Access ubuntu shared folder from windows

The samba package is a meta-package intended to be installed on file and printer sharing servers. Clients do not need this meta-package (you are acting as a client if you need to access files on another computer). For example, installing samba is not necessary if you only need your Ubuntu system to do any of the following:

• Access shared folders, drives and printers on a Windows computer (that is, act as a client with Windows servers). To do this, you only need the smbfs plugin. See MountWindowsSharesPermanently for more information.
• Have your Windows computer use (via a network) a printer that is attached to a Linux computer. CUPS can be configured to make the printer accessible to the network.

• Share directories between two Linux computers. You can use NFS or setup an SSH server on one computer and access it from other computers using an scp or sftp client, or Places -> Connect to Server… and choose «SSH» as the service type.

Ubuntu Clients

Ubuntu and Gnome make it easy to access files on a Windows network share. Open the Places Menu, then click on Network. You will see a Windows network icon. Double-click to open it. The next window shows all the domains/workgroups found on your network. Inside each domain/workgroup you will see all the computers on the domain/workgroup with sharing enabled. Double-click on a computer icon to access its shares and files.

• If you want to be able to share folders with nautilus (the file browser), install the nautilus-share package (installed by default in Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop edition):

sudo apt-get install nautilus-share

Alternate: From the menu at the top select «Location» -> «Connect to a server». In the «Service type» pull down select «Windows share». Enter the server ip address in the «Server:» box and the share name in the «Share:» box. Click «Connect» and then «Connect» again on the second dialog box

Alternate 12.04: Double clicking on ‘Windows network’ did not work for me. So I went to ‘Go’ menu in the nautilus file browser and clicked ‘Location’. I got an address bar at the top of the window. I entered «smb://192.168.2.148» (substitute the IP address of your Samba server) — I was presented with user/password window — After typing in user/passwd I was able to see the samba shares on the server and browse the files/folders.

Note: The default installation of Samba does not synchronize passwords. You may have to run «smbpasswd» for each user that needs to have access to his Ubuntu home directory from Microsoft Windows.

Windows Clients (XP,Server,Vista, Win7)

Microsoft Windows clients connect and browse through their corresponding network interface.

Example: XP clients can open Windows Network Neighborhood or My Network Places to browse available SMB shares.

Samba Client — Manual Configuration

This section covers how to manually configure and connect to a SMB file server from an Ubuntu client. smbclient is a command line tool similar to a ftp connection while smbfs allows you to mount a SMB file share. Once a SMB share is mounted it acts similar to a local hard drive (you can access the SMB share with your file browser (nautilus, konqueror, thunar, other).

Connecting to a Samba File Server from the command line

Connecting from the command line is similar to a ftp connection.

List public SMB shares with

smbclient -L //server -U user

Connect to a SMB share with

smbclient //server/share -U user

Enter you user password.

You can connect directly with

smbclient //server/share -U user%password

but your password will show on the screen (less secure).

Once connected you will get a prompt that looks like this :

smb: >

Type «help» , without quotes, at the prompt for a list of available commands.

Connecting using CIFS

CIFS is included in the smbfs package and is a replacement for smbfs (I know, the terminology here is a little confusing).

Reference : http://linux-cifs.samba.org/

As above, install by any method, smbfs, on Ubuntu 12.10, smbfs has been replaced by cifs-utils.

Allow non-root users to mount SMB shares

By default only root may mount SMB shares on the command line. To allow non-root users to mount SMB shares you could set the SUID, but I advise you configure sudo. You should configure sudo with visudo

You may either allow the group «users» to mount SMB shares, or add a group, samba, and add users you wish to allow to mount SMB shares to the samba group.

sudo groupadd samba
sudo adduser user samba

Change «user» to the username you wish to add to the samba group.

sudo visudo

In the «group» section add your group you wish to allow to mount SMB shares

Add a line  in the "group" section :
## Members of the admin group may gain root privileges
%admin ALL=(ALL) ALL
%samba   ALL=(ALL) /bin/mount,/bin/umount,/sbin/mount.cifs,/sbin/umount.cifs

Change «%samba» to «%users» if you wish to allow members of the users group to mount SMB shares.

