[SOLVED] Hopefully a simple sharing question

[mickey6]

I'm running Mint17KDE on both a laptop and a desktop. They are on the same network. I can't seem to figure out how to get the machines to see each other.

The laptop has a directory that I set up as shared (with Samba). Windows is not involved, but the "Allow guests" stayed grayed out until I enabled Samba.

On the desktop machine Dolphin can see the laptop, and displays the Workgroup manager as a globe icon with what I assume is a MAC address, and a hard disk icon.

I'm kind of at a loss as far as filling out the "Add Network Folder" wizard. Any help?

[Frankus333]

G'day mickey6

I don't think there is such a thing as a simple sharing question.

Sharing attributes for folders can be set in the Properties dialogue (last tab on right). Try playing with that using an existing folder, or one you create first.

I think the dialogue you mentioned is for connecting to remote folders, and not what you want.

If it doesn't work first up, try turning off the inbuilt firewall (UFW), using the Konsole terminal with "sudo service ufw stop". The GUI (GUFW in System Settings) is not reliable for this.

[altair4]

I'm running Mint17KDE on both a laptop and a desktop. They are on the same network. I can't seem to figure out how to get the machines to see each other.

The laptop has a directory that I set up as shared (with Samba). Windows is not involved

Linux ( and OSX ) can do something with Samba that Windows cannot. They can access other Linux machines directly with an mDNS qualified host name and bypass the byzantine Windows process of name resolution.

To do that open a terminal and issue:

Code: Select all

dolphin smb://hostname.local

Change hostname to the actual hostname of the machine you are trying to connect to - and don't forget the ".local" part.

When dolphin opens up to that machine you can bookmark it for future use.

[mickey6]

I'm running Mint17KDE on both a laptop and a desktop. They are on the same network. I can't seem to figure out how to get the machines to see each other.

The laptop has a directory that I set up as shared (with Samba). Windows is not involved

Linux ( and OSX ) can do something with Samba that Windows cannot. They can access other Linux machines directly with an mDNS qualified host name and bypass the byzantine Windows process of name resolution.

To do that open a terminal and issue:

Code: Select all

dolphin smb://hostname.local

Change hostname to the actual hostname of the machine you are trying to connect to - and don't forget the ".local" part.

When dolphin opens up to that machine you can bookmark it for future use.

Absolute perfection, exactly what I was looking for. Thank you very much, you were a tremendous help.