File sharing problems

[ozgta]

Hi,
I have a new install of Lenny.
With my previous install I had no problems with file sharing.
With the new install I have installed;
Samba, samba-common, smbclient and smbfs, as I had with the previous install.

Now when I try to share, the share icon (is it a hand holding a file?) doesn't appear.
If I use System > Admin > Shared Folders and select the folder/file to share and click out and then back in then the file I just selected to share isn't there.

From my other computer (Ubuntu) I can access the Debian computer through Network and I get $print, so the computers are talking to each other, I just can't seem to nominate files to share.

Any suggestions are appreciated.

[reed9]

I don't use samba much, so I can't give specific help, but Debian to my knowledge doesn't preconfigure it the way Ubuntu does. Have you edited /etc/samba/smb.conf properly?

Samba Server Configuration in Debian
File Server Configuration in Debian Using Samba -- Debian Admin

[ozgta]

Thanks reed9, no i haven't edited that file at all, I'll follow your links and see how it goes.

[hammad786]

Well try sharing with samba in linux is not good, might be i have only this problem or my exprience with linux samba is not good.