The following will mount the myshare folder on myserver to ~/mnt (it will be in your home directory):

mkdir ~/mnt
sudo mount -t cifs //myserver_ip_address/myshare ~/mnt -o username=samb_user,noexec

Note: «samba_user» = the user name on the samba server (may be different from your log-in name on the client).

The «noexec» option prevents executable scripts running from the SMB share.

You will be asked for BOTH your sudo and then your samba_user password.

To umount,

sudo umount ~/mnt

Automagically mount SMB shares

In order to have a share mounted automatically every time you reboot, you need to do the following:

With any editor, create a file containing your Windows/Samba user account details:

gksu gedit /etc/samba/user

KDE users must use kdesu rather than gksu and instead of Gedit they can use Kwrite as editor.

… it should contain two lines as follows:

username=samba_user
password=samba_user_password

Note: «samba_user» = the user name on the samba server (may be different from your log-in name on the client). «samba_user_password» is the password you assigned to the samba_user on the samba server.

Save the file and exit gedit.

Change the permissions on the file for security:

sudo chmod 0400 /etc/samba/user # permissions of 0400 = read only

Now create a directory where you want to mount your share (e.g. /media/samba_share):

sudo mkdir /media/samba_share

Now, using any editor, and add a line to /etc/fstab for your SMB share as follows:

sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.bak
gksu gedit /etc/fstab

Add a line for your SMB share:

//myserver_ip_address/myshare  /media/samba_share  cifs  credentials=/etc/samba/user,noexec  0 0

The share will mount automatically when you boot. The «noexec» option prevents executable scripts running from the SMB share.

To mount the share now, without rebooting,

sudo mount /media/samba_share

You can unmount the share with :

sudo umount /media/samba_share

If you wish to increase security at the expense of convenience, use this line in /etc/fstab

//myserver_ip_address/myshare  /media/samba_share  cifs  noauto,credentials=/etc/samba/user,noexec  0 0

The noexec» option prevents executable scripts running from the SMB share.

Edit /etc/samba/user, remove the password (leave just the samba user).

Now the share will NOT automatically mount when you boot and you will be asked for your samba password.

Mount the share with :

sudo mount /media/samba_share

CIFS may cause a shutdown error.

CIFS VFS: Server not responding.

There is a fix in the troubleshooting section of this forum post.

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Connecting using SMBFS (deprecated)

Note: This method still works, but as outlined under the «CIFS» section above is «deprecated» (no longer maintained and pending removal from the kernel).

Mounting a share on the local filesystem allows you to work around programs that do not yet use GnomeVFS to browse remote shares transparently. To mount a SMB share, first install smbfs:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install smbfs

To allow non root accounts to mount shares, change the permissions on the smbmnt program thus:

sudo chmod u+s /usr/bin/smbmnt /usr/bin/smbumount

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Note: This may be a security risk as after setting the SUID bit anyone can mount a SMB share. I advise you configure sudo, as above.

The working line in /etc/sudoers is as follows (see CIFS section above):

%samba   ALL=(ALL) /bin/mount,/bin/umount,/sbin/mount.cifs,/sbin/umount.cifs,/usr/bin/smbmount,/usr/bin/smbumount

This allows any user in the samba group to mount SMB shares (you will need to create a samba group and add users).

The following will mount the myshare folder on myserver to ~/mnt (it will be in your home directory):

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mkdir ~/mnt
smbmount //myserver/myshare ~/mnt

To umount,

smbumount ~/mnt

In order to have a share mounted automatically every time you reboot, you need to do the following:

Open a shell as root

sudo -s

Create a file containing your Windows/Samba user account details:

vi /etc/samba/user

…it should contain two lines as follows:

username=george
password=secret

Change the permissions on the file for security:

chmod 0600 /etc/samba/user

Now create a directory where you want to mount your share (e.g. /mnt/data):

mkdir /mnt/data

Now edit the file system table (/etc/fstab) and add a line as follows:

//server/share   /mnt/data   smbfs   credentials=/etc/samba/user,rw,uid=bob   0   0

…where ‘bob’ is the non-root user you log into ubuntu with, ‘server’ is the name or address of the Windows machine and ‘share’ is the name of the share.

