag Archives: samba

How to share files on Ubuntu 12.10 (Desktop)

Today I will show you how to share files on Ubuntu 12.10.  I will be using the desktop version of Ubuntu 12.10 so this tutorial will not work on the server variant (later tutorials will cover that). The first thing … Continue reading

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Cups Server Error ‘client-error-not-possible’

I came across this little beauty yesterday when trying to install a network printer on an Eeepc 701 8G running Lubuntu (really good distro by the way!!).  The netbook could see the printer but was unable to install the driver. … Continue reading

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How to configure file sharing on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Today I will show you how to configure file sharing on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.  This tutorial works for both the desktop and server variations. First thing is to install the packages we need – Samba and smbfs. So open up … Continue reading

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File sharing on Linux

The following tutorial will show you how to set up samba on a Linux system allowing you to share files and folders with a either a Linux or a Windows client.  All the following steps work on Linux Mint 11 … Continue reading

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Mounting network shares in Linux

Today we are going to learn how to mount network shares using Linux.  There are two ways to do this, either manually or using the fstab file, and we shall cover both.  For this tutorial we will use the following: … Continue reading

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