(Part 6) Ubuntu 13.04 Linux Based Free Operating System An Introduction

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In This episode get your network setup so you can connect to workgroup computers on your network with Ubuntu 13.04. Follow along in this video and use the commands below from a terminal.
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Install Samba

sudo apt-get install samba

Edit smb.conf

sudo gedit /etc/samba/smb.conf

change the name of your workgroup to match your workgroups name.

Enable browsing of windows shares on the network

sudo apt-get install winbind

Configure nssitch.conf as root

sudo chmod u+w /etc/nsswitch.conf

sudo gedit /etc/nsswitch.conf

save edits

Next change this line
hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4

to this

hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] wins dns mdns4

Now Reboot


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