Accessing a linux computer from windows

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So, I installed Ubuntu on the 'spare' pc with other week and I've gradually been learning things here and there about it, however one thing that has evaded me is transferring files from my PC running Vista, normally I'd just copy and pase files over but the linux machine doesn't seem to appear in the network list.

I tried it the other way round, access my vista pc from the linux machine, it sees the workgroup, the computer, I then enter my user/pass but it doesn't connect, I expect this to be an error in the domain, which I don't have, but with the field filled in or not it still won't connect.

Any ideas chaps? Ideally not involving the terminal as I don't get on with it, but if you must include it, please do and thanks in advance. :)

Edit: And sorry for the title, :o
 
I install SSH on the Linux machine then use FileZilla to transfer files between Linux machines and Windows machines. Others might have you set up Samba shares.
 
You need to setup samba correctly. If you want it to behave like a windows machine then you need to setup guest privalages. This will remove the need for a password for browsing network shares.
 
Right, so I gave Samba a go first, it detects the workgroup ok, then my pc, but when I go to connect it says, "could not connect to server xxx"

I expect I'm doing something wrong though..

Could someone be so kind as to guide me through the Samba option a bit please? :)
 
You can use several methods to copy data across, NFS, samba, SSH/SCP, FTP, etc...

Just remember to allow the appropriate ports in iptables and the Windows Firewall.
 
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