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windows home network
hi,
can anyone tell me the default password that mint is asking me for when i try to connect to my windows network? when i setup the windows home network i didnt install a password so i am not sure what mint is asking for. i can see my network in mint but i cannot connect to it, is there something else i need to do? can i add a new network or set up a new one in mint (samaba)?
any help is appreciated
scott
can anyone tell me the default password that mint is asking me for when i try to connect to my windows network? when i setup the windows home network i didnt install a password so i am not sure what mint is asking for. i can see my network in mint but i cannot connect to it, is there something else i need to do? can i add a new network or set up a new one in mint (samaba)?
any help is appreciated
scott
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Re: windows home network
Hi !
MIke.
A little search of the Mint forum would reveal this post all about using Samba under Mintti479 wrote:hi,
can anyone tell me the default password that mint is asking me for when i try to connect to my windows network? when i setup the windows home network i didnt install a password so i am not sure what mint is asking for. i can see my network in mint but i cannot connect to it, is there something else i need to do? can i add a new network or set up a new one in mint (samaba)?
any help is appreciated
scott
MIke.
Re: windows home network
ok so let me get this straight, i need to install samba and access my files on my windows machine with it, vs trying to connect using the Network GUI already installed into mint? is this correct?
Re: windows home network
Hi !
This is probably the best tool for connecting to windows networks from a Linux desktop.
The other way is to make the windows machines come to your Linux machine by installing and configuring Samba so that your windows
machines just see your Linux machine as if it were just another windows machine on the network.
To do this see this post here.
Hope this helps.
Mike.
No not correct .... To connect to your windows shares the best thing to do is install smb4k on your Linux machine, open a terminal and enter the following command :ti479 wrote:ok so let me get this straight, i need to install samba and access my files on my windows machine with it, vs trying to connect using the Network GUI already installed into mint? is this correct?
Code: Select all
sudo apt-get install smb4k
The other way is to make the windows machines come to your Linux machine by installing and configuring Samba so that your windows
machines just see your Linux machine as if it were just another windows machine on the network.
To do this see this post here.
Hope this helps.
Mike.
Re: windows home network
still asking for non-existent password when i try to access C:\ drive or D:\ drive .
Re: windows home network
does it matter since Mint 5 doesn't use KDE?AvanceIT wrote:To connect to your windows shares the best thing to do is install smb4k on your Linux machine, open a terminal and enter the following command :
This is probably the best tool for connecting to windows networks from a Linux desktop.Code: Select all
sudo apt-get install smb4k
Re: windows home network
i found something of a simple solution for this problem. since mint will see the windows network and will let me access the shared documents folder with no problems, i simply copied all the files that i might want to access to the folder and had no problems reading or writing to them.
thanks
scott
thanks
scott
Re: windows home network
I was wondering that myself.Linux n00b wrote:does it matter since Mint 5 doesn't use KDE?AvanceIT wrote:To connect to your windows shares the best thing to do is install smb4k on your Linux machine, open a terminal and enter the following command :
This is probably the best tool for connecting to windows networks from a Linux desktop.Code: Select all
sudo apt-get install smb4k
Re: windows home network
I am not sure about this specific package, but usually it doesn't matter, you just have to install some KDE libraries. But if it uses konqueror you might as well just install KDE..
Re: windows home network
No not at all ... it will work just fine !Linux n00b wrote: does it matter since Mint 5 doesn't use KDE?
All the necessary dependencies will be downloaded and installed automagically
Mike.
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Re: windows home network
Hi !
If so ... I guess you must have a password set somewhere ?
Mike.
This is with smb4k ?ti479 wrote:still asking for non-existent password when i try to access C:\ drive or D:\ drive .
If so ... I guess you must have a password set somewhere ?
Mike.
Re: windows home network
Thank you, Mike! I now have access to our home LAN and am sleeping on the couch tonight!
Re: windows home network
no no password set anywhere that i know of.
Re: windows home network
Hi !
Mike.
You're welcome ... I hope the couch is a comfy oneKatzedecimal wrote:Thank you, Mike! I now have access to our home LAN and am sleeping on the couch tonight!
Mike.
Re: windows home network
Hi !
It is strange that it won't allow you to mount the drives without a password and yet you know not of any password for the shared drives ???
If you can mount the drives with a password then at least you will know all is working as it should be
Mike.
I suggest you set a password for the two drives and then try logging in again ...ti479 wrote:no no password set anywhere that i know of.
It is strange that it won't allow you to mount the drives without a password and yet you know not of any password for the shared drives ???
If you can mount the drives with a password then at least you will know all is working as it should be
Mike.