To mount the share now, just use the following command as root. It will mount automatically on subsequent reboots.

mount /mnt/data

to be continued…

Ubuntu Client

On the Ubuntu client using the menu at the top, go to «Places» -> «Network». You will see an icon «Windows network» and should be able to browse to your shared folder. You will be asked for a password, leave it blank. Click the «Connect button.

(no need for a password).

If you would like to mount your SMB share using your (server) hostname rather than the IP Address, edit /etc/hosts and add your samba server (syntax IP Address hostname).

192.168.1.100    hostname

Where «hostname» = the name of your samba server.

Windows Client

On Windows open «My Computer» and navigate to «My Network Places». Navigate to your Ubuntu server and your share will be available without a password.

Alternate : From the menu at the top select «Tools» -> «Map Network Drive». Select an available letter for your SMB share (Default is z: ). In the «Folder:» box enter \samba_server_ipaddressshare. Tic (Select with the mouse) the option «Reconnect at login» if you want the share to be automatically mounted when you boot Windows. Click the «Finish» box. A dialog box will appear, enter your samba user name and password. Click «OK».

If you would like to mount your SMB share using your (server) hostname rather than the IP Address, edit C:WINDOWSsystem32driversetchosts and add your samba server (syntax IP Address hostname).

192.168.1.100    hostname

Where «hostname» = the name of your samba server.

Have you installed Samba? sudo apt-get install samba

If so, then you need to set a Samba password: sudo smbpasswd -a USERNAME. This command will generate a prompt for a password (substitute USERNAME with your username).

Set a folder to share mkdir /home/USERNAME/sharedfolder

Make a backup copy of your smb.conf file: sudo cp /etc/samba/smb.conf ~

Open your smb.conf file: gksu gedit /etc/samba/smb.conf

Add this to the very end of the file:

[sharedfolder]
path = /home/USERNAME/sharedfolder
available = yes
valid users = USERNAME
read only = no
browsable = yes
public = yes
writable = yes

There should be NO spaces between the lines, and there should be a single space both before and after each of the equal signs. Save and exit gedit.

Restart Samba sudo restart smbd

Use this command to check your smb.conf file for syntax errors: sudo testparm

You now should be able to share from your Windows 7 machine.

Edit:

I understand your trying to access your Ubuntu share from Windows 7 and that you want to do so with a GUI interface.

but when I try to access them (from Windows) it asks for a username and password. No matter what I enter, it won’t let me in. How do I configure this to share normally?

To do so you must set up a Samba user/password on your Linux machine as I described above. I could recommend a GUI program for Ubuntu to do this, but frankly it’s much more complicated and confusing to do it that way. The program is gadmin-samba and it’s in the Ubuntu repository. Caution! you can totally bork your config if you misuse this program.
Please let us know what steps you’ve now taken, and which errors you have encountered. Thanks!

Do you have two machines one is running on Ubuntu and other using Windows 10 or 7 OS? If  Yes, then you might need to access some folder or files resides on the Ubuntu system. However, usually, to transfer files or folder, we use USB drive but what about Network Share. If both the machines are on the same network then it would be a great idea to set up a sharing protocol such as SAMBA. This will not only allow to access you the files on Linux Machine directly over Ethernet or WiFi but also save your time.

Actually, I have one testing machine that is running on Ubuntu 20.04 Foocal fossa and the other one uses Windows 10, thus to easily access all the data such as screenshots captured on Linux, I have shared the Pictures folder. Although we have used Ubuntu 20.04, the steps will be the same for Ubuntu 19.04/18.04 LTS as well.

With the following steps you can share any of the existing folders of Ubuntu with Windows 10 0r 7:

1. Open Ubuntu’s File Manager.
2. Right-click on the folder that you want to share.
3. Here we are sharing the Pictures folder of our Ubuntu 20.04 LTS PC.
   
