Adding XBMCbuntu machine to windows 7 homegroup.

jmenorton · 2012-04-20 11:50

OK now im get somewhere thanks dandirk. I can now see a <homes> folder, a <'username'> folder which are both empty and i can open them up. I can also see both my external harrdives but cant open them due to not having permission. any ideas?

dandirk · 2012-04-20 17:09

Sorry not sure... I am guessing there could be something special with the USB drives, sharing and rights. Pretty much a linux hack, only able to do have is needed to get it to work, don't understand a whole bunch about it.

Please note the smb.conf file I posted is very specific to my setup/needs... Maybe use another share to share your usb drives Confused

jmenorton · 2012-04-20 18:06

Ive decided its not really worth the effort now, transfered a few files to the folders i could access and realised at 1.5MBS it would take longer than it would to connect the HDDs to the main computer via USB, Ahh well. Thanks for the help though.

jmenorton Junior Member Posts: 24 Joined: Jul 2011 Reputation: 0	2012-04-20 11:50 Post: #11 OK now im get somewhere thanks dandirk. I can now see a <homes> folder, a <'username'> folder which are both empty and i can open them up. I can also see both my external harrdives but cant open them due to not having permission. any ideas?
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dandirk Senior Member Posts: 223 Joined: Oct 2008 Reputation: 1	2012-04-20 17:09 Post: #12 Sorry not sure... I am guessing there could be something special with the USB drives, sharing and rights. Pretty much a linux hack, only able to do have is needed to get it to work, don't understand a whole bunch about it. Please note the smb.conf file I posted is very specific to my setup/needs... Maybe use another share to share your usb drives
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jmenorton Junior Member Posts: 24 Joined: Jul 2011 Reputation: 0	2012-04-20 18:06 Post: #13 Ive decided its not really worth the effort now, transfered a few files to the folders i could access and realised at 1.5MBS it would take longer than it would to connect the HDDs to the main computer via USB, Ahh well. Thanks for the help though.
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