Access media between two Ubuntu-based systems sharing in Samba

Question

I have a laptop and desktop running Ubuntu and Xubuntu respectively -- both are 64 bit 11.10 version.

I use XBMC on both machines to play media.

I want to access the media on my desktop and play it on my laptop.

I need somthing that can enable Library Update [tried UPnP and I have to find the directory everytime].

I tried many things, but on either machine the other machine won't show up on the Windows network or auto detect.

Manually adding the IP address opens a password dialog and I can't even access with the id and pass of that machine.

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:25

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You could use SSH for file sharing like described here: https://askubuntu.com/a/34771/37157 It's a lot easier than Samba.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:25

Community

answered Jan 09 '12 at 06:28

chris

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 09 '12 at 05:15

Steps need to do 1. check both computer can ping each other. ping from A computer with B computer's ip

ping BcomputerIP  [from A machine and vice versa]

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 28 '19 at 22:24

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SMB protocol is used for sharing between windows and Linux. For Linux to Linux folder sharing you can SSH protocol

edited May 28 '19 at 22:24

jelmer

answered Jan 09 '12 at 07:36

Deepak Rajput

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