4. Select the Properties option.
5. Click on the Local Network Share TAB.
6. Select the box given in front of the option “Share this folder“.
7. A pop-up will appear to install the SAMBA package on the system. Install it by providing your current account user password.
8. By default, the Share name will be the name of the folder. However, you can change it whatever you want.
9. Next, mark the “Allow others to create and delete files in this folder” option. If you want to write the files to the shared location remotely.
10. Another option is “Guest access (for people without a user account“. By default, the users with an account can access the shared folders. In case, you want to allow anonymous users to access them, check this one otherwise leave it. However, if you are locally accessing the folder then check it for easy access.
    
11. Finally, click on the Modify Share button and allow the setup to set permissions for the Ubuntu shared folder or files.
    
12. Open Command Terminal.
13. Type: ifconfig
14. And note down the IP address of your machine.

Access the Ubuntu shared folder on Windows 10 remotely

1. On the Windows 10 or 7, open MyComputer.
2. Right-click anywhere on the blank space and select “Add a Network Location“.
   
3. Network location wizard will open, click on the “NEXT” button.
4. Select “Choose a custom Network location” option.
5. Add the address of the folder shared on the Ubuntu. For that type \ip-address-ubuntushared-folder name
6. For example, in our case, the system IP address was- 192.168.0.107 and the shared folder named “Pictures”. Thus, the address will be \192.168.0.107Pictures
   
7. In the same way, you also have to add the address and click on the Next button.
8. Windows will automatically find the share Ubuntu folder and add it.
   
9. Now, go to the Windows 10 or 7 MyPC area and start accessing the shared Ubuntu folder and files via SAMBA protocol.
   

The easiest and most reliable way to share files between a Linux and Windows computer on the same local area network is to use the Samba file-sharing protocol. All modern versions of Windows come with Samba installed, and Samba is installed by default on most distributions of Linux.

First, create a shared folder on your Windows computer.

Following the steps below, creates a shared folder on your Windows computer that lets you access files in that folder on your Linux computer. With the right permissions you can also copy, edit, and delete files in that folder from your Linux computer.

1. Open the Control Panel.
2. Select the Network and Sharing Options or Network and Sharing Center option.
3. Click the Change advanced sharing settings link in the left navigation menu.
4. Click the Turn on Network Discovery and Turn on File and Print Sharing options.
5. Click the Save changes button at the bottom of the Advanced sharing settings window.

Now, create a new folder to share or choose an existing folder that you want to share.

1. Right-click the folder and select Properties.
2. Go to the Sharing tab.
3. If you want to share the folder with another Windows account, click the Share button, add the account to grant permission to access the shared folder, and click the Share button.

If you shared the folder with another Windows account, you need to click the Advanced Sharing button, then click the Permissions button. Select the account, check the Allow box for the Change or Modify permission, and click OK.

1. Click the Advanced Sharing button.
2. On the Advanced Sharing window, check the box for Share this folder and click OK.
3. The network path for the folder is now displayed above the Share button, indicating that it is now a shared folder. For example, it may look something like \YOURCOMPUTERNAMEUsersYourUserNameShareFolderName. Make a note of this network folder path to use later on your Linux machine.

Many Linux distributions use the KDE desktop environment and the Konqueror file manager/browser. If you’re using this, you can follow these steps to access your Windows shared folder.

1. Click the K menu icon.
2. Select Internet ->Konqueror.
3. In the Konqueror window that opens, click the Network Folders link, or type remote:/ in the address bar and press Enter .
4. Click the Samba Shares icon.
5. Click the icon of your Windows Home workgroup.
6. Click the Workgroup icon.
7. Click the icon for your computer.
8. When prompted, enter the username and password for the Windows account that created the share.
9. Click OK.

Many Linux distributions, especially those that use the GNOME desktop environment, use the Nautilus file manager. If you’re using this, you can follow these steps to access your Windows shared folder.

