suggestion linux for file sharing server

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darkmesaia

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Good evening,

I have build a pc that i want to run some version of linux, preferably be have possibility desktop interface

We are not very expert via terminal, I'm a moderate level

As I said I would like to run a linux OS you will service a local area file sharing network with several computers as windows 7 & very few pc xp

Which linux should be trusted for such a job, and of course some guidelines to be able to setup a secure local network


Thanks in advance
 


Ok, will try a of them and let you know if i have questions


Thanks for the answer
 
Hello again

we have install the latest version of debian and I have modified the samba

but getting this error on sharing

Unable to mount location
Failed to mount Windows share

We configured the samba config thereby

[HDD_A]
path = /media/HDD_1
public = yes
writable = yes
comment = TEST
guest ok = yes

We want to have access to all this path

Can you help us about this


Thanks in advance
 
A quick check, is the file system ntfs?
As root, apt-get install ntfs-3g on the server
This helped solve a bunch of read / write problems I had when working with my ntfs drive.

Also:
what's the output of lsblk command from the terminal?
 
we try this lsblk and here is results

NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 111.8G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 100M 0 part
├─sda2 8:2 0 55.9G 0 part
└─sda3 8:3 0 55.8G 0 part /
sdb 8:16 0 1.8T 0 disk
└─sdb1 8:17 0 1.8T 0 part /media/HDD_A
sdc 8:32 0 1.8T 0 disk
└─sdc1 8:33 0 1.8T 0 part /media/HDD_B
sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom


Update: We have add this
apt-get install ntfs-3g

But still nothing :(
 
Ok, that tells me you have mounted it and should be able to access it locally.
Make sure to restart the samba service when you change the config file
As root:
Code:
service samba restart
Where does it say
Unable to mount location
Failed to mount Windows share
A windows computer? Another Linux computer?
The reason I ask is the Linux side may be ok, Windows can be horribly difficult when sharing (I have bad memories of that)
I would suggest live booting one of the other windows computers (won't affect the hard drive at all; I'd use Ubuntu / Linux Mint) and seeing if you can connect. This will determine whether the Samba configurations is correct. If it works, then it's a windows side problem.
That's a can of worms by itself. As a possibility, what is the workgroup of all the windows computers? the smb.conf has a setting which is defaulted to WORKGROUP. If you have changed it, that might be the problem. For reference, this is my smb.conf file (minus global settings)

Code:
[Share]
comment = Share
path = /media/mymountpoint
guest ok = yes
read only = no
browseable = yes
This works on all my linux computers.
And... this worked on the one windows computer.
 
Yes after from any changes we have restart samba service

Basically all the other pc's that I want to serve via debian & samba is windows 7 and some with xp

About the samba config does not have made any change except the path(disk) that we want to share

Also with this settings

Code:
[Share]
comment = Share
path = /media/mymountpoint
guest ok = yes
read only = no
browseable = yes

We get message

windows cannot access \\ip etc


Thanks for your time
 
EDIT:
This might be a wild throwaway, but your samba config says:
path = /media/USB_HDD_1
when your lsblk mount point says /media/USB_HDD_A
Your samba config may be pointing to a non-existent location.
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what is the output of df -T /media/HDD_1

Also, do you have any Window firewalls activated? Extra security software that may be blocking network folders? Make sure they are all disabled (while you test the connection) to eliminate that being a possibility.
Can you access other windows shared network files? With either debian/windows computers?
 
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