Samba sharing will not work[SOLVED]
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2017 1:29 am
I am experienced Linux user and I have read many posts on this problem. I have installed SAMBA, nemo-share and gnome-system-tools. Using the latter I can create a samba user and shares. When I use Nemo to browse the network I get "Nemo cannot handle "network" locations".
When I try to view the sharing options on any folder the form is disabled with the message: "Samba needs to be installed, and your user account need to join the 'sambashare' group." with a link to 'Install'. Samba is installed and I am in the sambashare group so clicking the 'Install link does nothing.
For test purposes I am connecting to Peppermint on an old laptop; I have no need to connect to a Windows machine.
On the Mint machine I can also boot to Debian9 on which Samba is not installed but. by default, 3 samba files are installed (samba-libs, libsmbclient & libwbclient). In debian9 I can see the Peppermint machine and copy files back and forth. I should mention that Peppermint also uses Nemo and it can call the Mint machine using smb://192.168.0.102 and it shows the shared printer but not any of the shared folders.
I hope I have explained this clearly, it is really puzzling me.
When I try to view the sharing options on any folder the form is disabled with the message: "Samba needs to be installed, and your user account need to join the 'sambashare' group." with a link to 'Install'. Samba is installed and I am in the sambashare group so clicking the 'Install link does nothing.
For test purposes I am connecting to Peppermint on an old laptop; I have no need to connect to a Windows machine.
On the Mint machine I can also boot to Debian9 on which Samba is not installed but. by default, 3 samba files are installed (samba-libs, libsmbclient & libwbclient). In debian9 I can see the Peppermint machine and copy files back and forth. I should mention that Peppermint also uses Nemo and it can call the Mint machine using smb://192.168.0.102 and it shows the shared printer but not any of the shared folders.
I hope I have explained this clearly, it is really puzzling me.