1. Open Nautilus.
2. From the File menu, select Connect to Server.
3. In the Service type drop-down box, select Windows share.
4. In the Server field, enter the name of your computer.
5. Click Connect.

Alternatively, in the Nautilus address bar, you can type smb://ComputerName/ShareName and press Enter . For example, when you created your Windows Share if the share name was listed as:

Type smb://YOURCOMPUTERNAME/Users/YourUserName/ShareFolderName and press Enter . Note the smb: at the beginning, in Linux, use forward slashes instead of backslashes.

You can also access your Windows shared folder from the Linux command line using the smbclient program.

1. Open a terminal.
2. Type smbclient at the command prompt.
3. If you receive a «Usage:» message, smbclient is installed, and you can skip to the next step. However, if the command is not found, you need to install smbclient. Follow these steps to install it.

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If you work with different operating systems, it’s handy to be able to share files between them. This article explains how to set up file access between Linux (Fedora 33) and Windows 10 using Samba and mount.cifs.

Samba is the Linux implementation of the SMB/CIFS protocol, allowing direct access to shared folders and printers over a network. Mount.cifs is part of the Samba suite and allows you to mount the CIFS filesystem under Linux.

Caution: These instructions are for sharing files within your private local network or in a virtualized host-only network between a Linux host machine and a virtualized Windows guest. Don’t consider this article a guideline for your corporate network, as it doesn’t implement the necessary cybersecurity considerations.

Access Linux from Windows

This section explains how to access a user’s Linux home directory from Windows File Explorer.

1. Install and configure Samba

Start on your Linux system by installing Samba:

Samba is a system daemon, and its configuration file is located in /etc/samba/smb.conf . Its default configuration should work. If not, this minimal configuration should do the job:

You can find a detailed description of the parameters in the smb.conf section of the project’s website.

2. Modify LinuxSE

If your Linux distribution is protected by SELinux (as Fedora is), you have to enable Samba to be able to access the user’s home directory:

Check that the value is set by typing:

Your output should look like this:

3. Enable your user

Samba uses a set of users and passwords that have permission to connect. Add your Linux user to the set by typing:

You will be prompted for a password. This is a completely new password; it is not the current password for your account. Enter the password you want to use to log in to Samba.

To get a list of allowed user types:

Remove a user by typing:

4. Start Samba

Because Samba is a system daemon, you can start it on Fedora with:

This starts Samba for the current session. If you want Samba to start automatically on system startup, enter:

On some systems, the Samba daemon is registered as smbd .

4. Configure the firewall

By default, Samba is blocked by your firewall. Allow Samba to access the network permanently by configuring the firewall.

You can do it on the command line with:

Or you do it graphically with the firewall-config tool:

5. Access Samba from Windows

In Windows, open File Explorer. On the address line, type in two backslashes followed by your Linux machine’s address (IP address or hostname):

You will be prompted for your login information. Type in the username and password combination from step 3. You should now be able to access your home directory on your Linux machine:

Access Windows from Linux

The following steps explain how to access a shared Windows folder from Linux. To implement them, you need Administrator rights on your Windows user account.

1. Enable file sharing

Open the Network and Sharing Center either by clicking on the

Windows Button > Settings > Network & Internet

or by right-clicking the little monitor icon on the bottom-right of your taskbar:

In the window that opens, find the connection you want to use and note its profile. I used Ethernet 3, which is tagged as a Public network.

Caution: Consider changing your local machine’s connection profile to Private if your PC is frequently connected to public networks.

Remember your network profile and click on Change advanced sharing settings:

Select the profile that corresponds to your connection and turn on network discovery and file and printer sharing:

2. Define a shared folder

Open the context menu by right-clicking on the folder you want to share, navigate to Give access to, and select Specific people. :

Check whether your current username is on the list. Click on Share to tag this folder as shared:

You can display a list of all shared folders by entering \localhost in File Explorer’s address line:

3. Mount the shared folder under Linux

Go back to your Linux system, open a command shell, and create a new folder where you want to mount the Windows share:

Mounting Windows shares is done with mount.cifs, which should be installed by default. To mount your shared folder temporarily, use:

In this command:

You will be prompted for your Windows password. Enter it, and you will be able to access the shared folder on Windows with your normal Linux user.

