U1.07 Ubuntu Quick Start (QS): Wins(NetBIOS) - chempkovsky/CS2WPF-and-CS2XAMARIN GitHub Wiki

the following packages should be installed (Note: no additional packages required):

sudo apt-get install libnss-winbind

sudo nano /etc/nsswitch.conf

hosts: files wins mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns

sudo service winbind start

sudo service winbind restart

sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf

[global]
...
   workgroup=WORKGROUP
...

now you can ping any windows machine by name from within ubuntu
- note: Windows network must also be configured correctly
returning to the article: U1.04 Ubuntu Quick Start (QS): Windows Folders for Ubuntu
- now you can share windows folders replacing the IP address with the hostname:

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returning to the article: U1.06 Ubuntu Quick Start (QS): Samba File Server on Ubuntu
- now you can replace the IP address with the hostname:

ufw allow from 192.168.59.0/24 to any app Samba