Problem with Ubuntu 9.10 to Windows XP file share

What way are you sharing between these computers? From the sounds it would seem that your sharing on a Samba server and it's not through something like a dual boot and sharing on partitions. If you have any sort of error log, that would help a lot. Have you tried to do the same actions (i.e. copy/paste) through terminal commands or has it just been with the graphical user interface?

Zack

Hello Zack,

Yes, it's using SAMBA. None of the three computers have dual boot or shared
partitions set up. I've only tried to copy/paste using the graphical user
interface. Could you please tell me where to find the error log I'll try it
again and send you the log.

Thanks a lot.

John.

2009/12/21 Zachary D. Skelton <email address hidden>

> What way are you sharing between these computers? From the sounds it
> would seem that your sharing on a Samba server and it's not through
> something like a dual boot and sharing on partitions. If you have any
> sort of error log, that would help a lot. Have you tried to do the same
> actions (i.e. copy/paste) through terminal commands or has it just been
> with the graphical user interface?
>
> Zack
>
> ** Changed in: ubuntu
> Assignee: (unassigned) => Zachary D. Skelton (zbert)
>
> --
> Problem with Ubuntu 9.10 to Windows XP file share
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/498152
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> I have these three computers wired-networked using a hub:
>
> Windows XP desktop
> Windows XP laptop
> Ubuntu 9.10 desktop
>
> In all three computers I have defined a share folder with the option to
> allow users to create and change files.
>
> I would like to be able to copy files between these three shared folders.
> From Windows XP this works fine. I can copy/paste a file into the share
> folders of the other Windows XP and the Ubuntu 9.10.
>
> However, if I try and copy/paste a file from Ubuntu 9.10 into the share
> folder of either Windows XP I see that the 'paste' option is not available
> when I right-click the mouse. I notice that the 'create folder' and 'create
> document' options are also unable when I right-click the mouse.
>
> I notice that there is no problem in updating an existing document in any
> of the share folders from any of the computers. The problem is creating a
> new document in a Windows XP share folder when working from Ubuntu 9.10.
>
> Could you please have a look ?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Regards,
> John.
>
> To unsubscribe from this bug, go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/498152/+subscribe
>

Could you also attach what you have in /etc/samba/samba.conf so I know
how you are set up. Has it been this way since you setup the file
sharing or did you have a time when everythin was working well?

Thanks,
Zack

On Wed, 2009-12-23 at 11:07 +0000, John Blythe Reid wrote:
> three computers have dual boot or shared
> partitions set up. I've only tried to copy/paste using the graphical
> user
> interface. Could you please tell me where to find the error log I'll
> try it
> again and send you the log.

Here's the /etc/samba/smb.conf file. I notice it's called smb.conf rather
than samba.conf.

It's been the same since I installed Karmic Koala. On previous versions I
was able to paste into Windows shared folders.

By the way, when I want to go from Windows to Karmic, I have to manually
start the samba service using 'sudo service samba start'. I picked this up
from a comment on one of the forums.

 I'll try and get you that error log.

Bye for now,
John.

2009/12/23 Zachary D. Skelton <email address hidden>

> Could you also attach what you have in /etc/samba/samba.conf so I know
> how you are set up. Has it been this way since you setup the file
> sharing or did you have a time when everythin was working well?
>
> Thanks,
> Zack
>
> On Wed, 2009-12-23 at 11:07 +0000, John Blythe Reid wrote:
> > three computers have dual boot or shared
> > partitions set up. I've only tried to copy/paste using the graphical
> > user
> > interface. Could you please tell me where to find the error log I'll
> > try it
> > again and send you the log.
>
> --
> Problem with Ubuntu 9.10 to Windows XP file share
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/498152
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> I have these three computers wired-networked using a hub:
>
> Windows XP desktop
> Windows XP laptop
> Ubuntu 9.10 desktop
>
> In all three computers I have defined a share folder with the option to
> allow users to create and change files.
>
> I would like to be able to copy files between these three shared folders.
> From Windows XP this works fine. I can copy/paste a file into the share
> folders of the other Windows XP and the Ubuntu 9.10.
>
> However, if I try and copy/paste a file from Ubuntu 9.10 into the share
> folder of either Windows XP I see that the 'paste' option is not available
> when I right-click the mouse. I notice that the 'create folder' and 'create
> document' options are also unable when I right-click the mouse.
>
> I notice that there is no problem in updating an existing document in any
> of the share folders from any of the computers. The problem is creating a
> new document in a Windows XP share folder when working from Ubuntu 9.10.
>
> Could you please have a look ?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Regards,
> John.
>
> To unsubscribe from this bug, go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/498152/+subscribe
>

See about getting that error log, it's location is in your smb.conf
file. Also, run `smbd --version`. If you are running Version 3.4.0,
then this link shows that the particular bug you are working with is
fixed with Version 3.4.3
http://old.nabble.com/ubuntu-9.10-samba-windows-permission-errors-td26412601.html

Samba4 is located in the universe repository so if you need to update,
ensure that you have it enabled.

On Thu, 2009-12-24 at 10:42 +0000, John Blythe Reid wrote:
> Here's the /etc/samba/smb.conf file. I notice it's called smb.conf rather
> than samba.conf.
>
> It's been the same since I installed Karmic Koala. On previous versions I
> was able to paste into Windows shared folders.
>
> By the way, when I want to go from Windows to Karmic, I have to manually
> start the samba service using 'sudo service samba start'. I picked this up
> from a comment on one of the forums.
>
> I'll try and get you that error log.
>
> Bye for now,
> John.
>
>
> 2009/12/23 Zachary D. Skelton <email address hidden>
>
> > Could you also attach what you have in /etc/samba/samba.conf so I know
> > how you are set up. Has it been this way since you setup the file
> > sharing or did you have a time when everythin was working well?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Zack
> >
> > On Wed, 2009-12-23 at 11:07 +0000, John Blythe Reid wrote:
> > > three computers have dual boot or shared
> > > partitions set up. I've only tried to copy/paste using the graphical
> > > user
> > > interface. Could you please tell me where to find the error log I'll
> > > try it
> > > again and send you the log.
> >
> > --
> > Problem with Ubuntu 9.10 to Windows XP file share
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/498152
> > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> > of the bug.
> >
> > Status in Ubuntu: New
> >
> > Bug description:
> > I have these three computers wired-networked using a hub:
> >
> > Windows XP desktop
> > Windows XP laptop
> > Ubuntu 9.10 desktop
> >
> > In all three computers I have defined a share folder with the option to
> > allow users to create and change files.
> >
> > I would like to be able to copy files between these three shared folders.
> > From Windows XP this works fine. I can copy/paste a file into the share
> > folders of the other Windows XP and the Ubuntu 9.10.
> >
> > However, if I try and copy/paste a file from Ubuntu 9.10 into the share
> > folder of either Windows XP I see that the 'paste' option is not available
> > when I right-click the mouse. I notice that the 'create folder' and 'create
> > document' options are also unable when I right-click the mouse.
> >
> > I notice that there is no problem in updating an existing document in any
> > of the share folders from any of the computers. The problem is creating a
> > new document in a Windows XP share folder when working from Ubuntu 9.10.
> >
> > Could you please have a look ?
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Regards,
> > John.
> >
> > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to:
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/498152/+subscribe
> >
>
>
> ** Attachment added: "smb.conf"
> http://launchpadlibrarian.net/37154722/smb.conf
>

This was fixed by mounting the samba share at boot by adding it to /etc/fstab.

Refer to: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpSamba#Connecting to a Samba File Server for the fix.

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