To unmount the shared folder:

More Linux resources

You can also mount a Windows shared folder on system startup. Follow these steps to configure your system accordingly.

Summary

This shows how to establish temporary shared folder access that must be renewed after each boot. It is relatively easy to modify this configuration for permanent access. I often switch back and forth between different systems, so I consider it incredibly practical to set up direct file access.

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To access the Windows 7 shared folder from Ubuntu, you have to use the Connect to Serveroption.

From the top menu toolbar click on Places and then on Connect to Server.

From the Service type drop-down menu, select Windows share.

In the Server text filed type the name or the IP Address of the Windows 7 computer.

How to Share Files between Windows and Linux

• Right-click the folder you would like to share and click Properties.
• Open the sharing tab and click Advanced Sharing.
• Check the ‘share this folder’ box and click on Permissions.
• Choose everyone to give full control (You can give read or write permissions only, it depends on your requirements).
• Click OK.

Open File Explorer and go to the Network section. There, click or tap your computer’s name and your shared folders are displayed. To view the properties of a shared folder, select it and then click or tap the Properties button, in the Open section from the Home tab, on the ribbon.

How to temporarily re-enable the SMBv1 protocol on Windows 10

1. Open Control Panel.
2. Click on Programs.
3. Click on Turn Windows features on or off link.
4. Expand the SMB 1.0/CIFS File Sharing Support option.
5. Check the SMB 1.0/CIFS Client option.
6. Click the OK button.
7. Click the Restart now button.

To find and access a shared folder or printer:

• Search for Network , and click to open it.
• Select Search Active Directory at the top of the window; you may need to first select the Network tab on the upper left.
• From the drop-down menu next to “Find:”, select either Printers or Shared Folders.

Access a Windows shared folder from Linux, using Nautilus

1. Open Nautilus.
2. From the File menu, select Connect to Server
3. In the Service type: drop-down box, choose Windows share.
4. In the Server: field, enter the name of your computer.
5. Click Connect.

Steps

• Use NFS (Network File System) to share files between Linux computers on a local network.
• Understand how NFS works.
• Open the terminal on the server computer.
• Type.
• After installation, type.
• Type.
• Make a dummy directory that will be used to share the data.
• Type pico /etc/fstab and press ↵ Enter .

How can I access Linux files from Windows?

Microsoft say the “best way” to make use the feature (once users have the update) is to simply run explorer.exe while inside the Linux home directory. This will open the Windows File Explorer inside of the Linux distro. Once open in Explorer files and folders can be managed, moved and edited just like any other.

How do I access Windows files from Ubuntu?

Originally Answered: How can I access my windows files in the same computer after installing Ubuntu? Voila. You should see the directory structure of Windows.

1. Open nautilus file manager.
2. Click other locations at bottom-left side.
3. Now click the partition which you want to access.
4. Enter password if asked.
5. then hurray.

How can I see the path of a mapped drive?

2 Answers. In Windows, if you have mapped network drives and you don’t know the UNC path for them, you can start a command prompt (Start → Run → cmd.exe) and use the net use command to list your mapped drives and their UNC paths: C:>net use New connections will be remembered.

Just follow these steps:

• Press Win + E to open a File Explorer window.
• In Windows 10, choose This PC from the left side of the window.
• In Windows 10, click the Computer tab.
• Click the Map Network Drive button.
• Choose a drive letter.
• Click the Browse button.
• Select a network computer or server and then a shared folder.

Steps

1. Right-click the. menu.
2. Click File Explorer.
3. Scroll down the left column and click Network. This displays a list of computers that are a part of the network.
4. Double-click the computer where you want to see shared folders. A list of shared folders on the selected computer will now appear.

Connect to a SMB Share. In the Server Address field, enter smb:// to define the network protocol for SMB, and then enter either the IP address or the hostname of the server. To add the server to your Favorite Servers list, click the ‘+’ button. When prompted, enter your NetID user name and password to connect to server

Does Windows 10 use SMB?

