Possibly lacking software? Is this an NFS share or a Samba/SMB one? The later, although IME it works well, is not strictly necessary in a Linux enviroment and some security hoops can trip ye. Not to mention that Samba support commonly built into the file explorer (nautilus…
Read the full replyI have a desktop machine running Ubuntu with files I want to view& amend on a laptop also running Ubuntu (and Lubuntu).
I've shared the folder on the desktop, but can't access it on the laptop.
On my android phone I can both see the folder & access files so most of it works.
Any pointers to what the laptop's problem is/are gratefully received!
Possibly lacking software?
Is this an NFS share or a Samba/SMB one?
The later, although IME it works well, is not strictly necessary in a Linux enviroment and some security hoops can trip ye.
Not to mention that Samba support commonly built into the file explorer (nautilus etc..) is a bit basic compared with doing it 'properly' with smb.conf files.
for anyone in similar situation this sorted me in 5 mins (after hours of arsing about)
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