News, Tutorials, Howtos for Ubuntu Linux
This simple tutorial shows how to set up Google Drive, so you can access and sync files between the cloud and local folder in Ubuntu 24.04.
Ubuntu with default GNOME desktop has built-in option to map Google Drive onto local folder. For other desktop environments, such as MATE, XFCE, and Unity, there’s also a graphical app can do the job easily!
This is a step by step guide shows how to install and setup Dropbox in Ubuntu 24.04 or Ubuntu 22.04 for both Desktop and Server in command line.
Dropbox is a popular file hosting service, that provides free account with 2 GB storage and paid plans for more features. It works on multiple platforms, including Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows Phone. With it, you can store files on cloud and access through different devices, or share files to your friends easily with a link.
Dropbox for Linux provides both graphical interface (indicator applet) and command line tool, meaning it can works on both Desktop and Server editions.
This is a beginners’ step by step guide that shows how to share a folder in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS over local network.
1. To get started, right-click on the folder you want to share and choose the “Local Network Share” option.
If you don’t see this option, search for and install nautilus-share in Ubuntu Software Center and restart Nautilus by running nautilus -q or just log out and back in.
2. When the ‘File Sharing’ dialog opens, click the box to enable ‘Share this folder’ option. Click the “Install service” button if it asks.
Once the installation process finish, log out and back in.
3. Re-do step 1 to open the ‘File Sharing’ dialog for any folder. Depends on your need, enable write permission and/or guess access.
4. If you want client machines to access this share with a username and password, disable Guest access and do:
system-config-samba in Ubuntu Software Center.
Finally you can access this folder in a local network machine using the username (either handbook or ubuntu-laptop in picture) and password.
This tutorial will show you how to install and configure Samba, a free software that allows you to share files, printers and other common resources across a network, in Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr.
1. Install Samba and the graphical configuration tool:
Press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open the terminal. When it opens, paste the command below and hit run:
sudo apt-get install samba samba-common system-config-samba python-glade2 gksu
2. Open Unity Dash, search for and open the samba configuration tool:
3. When the tool opens, go to Preferences -> Server Settings.
Under Basic tab:
As it is not advisable to allow ‘Guests’ there should be no reason to change the ‘security’ settings tab unless you wish to do so.
Finally click the OK button to save it.
(Optional) 4. Create a special user for network file sharing
Go to System Settings -> User Accounts -> Click unlock -> Click + (plus) icon -> Choose Standard account and type in names.
Remember to set a password to enable the new account.
5. Next go to Preferences -> Samba Users. Click Add User:
Finally, restart Samba service and done!
sudo restart smbd && sudo restart nmbd
To share a folder, click the green + (plus) button in Samba Server Configuration tool and you can then easily set the directory, name, read/write permissions and access users.
Tips: If you set the Unix Username to current login user in step 5, you can easily share a folder by “Local Network Share” option in its context menu.