SMB or Server Message Block Protocols are used to connect your computer to an external server. Windows 10 ships with support of these protocols but they are disabled in the OOBE. Currently, Windows 10 supports SMBv1, SMBv2, and SMBv3 as well.

How do I map a Linux folder in Windows?

You can map your Linux home directory on Windows by opening Windows Explorer, clicking on “Tools” and then “Map network drive”. Choose drive letter “M” and path “\serverloginname”. While any drive letter will work, your profile on Windows has been created with M: mapped to your HOMESHARE.

press Ctrl+L if you can’t type in the location bar. In shortcuts menu on top left, you have access to the shared folders on your network via the “Network” folder. You should see the PC you’re interested in there. you can also go to places->connect to server then choose windows share and then type the IP address..

On Windows. Make sure you’re on the correct network. In order to open a shared folder from a different computer, you must be using the same Internet network as the computer which is sharing the file. Skip this step if your PC is wired to the computer which is sharing the folder(s) via an Ethernet cable.

How to share files without HomeGroup on Windows 10

• Open File Explorer (Windows key + E).
• Browse to the folder with files that you want to share.
• Select the one, multiple, or all the files (Ctrl + A).
• Click the Share tab.
• Click the Share button.
• Select the sharing method, including:

How do I map a Linux drive in Windows?

Windows 7

1. Start Windows Explorer by clicking its icon at the bottom left of the screen:
2. Click on Computer on the left.
3. Click Map network drive at the top.
4. Set Drive to the letter you want to give the mapped drive.
5. In Folder type the location you want to map a drive to.
6. Check Reconnect at Logon.

Ubuntu 10.04 host

Create a folder on the Host computer (ubuntu) that you would like to share, for example

/share.

Boot the Guest operating system in VirtualBox.

Select Devices -> Shared Folders

Choose the ‘Add’ button.

Select ‘/home/ /share’ for Folder Path.

Select ‘share’ for Folder Name.

To do this from the Linux Mint / Ubuntu desktop without using Terminal : 1. Press Alt + F2 and enter the IP address or the Windows system where the shared folders are hosted after the “smb://“. (This is similar to opening up “Run” box in Windows and typing \serverip to access it).

How do I navigate to a file in Ubuntu terminal?

File & Directory Commands

1. To navigate into the root directory, use “cd /”
2. To navigate to your home directory, use “cd” or “cd

”

To navigate up one directory level, use “cd ..”

To navigate to the previous directory (or back), use “cd -“

Can I access Windows partition from Ubuntu?

Mount Windows through the menu. First click on the Home Folder to open the file browser. Unfortunately, Ubuntu just identifies drives by their capacities. So in this case I just happen to know the 64 GB partition is the NTFS one, so if I click it, it’ll mount and open.

How do I access a drive in Ubuntu terminal?

# Open a command-line terminal (select Applications > Accessories > Terminal), and then type the following command to mount /dev/sdb1 at /media/newhd/. You need to create a mount point using the mkdir command. This will be the location from which you will access the /dev/sdb1 drive.

Right-click on the folder and go to the properties. Click on sharing button and this will open the shared folder settings box. Select the option to whom you want to share the folder, select everyone if you want to give access to everyone connected to one network connection otherwise click on add the specific user.

How do I find the network path of a folder?

Browse until you find the specific folder or subfolder for which you want the direct link. Then, double click inside the address bar on the top, so that you can see the direct network path to that folder. Select it and copy it (Ctrl+C) to the clipboard. You can also right click on it and select Copy.

How do I access another computer on the same network?

Part 2 Connecting to Windows Remotely

• Using a different computer, open Start. .
• Type rdc .
• Click the Remote Desktop Connection app.
• Type the IP address of the PC you want to access.
• Click Connect.
• Enter the credentials for the host computer and click OK.
• Click OK.

