Ubuntu & Fedora sharing with Samba

Question

How can I share files between a desktop PC( with Ubuntu) and a notebook(with Fedora) in the same network using samba? I tried to configure samba to both of them, but nothing? On Fedora I configured Samba using the GUI(add a new user, name the server and so on). Could someone give me a link to a good tutorial? I searched on google, but nothing good.

Answer 1

Try this on both machines.

First, backup the existing smb.conf file:

sudo mv /etc/samba/smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf.old

Then put this in /etc/samba/smb.conf:

[global]
server string = Your computer's description
workgroup = Your workgroup name
security = user
map to guest = Bad User
name resolve order = bcast hosts wins
client lanman auth=Yes
wins support = yes

include = /etc/samba/smbshared.conf

And then in /etc/samba/smbshared.conf put this:

[Desktop] ; user="yourusername"
force user = yourusername
path = /path/to/share
writable = yes
public = yes