Ubuntu 14.04 on Windows Network

[EXCellR8]

I'll try to make this as simple as possible... since I don't have a whole lot of nix knowhow.

I have a small computer with Ubuntu 14.04 installed and I can't seem to be able to find it on my network via a Windows computer. I've successfully joined the domain but the system doesn't appear in the list of computers. A search in the Active Directory, however, does indicate that it is present.

I control the Ubuntu machine remotely but I'd like to be able to copy some data from my Win7 computer to a 2TB external drive on my Linux computer. Yes, I can just disconnect the drive and do it manually each time, but I'd really like this to work, if possible.

Any suggestions?

 

[VirtualLarry]

Did you install and configure SAMBA on the Linux machine? That's required to share folders in Linux, with a Windows network.

 

[EXCellR8]

Okay, I know it's installed but I may not have finished configuring it. I will run through that and post back if I hit another wall.

Is there any other reason as to why I cannot connect to the Windows machine, from the Linux system?

 

[EXCellR8]

Well... I was able to create the share and have the Linux computer viewable on the network, but I can't access it for some reason.

I added a group, user, and password for the share in CLI but access to the share is still denied.

 

[EXCellR8]

I somehow managed to get this working without even knowing it.

I had all but given up when I decided to check the status of my share in Windows. I had been fiddling with shares, users, permissions, and mounted disks for hours and I was ready to call it quits. Not sure what granted me access to the share but it's working perfectly at the moment.

I figured the task would be tricky but I was definitely way over my head with this one.

 

[LoveMachine]

The windows network locations thingy has always been a bit finicky with my Ubuntu/LibreELEC machines, sometimes showing up and sometimes not in Windows, but always accessible by IP (typing in \\192.168.0.xxx). I just mapped the Ubuntu share as a Network drive and it's permanently accessible. BTW, you know about smb.conf in /etc/samba/, yes? I ask only because you didn't mention anything about it in your other posts.

 

[EXCellR8]

Yes, the smb.conf file had been updated and saved numerous times as I struggled to get it to work.

I figured it wouldn't hold for long, and it didn't, so I still have some work to do if I am going to use it. I might just do a clean install because there are some other issues that I feel should not be occurring.

My goal was to map the share as a network drive as you did, and it would appear all the time, but each time I attempted to connect I would just get denied access. I could not figure out how to change the owner and permissions on the share in Ubuntu; I tried the sudo chown thing and made sure everything jived--yet I was still unable to change the permissions. It was clickable in the menu, but would just revert to the default half a second later.