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In a network where you have Windows and Linux Ubuntu operating system, it is a bit difficult to share file between Ubuntu and Windows. The best way to share file between Ubuntu and Windows, you need to install and configure Samba as a file server in Ubuntu Linux. The Samba server will simply let you share files with Windows and Linux Ubuntu.

1. Installing Samba in Ubuntu

Samba is a free software re-implementation of the SMB/CIFS networking protocol. Samba provides file and print services for various Windows clients and can integrate with a Windows Server domain, either as a Domain Controller (DC) or as a domain member. So in this article, we are using in Per-to-Per network between Windows clients and Linux Ubuntu clients. If you don’t like reading then watch the video tutorials at the end of this post.

1. To install Samba file server in Ubuntu Linux, run the terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T keys to open Linux terminal command-line interface.
2. Now type the “sudo apt-get install Samba” to install Samba file server. Type the password to start the installation.

Remember; your Ubuntu machine must be connected to the internet. Because this apt-get install command will install software from Ubuntu online software repository.

2. Share File Between Ubuntu and Windows

Let’s do how to share a file in Ubuntu through file explorer? Open the File and create a folder in the Home directory. I have created Netdata folder and required to share it.

1. Right-click the Netdata folder and click Local Network Share. Select Share this folder.

To allow modification to files and folder for users, select Allow others to create and delete files in this folder. Also, select Guest access (for people without a user account) to access files from Windows without requiring user and password.

2. Click Add the Permissions automatically to apply the permission to the shared folder.

If you want to set a password for a shared folder, you shout set a user for Samba file server with “sudo smbpasswd -a Shais” command then type the password twice.

Now it asks your user and password when someone wants to access the shared folders. The file-sharing from Ubuntu Linux has completed successfully. Let’s test it from Windows 10 client.

3. Access Shared Folders from Windows 10

You can access the Linux shared folders from Windows 10 using Network section. To simply access the shared folders type the \IP addressShared folders.

1. In Windows 10 type \192.168.0.104NetData and press enter to open the shared files of Linux Ubuntu.

2. When prompt for network credential, type the user name and password. If you did not set a password for Samba files server, it would not ask the network credentials.

3. It’s all the contents of a shared folder. You can create and delete files or edit the files.

To access the shared files quickly, create a shortcut link to a shared folder in Windows 10.

Right-click on the desktop and click New then click Shortcut.

Type the network address of shared folder in Type the location of the item: and click Next.

Type a name for shortcut related to the contents of the shared folder and click Finish to create the shortcut.

Here is the shortcut link to the NetData shared folder of Ubuntu Linux. Double click to open it from your desktop. You can create a network Map drive also. To create a network map drive, read this article How to Create Map Network Drive In Windows 10 and Server?

Share File between Ubuntu and Windows 10 – Video Tutorials

We hope this Share File between Ubuntu and Windows article helped you to share file between Ubuntu and Windows 10 easily like a pro-Linux user.

Troubleshoot File Sharing Between Ubuntu and Windows

The above article and video are a simple file sharing between Windows 10 and Linux Ubuntu. I didn’t assign a user to Samba file server on Linux. Because of this, a user on Technig Youtube channel asked a good question about sharing files and user permissions.

Asked by : question if I want a user and password, I assume I have to check only “allow others to create…” and not the guest access. But when I enter the Ubuntu user and password, it is not able to log in!! would you have any suggestions thanks.

Answer: You need to create a user account and add the user to the Sambashare group. Then when you access the folder from Windows clients, you should use that username and password for viewing the shared files and folders.

1. First, try to create a user in Ubuntu with “useradd” command or another command that help you create a user.

“sudo useradd -M -N -g sambashare Ali”

The -M parameter will not create a home directory for this user and the -N will not create a group with the same username. The -g parameter just specify the group name.

I have created the username “Ali” and added to “sambashare” group.

2. Let’s set a password for the Samba user with “smbpasswd” command.

“sudo smbpasswd -a Ali”
[sudo] password for shais:
New SMB password:
Retype new SMB password:

3. Now from Windows 10, type this username and password to access the contents of a shared folder.

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