Followed your instructions below & still get the message
"unable to mount location, failed to retrieve share list from server" when
I click the mshome icon displayed on the network.
(Samba was already installed but not "system-config-
However things have improved greatly following those steps!
Since then, the Mint PC now shows up on the XP PCs connected to my network
& even though mint still can't see my other PCs, I'm able
to share files between PCs via a shared folder I created on my
Mint desktop which is good enough for my purposes.
So many thanks for those detailed instructions.
G.
----- Original Message -----
From: "loyal_barber" <loyal_barber@
>
> Look on your menu under Administration. There should be an
> application listed "Samba". If not, go to menu then "Package
> Manager." There is a box at the top next to the search button. Type
> "samba" in this box. Look down the list until you find "system-
> config-samba.
> select it also. Install that/these and the application "Samba"
> should be on your Administration menu.
>
> Select the Samba application. Select the "Preferences" menu, then
> "Server Setting." Under "Workgroup" type in the name of the
> workgroup for your home computer network. Sometimes it is "MSHome"
> sometimes something else. If need be, go to one of the Windoze boxes
> and find out. Click the "Security" tab then set authentication mode
> to "User" (you don't want just anybody in on your Mint box do you?),
> encrypt passwords=yes, Guest Account=no guest account. Click <OK>.
>
> Restart your mint computer. Note: there are other ways than this to
> restart the samba server, but this is by far the easiest and mint
> starts fast.
>
> You should now be able to see other computers when you select
> menu->network. If you cannot, please come back here and let us know.
>
>
> I also run Mint so these instructions should work for you.
>
> Thanks,
> Loyal
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