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There's two sambas: [1] One you use to create shares for others to access. That is not installed by default in Mint so you have to install it yourself. Open a terminal ( It's on the side panel of your Menu ) and type: sudo apt install samba [2] One is the samba client that is used to access someone ...

<r>The biggest problem you face at the moment with Mint19 is that it cannot "discover" the WIn7 machines - in the file manager - because of a change made to Samba in order to work ironically enough with Win10.<br/> <br/> First step is to edit /etc/samba/smb.conf and under the <C><s>[c]</s>workgroup ...

You are going to have to do something on the Win7 machine first. See if this applies to you: SUDDENLY Windows 7 KB4480970 Blocks Access for Linux Samba shares It was moved to the Open Chat section of the forum because ... erm ... well there is no logical reason why it was put there but put there it ...

I don't know how to explain this any other way. There are three ways for a given machine to be "discoverable" by other machines on the network. [1] Multicast DNS ( Avahi in Linux ). The version of Samba in Mint 19 enables this by default but in earlier Mint's you need to create the /etc/avahi/servic...

Not a plex user but does this make sense: https://forums.plex.tv/t/proper-way-to- ... s/158853/3
Instead of making changes to accommodate the plex user make the plex user you. Whatever you have access to so will plex. Anyhoo that's how I read it.

There is a disturbance in the force with all those spaces in the paths of things ...... Anyhoo .... [1] Edit /etc/samba/smb.conf and under the workgroup = WORKGROUP line add this one: force user = ooo Then restart smbd: sudo service smbd restart [2] If you allowed Win10 to do it's thing smbv1 on the...

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The fastest way out of this dilemma is to edit /etc/samba/smb.conf and right under the workgroup = WORKGROUP line add this one: force user = diablo Save smb.conf Then restart the samba service: sudo service smbd restart The problem here is /media/diablo is created by the system and it sets up specia...

Does Nemo have it´s own config file for shared folders/files?

Yes.

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I do not know the answer to your question but while you wait for someone who does: For example, this is how I use gksudo. gksudo thunar /etc/apt then I right click on sources.list and open it with leafpad. *** Substitute pkexec for gksudo: pkexec thunar Right click on /etc/apt/sources.list and selec...

@allanr, I was about to add it to my HowTo but I checked your links first to see if there are any updates and there was: Local users who are part of the local “Administrators“ group may not be able to remotely access shares on Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 machines after installing the Januar...

Please post the output of the following commands: testparm -s net usershare info --long And make sure avahi-daemon is running on all your systems: sudo service avahi-daemon status The "failed to retrieve share list" error is a netbios type error not one usually associated with the way 2 Linux system...

@allanr I'm thinking of adding a link to your post in one of my HowTo's if that is acceptable to you. Your observation is invaluable to those affected and since I no longer have Win7 in my universe it never would have occurred to me the issue was with a Windows update if it came up in the forum. Tha...

I know nothing about Linux firewalls. It's not that I don't think they are necessary it's just how I deploy Linux in my part of the asylum. You might want to see this post for a possible solution: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=1396779#p1396779 As far as the other Linux systems as long...

What I've never understood is why someone never used the installer logic to build a post-install fstab GUI. When you go to install Ubuntu you eventually get to a part labeled "Installation Type" and one of the options presented is "Something Else". If you click on something else you are given a visu...

If you can't access the machine by it's ip address you have bigger problems. Sounds like the two machines are not in the same subnet to me. That's a networking problem not a samba problem. Please post the output of the following commands: testparm -s smbtree And can you ping the machine: ping -c3 ip...

Mint 19 and Samba File Sharing Changes: viewtopic.php?f=42&t=270442

SAMBA has always been able to use netbios even though it is old and obsolete. It still can. What it cannot do in Mint 19 is "discover" netbios names on the network. Neither can Win10 unless you re-enable smbv1 on the client side. Client side smbv1 and netbios discovery are connected. So you will ne...

I tried to use nmap to obtain ip addresses for devices in my local network. But its not available in Linux Mint 18. tester@vmint18cin ~ $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: LinuxMint Description: Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia Release: 18.3 Codename: sylvia tester@vmint18cin ~ $ s...

The only thing I can offer at this point is to tell you what I would do if I were in your situation. I'm not convinced yet that the problem is with the Linux end of this so I would try some experiments. [1] Run Mint in a live session. Boot into the install medium not to reinstall but to run in a Liv...