M_R Posted July 13, 2010 Report Share Posted July 13, 2010 Hello, I would like to request your help with the folowing problem: I have a WinXP machine and a Mandriva 200.1 machine. I decided to share files via SAMBA. I read the tutorials here and in many other places before installing and configuring. Everything went well, I can see the Linux shared folder from Windows and all, BUT... It seems that, in Mandriva 2009.1, the 'sharing' tab in Dolphin's properties menu does not work. I right click on a folder , select sharing, press the only button that appears there, then it asks for the root password, and I enter the correct one, but then it just does nothing, the button goes gray for one second, but then the window does not appear. If I choose ignore, the right window does appear, but everything is grayed out because I am not root. I have managed to share the files via control center, but I'd like to do it from Dolphin, as it is faster that way. thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieJohn Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 (edited) First of all, a big and warm welcome to MUB. If you haven't done so yet, you should make certain that you have installed the ...ntfs-3g rpm and its dependencies It enables you to read and write to Windows partitions. Without it you haven't got a chance. Cheers. John. Edited July 14, 2010 by AussieJohn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 I have a feeling he has Windows and Mandriva on two separate machines, so ntfs-3g won't help in this case. The samba stuff should work, but I don't use KDE or Dolphin so I can't help with that side. However, something I found with google: http://opensuse.swerdna.org/susesimpleshares.html I know it's OpenSUSE, but the principals for getting Dolphin working are the same, so take a look at the KDE section and work through it. When I've shared stuff with samba before, I've always used MCC, or installed SWAT which allows you to manage the samba shares and config from a web browser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_R Posted July 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2010 Thanks for the welcome AussiJohn. And Ian, I have already installed SWAT, but don't know how to run it. The only entry that appears in the menu is SWATconfog or soemthing like that, but when I run it, it tells me there is a xml, or config file missing. How do I use SWAT. Oh, and yes, I have a WinXp machine and a Mandriva2009 machine. I have tried with a third machine that has Mandriva 2010, and everything works there. Thank you for your fast replies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted July 15, 2010 Report Share Posted July 15, 2010 Check the link I posted, see if it helps get Dolphin working. Let us know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_R Posted July 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2010 (edited) Nope, my problem is that the main configuration panel does not appear after I enter the root password. Is it abug in KDE4? Also, I can't start swat either, I type my computer's name and then :901, but it does not work either, so I can only share files using MCC's utility... This only happens in Mandriva 2009.1 Edit: solved the swat problem. It was not set to start when asked... Still stuck with the KDE problem though Edited July 18, 2010 by M_R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
{BBI}Nexus{BBI} Posted July 18, 2010 Report Share Posted July 18, 2010 Try Alt & F2 then type: kcmshell4 'fileshare' See if the File Sharing - KDE Control Module appears. Â If it does set who can set shares, i.e. users, users in a particular group etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_R Posted July 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 See if the File Sharing - KDE Control Module appears. It does, but all the options are grayed out. This is exactly the Window that is not appearing after I type my password in Dolphin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
{BBI}Nexus{BBI} Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 Sorry my mistake, you should type: kdesu kcmshell4 'fileshare' to run the interface as root. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_R Posted July 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2010 Sorry my mistake, you should type: kdesu kcmshell4 'fileshare' to run the interface as root. kdesu is not recognized by my system. Couldn't find a way to do it like in other Mandrivas so I'll resort to the MCC interface... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted July 31, 2010 Report Share Posted July 31, 2010 kdesu is pretty standard command for virtually any distro. You can exclude Kubuntu and spinoffs, where kdesu has been replaced by kdesudo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_R Posted August 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 (edited) kdesu is pretty standard command for virtually any distro. You can exclude Kubuntu and spinoffs, where kdesu has been replaced by kdesudo. Yes, I know but it gives me a 'command not found'. I even tried just kdesu, and it didn't recognize it either. I have tried it in another machine with Manriva 2010 and it's not working either. Oh, problem solved: First of all: kdesu is somehow not in my PATH, therefore I ha to run /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/kdesu Second: there were a bunch of corrupted samba configuration files, I uninstalled samba and reinstalled it. Now everything is fine. Now, How do I mark this thread as solved again? How do I edit the title (I can edit my messages, but how do I edit the title to add [solved]?) Edited August 2, 2010 by M_R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2 Posted August 2, 2010 Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 You can make a symlink to kdesu so it's in your $PATH with (as root) ln -s /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/kdesu /usr/local/bin/kdesu You can mark this as solved using the Edit button on your first post. I'll go ahead and mark this one solved for you. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_R Posted August 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2010 Oh, thank you very much for both things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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