[GRLUG] Windows network file shares with Ubuntu 12.10

[Adam Tauno Williams]

On Sat, 2012-11-24 at 16:23 -0500, Alan wrote:
> I'm having an issue with Ubuntu 12.10 and Samba Networking.
> I've got some shares setup with Windows XP, Mandriva 2010 and Mageia 1.
> I can access them all from each other and from my Android device.
> I installed Kubuntu on one of my machines as a test but wasn't able to
> browse my workgroup.
> I tried Ubuntu with the same results.
> I can connect to the Internet from the Ubuntu machine via the Mandriva
> box. 
> Any Ideas?

>From the workstations / devices that aren't able to browse the workgroup
- does the server even see connection attempts from these nodes?

What do you mean by 'browse the workgroup'?  Do you have WINS configured
in the local samba or are you relying on broadcast?

Can you directly access a volume on the server [ from nautilus, Ctrl-L,
smb://myserver/myshare ] ?