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I have created a network share folder in my Ubuntu 14.04, I downloaded Samba and created a username and gave it a password. I have Windows 8 able to see it and add credentials.

But after I enter in the credentials it states that Windows 8 cannot connect to the computer and keeps asking me to check if its connected. How do I fix this?

Kyle Calica-St
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Here is the detailed description of accessing samba from Windows8. I'm using this method and works pretty fine!

create one user in ubuntu server

#useradd smb1 #passwd smb1

Set the password accordingly

# smbpasswd -a smb1

For example, set the password as samba123$.

Add a user to a Samba share

Open via vi /etc/samba/smb.conf

[accounts] comment = Accounts data directory path = /home/tester valid users = smb1 smb2 smb3 public = no writable = yes

Save the file

Then Restart samba service!

/etc/init.d/smbd start /etc/init.d/nmbd start

Then try in windows!

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