I have looked through all of the printed documentation that I can find and cannot find the answer to this question. All of the computers on the network can see the shares but they cannot access the files. I'm the only one that can see the files. They can all go to http://hda fine and go to the share...

Then just add mapped drives on the laptops?

Not sure if I'm going to add the external hard drive to the server as I want to be able to still put files on it and move them from computer to computer in case they don't fit on my flash drive.

Actually trying to copy from external hard drive. Once I know the data is backed up safely on the server--and redundantly through JungleDisk and Amazon Web Services--I am going to delete the date it from the external hard drive and use it for additional storage. As I was typing I just thought--add t...

Our "server" is running Windows Vista Home Premium and the laptops are all running Windows 7 Home Premium.

That's is what I have tried several times and it appears that files are not be copied to the server. I'll try again so hopefully I can get it to work.

I know that this is a dumb question but is there an easy way to add files to the shares? I have tried several of the methods online to add files but I am wondering if there is an easy way to copy files from an external hard drive to my server. This now is my hold up from fulling implementing the ser...

I am a real newbie when it comes to home servers. I installed Ubuntu Server 12.04.1 LTS on a PC that is about 5 years old. All of our laptops are running Win 7 Home Premium. None of the laptops can connect to the server. What do I need to do to get all the laptops to be able to store files on the se...