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In this chapter we will look at the steps necessary to share file system resources and printers on an Ubuntu system with remote Windows and Linux systems.
== Setting Up up Ubuntu Linux/Windows File Sharing ==
The sharing of Linux folders with Windows based systems is not installed and configured by default on Ubuntu. Fortunately, attempting to share folders will automatically trigger the installation of the appropriate services.
To begin the process of sharing, open a file browser window by selecting, for example, ''Places->Home Folder''. Navigate using the file browser until the folder to be shared is visible. Right click on the icon for this folder and select ''Sharing Options''' from the resulting menu to invoke the following dialog:
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== Accessing a Shared Folder from a Windows System ==
Once completed, the folder you specified will be visible from any Windows or Samba enabled Linux systems on the same network as your Ubuntu system. You should now have remote access to your Linux folder from the Windows system. To access the folder, open the Windows ''Network'' browser and navigate to ''Workgroup'' where any Ubuntu systems with shared folders should be listed as illustrated in the following figure:
Double clicking on a Windows system in the browser (in this case the system named ''Vista'') will display a list of printers, folders and disk drives on the Windows system that are available to the Ubuntu system. Double clicking on a folder will either display the contents of the folder, or prompt for a valid user name and password on the Windows system:
Once the credentials have been entered into the text fields in the above dialog, options are available to store the credentials so that they need to be re-entered each time the resource is accessed, do not need to entered again during the current session or are not required ever again.