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[Peder]

Well i don't even know how to explain this so i don't have an idea how to search for it but maybe someone can help me.

I have a Ubuntu Server, now it used to show under Shared in my sidebar in finder but it no longer does, and it shows like a mac screen and not a windows screen,

What happened was i formatted my ubuntu server, but for some reason i always have to connect to it via the GO menu on finder.

Hope someone can help me :/
Peder

 

[koffiejunkie]

You're probably missing the avahi-daemon package. So the following on the ubuntu box:

sudo apt-get install avahi-daemon libavahi-compat-libdnssd1

Your libdnssd may have a different version (I'm on Debian). Use 'sudo apt-cache search avahi | grep -i bonjour' to find out. Then you should have a file called something like /etc/avahi/services/samba.service or /etc/avahi/services/smbd.service

<?xml version="1.0" standalone='no'?><!--*-nxml-*-->
<!DOCTYPE service-group SYSTEM "avahi-service.dtd">

<service-group>
    <name replace-wildcards="yes">%h</name>
    <service>
        <type>_smb._tcp</type>
        <port>139</port>
    </service>
<service>
<type>_device-info._tcp</type>
<port>0</port>
<txt-record>model=Xserve</txt-record>
</service>

This assumes that 1. You're using Samba, and 2. your samba is correctly configured.

 

[Peder]

samba must be correctly configured cause it was working before but now refuses lol.

And yeah i am using samba.

What do i do to make windows pc's bonjour capable?

Much Thanks
Peder

 

[koffiejunkie]

Do you know that Samba is still working correctly? You can, in Finder, click Go --> Connect To Server and type smb://IP_OF_SAMBA and see if it connects normally.

I have no idea about windows.

 

[Peder]

yeah it connects on the go menu but it just isn't as convenient

 

[koffiejunkie]

Then it's just avahi that's missing/not running

 

[Peder]

You're probably missing the avahi-daemon package. So the following on the ubuntu box:

sudo apt-get install avahi-daemon libavahi-compat-libdnssd1

Your libdnssd may have a different version (I'm on Debian). Use 'sudo apt-cache search avahi | grep -i bonjour' to find out. Then you should have a file called something like /etc/avahi/services/samba.service or /etc/avahi/services/smbd.service

<?xml version="1.0" standalone='no'?><!--*-nxml-*-->
<!DOCTYPE service-group SYSTEM "avahi-service.dtd">

<service-group>
    <name replace-wildcards="yes">%h</name>
    <service>
        <type>_smb._tcp</type>
        <port>139</port>
    </service>
<service>
<type>_device-info._tcp</type>
<port>0</port>
<txt-record>model=Xserve</txt-record>
</service>

This assumes that 1. You're using Samba, and 2. your samba is correctly configured.

I can;t find that file (the smb one):/ damn

 

[koffiejunkie]

Make it.