Access shared Ubuntu folder from Windows XP. Share files and folders with other computers Create a folder on your Ubuntu desktop and name it share Right click on the folder and select share Ubuntu will now ask you to install the Samba pacakages. Select yes Make sure to select both Windows Network SMB and also Unix Network Once this is done you need to create a user in samba. Enter the following in the terminal sudo smbpassword -a {username} The username is your Linux username that you use to login. This is to keep it simple. You will then be prompted to enter a password, enter you Ubuntu password. Next you need to make sure you can read and write to the file from Windows. Enter the following command in the terminal sudo gedit /etc/samba/smb.conf Scroll down to the bottom of the page and where it says Writable change this to say Yes. Save the configuration file and restart Samba Restart Samaba by entering the following command at the terminal sudo /etc/init.d/samba restart Go back to your Windows Machine and right click on My Computer Select Map Network Drive In the boxes select Z: this is the drive then in the box underneath enter the following \\ip_address_of_ubuntu_machine\folder_name Now click connect and you should be prompted for the username and password. This is the username and password you created earlier. If everything goes as planned you should now have a shared folder with Ubuntu. Home - Apache - Ubuntu - MySQL - PHP - Misc Updated on: 2008-07-11 07:05:27