SMB1 Is Dead? (Unfortunately Not Yet)
KB ID 0001461 Problem I recently did a migration for an engineering company, about a week later I got an email from them to say, “We have a new Windows 10 PC, and it can’t connect to the ‘N’ Drive?” I asked them to send me a screenshot, the error was; You can’t connect to the file share because it’s not secure. This share requires the obsolete SMB1 protocol, which is unsafe and could expose...
Ubuntu – Samba Install Error
KB ID 0000410 Problem While trying to set up a samba share, I got the following error today. Error: W: Failed to fetch http://ubuntu.retrosnub.co.uk/ubuntu/pool/main/s/samba/samba_3.5.4~dfsg-1ubuntu8.2_amd64.deb 404 Not Found W: Failed to fetch http://ubuntu.retrosnub.co.uk/ubuntu/pool/main/s/samba/libpam-smbpass_3.5.4~dfsg-1ubuntu8.2_amd64.deb 404 Not Found Solution 1. Open a terminal window (Applications > Accessories >...
Sharing Files from Ubuntu to Windows
KB ID 0000412 Problem If you have only a few files to share, you might want to consider using Dropbox, however if you want to share your files over the network then you need to install samba and configure it. Solution Related Articles, References, Credits, or External Links Special Thanks to Morbuis1 Over at the Ubuntu Forms for the help. Samba Install Error