Three steps to file sharing between windows and Ubuntu

1. Install the Samba app in Ubuntu

# sudo apt-get install samba Smbfs

Note:on Ubuntu 14.04 there is not SMBFS. (instead is cifs-utils)

# sudo apt-get install samba cifs-utils

2. Install Samba's graphical configuration tool in Ubuntu

# sudo apt-get install System-config-samba

3. Graphical configuration of Samba

3.1 Startup program: System--administration---Samba

Note:on Ubuntu 14.04, we run it directly:sudo System-config-samba

3.2 Configuring Samba Users: Preferences--Samba users--ADD user (or edit user)-set the name and password.

3.3 Configure Shared directories and permissions.

This will allow you to access Ubuntu through windows.

Three steps to file sharing between windows and Ubuntu