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If the Samba share you're trying to access doesn't allow guest users, you must have an Samba account. This article will show how to create a new Samba user account using the command line. Create Samba User Open a terminal window and run the command bellow. Replace USER with a name for your new Samba user. You'll be prompted for the password to get root privileges, then you'll be asked for a password for your new Samba user. sudo smbpasswd -a USER

Symptom The network manager icon is missing from Xfce's panel. Fix First, we need to install the package network-manager-gnome ; open a terminal window and run: sudo apt-get install network-manager-gnome -y Now, make sure you have in your startup a entry with "Network" as its name and "nm-applet" as its command. See this if you need assistance in adding applications to session's startup.