how to connect ubuntu with windows

[mak1012]

hi friends,
In my college lab i'm using ubuntu. I am connected to the network and i'm using internet. The problem is that i'm not able to see any other connction in my network.
how can i use the software like putty.

[faraaz]

Your query makes no sense. Be more specific.

[praka123]

Originally Posted by mak1012

hi friends,
In my college lab i'm using ubuntu. I am connected to the network and i'm using internet. The problem is that i'm not able to see any other connction in my network.
how can i use the software like putty.

is that a dhcp ip assigned system?check the o/p of "ifconfig" from terminal to see ur ip assigned.now for linux-to-windows file sharing is done by Samba server-if that what u meant.u can try ssh,telnet etc to other pcs for a test!

[mediator]

If u want to ssh to Ubuntu, then u have to setup a ssh server on ubuntu.

Do "sudo apt-get install ssh". Then do "ifconfig", to find ur ip. and then from windows machine, open putty and enter "the ip address" of ubuntu machine that u found. Simple!

Neways, ur question is vague! If u r asking to find the machines that r up n running then u can ping them!

U can use my shell script to find the machines that r alive, to enable u to see them! Here...

ip_add=`echo $1 | cut -f1,2,3 -d.`
for (( i=$2 ; i<=$3 ; i++ ))
do
cnt=`ping "$ip_add.$i" -c 1 | grep "100%" | wc -l`
if [ $cnt -eq 1 ];then
echo "$ip_add.$i is dead"
else
echo "$ip_add.$i is alive"
fi
done

License : GPL3
author:mediator

1. Save this code and name the file as say 'detect'
2. Open terminal to the directory containing the file 'detect'
3. Do 'chmod +x detect'
3. './detect <IPaddress> <start> <end>

So if u do './detect 192.168.1.1 5 10' , it will look from 192.168.1.5 to 192.168.1.10 and will inform u about the machines that r alive and in ur network and to which u may connect!

[raj.aprilfool]

u most probably would want to use smbclient,
with smbclient u can access windows shared drives.... or u could use tsclient which GUI for rdesktop, if desktop sharing in windows is enabled...