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