Windows Co-operation
General matters go here...

Notes regarding this chapter

 Before you do anything in this chapter, see:
  1. "General Notes"
  2. All answers regarding networking in this chapter assume that Samba is already installed. See "How to install Samba"

How to change computer descriptions?
  1. See Chapter Notes and "How to install Samba"
  2. Click through...

  3. Assuming that you want to change your computer description from the default "%h server (Samba, Ubuntu)" to "Kubuntu File Server"; 
    Tab ::  [ Base Settings ] 
    
,-- Server Identification ----------------------------------------.
| Workgroup:		[Don't touch this field!		] |
| NetBIOS name:		[Don't touch this field!		] |
| Server string:	[Kubuntu File Server			] |
`-----------------------------------------------------------------'

  4. sudo /etc/init.d/samba restart

How to change computer Domain/Workgroup?
  1. See Chapter Notes and "How to install Samba"
  2. Click through...

  3. Assuming that you want to change your Workgroup name from the default "MSHOME" to "KubuntuGroup"; 
    Tab ::  [ Base Settings ] 
    
,-- Server Identification ----------------------------------------.
| Workgroup:		[KubuntuGroup				] |
| NetBIOS name:		[Don't touch this field!		] |
| Server string:	[Don't touch this field!		] |
`-----------------------------------------------------------------'

  4. sudo /etc/init.d/samba restart

How to share Kubuntu folders out to Windows?
  1. See Chapter Notes and "How to install Samba"
  2. Click through: 

  3. 
,-- [x] Enable local network file sharing ----------------------.
| (*) Simple sharing						|
|								|
|	...							|
|								|
| ( ) Advanced sharing						|
|								|
|	...							|
|								|
|	[x] Use Samba (Microsoft(R) Windows(R))			|
|	[x] Use NFS (Linux/UNIX)				|
| [Allowed Users]						|
`---------------------------------------------------------------'
,-- Shared Folders ---------------------------------------------.
| | Path | Samba | NFS |			      | [Add...]|
|							[Change]|
|							[Remove]|
`---------------------------------------------------------------'
  4. Also see "How to share files between Linux machines the easy way" for an easier way to share folders between Linux machines.

How to browse network computers?

How to mount/unmount network folders for all users, manually?
  1. See Chapter Notes and "How to install Samba"
  2. Assumptions:
    • Network connections have been configured properly,
    • Remote computer's IP address: 192.168.0.1
    • Remote computer's Username: myusername
    • Remote computer's Password: mypassword
    • Shared folder's name at remote computer: linux
    • Mount folder at local computer: /mnt/sharename
  3. sudo mkdir -p /mnt/sharename
  4. Mount (start accessing) the remote Windows shared folder:
    • Either read-only;
      sudo mount //192.168.0.1/linux /mnt/sharename -o  \
    username=myusername,password=mypassword
    • Or read-write;
      sudo mount //192.168.0.1/linux /mnt/sharename -o  \
    username=myusername,password=mypassword,dmask=777,fmask=777
  5. Unmount ("stop") it: 
    sudo umount /mnt/sharename

How to mount network folders for all users, on boot-up?
  1. See Chapter Notes and "How to install Samba"
  2. Assumptions:
    • Network connections have been configured properly,
    • Remote computer's IP address: 192.168.0.1
    • Remote computer's Username: myusername
    • Remote computer's Password: mypassword
    • Shared folder's name at remote computer: linux
    • Mount folder at local computer: /mnt/sharename
  3. sudo -i
mkdir -p /mnt/sharename
echo "username=myusername" > /root/.smbcredentials
echo "password=mypassword" >> /root/.smbcredentials
cp -a /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.`date +%y%m%d-%H%M%S`
  4. Do fstab setup
    • For read-only access,
      echo "//192.168.0.1/linux /mnt/sharename smbfs  \
    credentials=/root/.smbcredentials 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
    • For read-write access,
      echo "//192.168.0.1/linux /mnt/sharename smbfs  \
    credentials=/root/.smbcredentials,dmask=777,fmask=777 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
  5. mount -a
logout

How to mount/unmount Windows partitions manually?

 There's only read-only NTFS access provided in default Kubuntu. Read-write access is possible, but risky.
  1. Read "How to display partition tables"
  2. Assumptions:
    • Windows partition (NTFS or FAT) is located on /dev/hda1
    • Local mount folder: /mnt/windows
  3. sudo mkdir -p /mnt/windows
  4. Mount (start accessing) the Windows partition:
    • Either read-only (for NTFS); 
      sudo mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows -t ntfs -o umask=0222
    • Or read-write (for FAT); 
      sudo mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows -t vfat -o umask=000
  5. Unmount ("stop") it:
    sudo umount /mnt/windows

How to mount Windows partitions on boot-up?

 There's only read-only NTFS access provided in default Kubuntu. Read-write access is possible, but risky.
  1. Read "How to display partition tables"
  2. Assumptions:
    • Windows partition (NTFS or FAT) is located on /dev/hda1
    • Local mount folder: /mnt/windows
  3. sudo -i
mkdir -p /mnt/windows
cp -a /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.`date +%y%m%d-%H%M%S`
  4. Do fstab setup
    • For read-only access (NTFS),
      echo "/dev/hda1 /mnt/windows ntfs umask=0222 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
    • For read-write access (FAT),
      echo "/dev/hda1 /mnt/windows vfat umask=000 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
  5. mount -a
logout

How to restore GRUB menu after Windows installation?
  1. Assumption: The partition on which the /boot directory resides, is on /dev/hda (primary-master) drive.
  2. Read "How to use Kubuntu Installation CD to gain root user access"
  3. grub-install /dev/hda

How to add Windows entry into GRUB menu?
  1. Assumption: The partition on which the /boot directory resides, is on /dev/hda (primary-master) drive.
  2. Read "How to display partition tables"
  3. sudo -i
cp -a /boot/grub/menu.lst /boot/grub/menu.lst.`date +%y%m%d-%H%M%S`
cat >> /boot/grub/menu.lst << EOGRUB
title		Windows
root		(hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader	+1
EOGRUB
logout

How to SSH into remote Kubuntu from Windows?
  1. Install OpenSSH-server on remote Kubuntu.
  2. Download & run PuTTY on Windows.

How to copy files/folders from/to remote Kubuntu using Windows?
  1. Install OpenSSH-server on remote Kubuntu.
  2. Download & run WinSCP on Windows.