Cannot display location trying to share folders on Ubuntu

Asked By Joseph K Carpenter 50 points N/A Posted on - 09/19/2013

Hi,

I am using two Ubuntu machines and trying to share folders from one to the other. When I attempt to do this task on the server I get the following error message saying “Failed to mount Windows share”. I think you help me to fix this problem so please guide me. Thanks.

Can’t display location “smb://student2.lse.ac.uk/s_users/smithygf”

Failed to mount Windows share

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Answered By Tyler Mullings 0 points N/A #191661

Cannot display location trying to share folders on Ubuntu

Resolution 1:

• Check the firewall on your PCs. It is usually the common cause of that issue when sharing files between ubuntu PCs.
• Also make sure that the file or folder has sharing privileges for both PCs.

Resolution 2:

Check if smbclient is installed. It could be also the cause to the error that you are getting. Go to System > Administration > Synaptic and then search for smbclient.

Regards,

Tyler

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