Help with sharing folders between xp and ubuntu

[aaaach]

I set up a workgroup in xp a while ago and shared one folder, but currently, xp (the 1st pc with xp) sees all shares, but ubuntu (the 2nd pc with ubuntu) doesn't see xp's shares.

 

I've been trying to resolve this issue for a long time, and all the interactions with people trying to help me resolve it from ubuntu's side are documented at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1902537 (by l07). It was in this thread that I received the most feedback, so you could look into it concerning the details of my issue. Although varying degrees of connectivity have been achieved during this process, complete connectivity is still not sustained.

 

It was indicated (in this thread, where I posted the results of multiple tests that were requested) that seeking a solution from ubuntu's end will yield no results: "You've pretty much exhausted everything you can do on the Linux end so until you figure out what's wrong with your XP install I'd stick with Dukto." (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1902537&page=7) However, it's possible that since that conclusion was reached, some setting has been changed somewhere and indeed it is ubuntu's config that needs to be looked into. Of course, it would be best if a solution suggested could simultaneously consider both xp and ubuntu, to ensure compatible config's, and because simply looking into ubuntu's config hasn't yielded results. Although Dukto works, it's rather inconvenient, so I'd like to get the regular samba to work.

 

You could also post the link to a different forum where posting this question would be the most beneficial.

Edited May 26, 2012 by aaaach