Help with file transfer from windows to ubuntu

Share the files from your windows computer by right clicking on the folder that contains them, and picking "Sharing". Give it some basic level of access.

1. Press Windows Key+R and type cmd, then click ok.
2. type ipconfig and get the IP address of your wireless adapter.
3. From your Ubuntu machine, open a new file window and click (from the menu bar) GO --> Enter Location
4. type smb://[ip address here]
5. If you're prompted for credentials, enter either your windows credentials or the ones you set up when you shared the folder.

You can also go the other way and set the share on our Linux machine, you can follow these instructions on how to do that.

help.ubuntu.com - How to create a network share

Procedures

All commands must be done as root (precede each command with 'sudo' or use 'sudo su').

Install Samba

    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install samba

Set a password for your user in Samba

    sudo smbpasswd -a <user_name>

Note: Samba uses a separate set of passwords than the standard Linux system accounts (stored in /etc/samba/smbpasswd), so you'll need to create a Samba password for yourself. This tutorial implies that you will use your own user and it does not cover situations involving other users passwords, groups, etc...

Tip1: Use the password for your own user to facilitate.

Tip2: Remember that your user must have permission to write and edit the folder you want to share. Eg.: sudo chown /var/opt/blah/blahblah sudo chown : /var/opt/blah/blahblah

Tip3: If you're using another user than your own, it needs to exist in your system beforehand, you can create it without a shell access using the following command : sudo useradd USERNAME --shell /bin/false

You can also hide the user on the login screen by adjusting lightdm's configuration, in /etc/lightdm/users.conf add the newly created user to the line : hidden-users=

Create a directory to be shared

mkdir /home/<user_name>/<folder_name>

Make a safe backup copy of the original smb.conf file to your home folder, in case you make an error

sudo cp /etc/samba/smb.conf ~

Edit the file "/etc/samba/smb.conf"

sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf

Once "smb.conf" has loaded, add this to the very end of the file:

    [<folder_name>]
    path = /home/<user_name>/<folder_name>
    valid users = <user_name>
    read only = no

Tip: There Should be in the spaces between the lines, and note que also there should be a single space both before and after each of the equal signs.

Restart the samba:

sudo service smbd restart

Once Samba has restarted, use this command to check your smb.conf for any syntax errors

testparm

To access your network share

      sudo apt-get install smbclient

List all shares:

      smbclient -L //<HOST_IP_OR_NAME>/<folder_name> -U <user>

connect:

      smbclient //<HOST_IP_OR_NAME>/<folder_name> -U <user>

To access your network share use your username () and password through the path "smb:////" (Linux users) or "\\\" (Windows users). Note that "" value is passed in "[]", in other words, the share name you entered in "/etc/samba/smb.conf".

Note: The default user group of samba is "WORKGROUP".

Source

http://www.hardcode.nl/archives_147/article_548-samba-quick-setup-on-ubuntu-1004.htm

There is a free file manager with GUI WinSCP. You can copy files in one click.

After creating connection you have one panel with your local computer and a panel with a remote computer.