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Mathias Gug (mathiaz) wrote : Re: [Bug 140686] Shared external drives cannot be accessed by other computers

Hi Mark,

Thanks for taking the time report a bug and help make Ubuntu better.

On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 01:03:38PM -0000, Mark Duncan wrote:
> Anyway, I can share folders on my internal hard drive and access those
> just fine on the network, but shared external drives don't work. I am
> running Kubuntu 7.04 (also tried regular Ubuntu 7.04) and the client
> computer is also Kubuntu 7.04. When attempting to access the shared
> external drive from the client I get an error along the lines of "Folder
> does not exist". When trying to connect with smblient, I get:
>

> I have also tried adding the drive to fstab without success.

> [MOVIES]
> path = /media/My Book/Movies/
> guest ok = yes
> case sensitive = no
> strict locking = no
> msdfs proxy = no
>

I guess that you're trying to access MOVIES from the client.

Is the external hard drive mounted on /media/My Book/Movies ? On the
server, can you browse the content of /media/My Book/Movies ?

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