[mythtv-users] OT: Samba help

[belcampo]

Damian wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> Sorry for the off topic post, but the answers I get to Linux questions 
> here are always so much better than anywhere else.
> 
> I've been having Samba problems for a while but I now really need to get 
> it sorted. I want my MythBox to be the network server for the house as 
> the machine is always on. I have one Ubuntu laptop, on XP machine and 
> one dual buut Ubuntu/XP laptop that I want to connect to it.
> 
> I've followed all of the tutorials that I can find on the net and they 
> always sound so easy but I always come unstuck!
> 
> I'm now in a position where I finally seem to be able to see all of the 
> shared directories from the different machines, but I assume I just 
> don't have the appropriate permissions to access them.
> 
> Can anyone help me on this or point me to the right place.
> 
> I somehow had this working for just my XP box, but folowing two other 
> tutorials seems to have broken that now so I really need to get things 
> working.
I'm in no way an samba expert, but what I can think of youi probably 
missed is the following:
user accounts from all machines need to be known on the backend.
As root on your mythbackend smbpasswd -a ubuntulaptop etc
restart samba
> 
> Looking forward to hearing your replies.
> 
> Cheers
> Damian
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