Thanks for the suggestion for a workaround. If true, sounds like an unreasonable limitation and implementation detail worthy of someone's attention, considering it is entirely reasonable to create a share called "games".
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus-share in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1915674 Title: Sharing folder in Files: "net usershare" returned error 255 Status in nautilus-share package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I'm just guessing package name since I can't simply read my way to that information in the GUI... I'm trying to share my games folder on the network by right clicking and selecting the Share on local network option. I tick Share this folder, and confirm. I expected the folder to be shared, but instead I get the message: "net usershare" returned error 255: net usershare add: share name games is already a valid system user name Ubuntu 20.10 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10 Package: nautilus 1:3.38.1-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-43.49-generic 5.8.18 Uname: Linux 5.8.0-43-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50.5 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Mon Feb 15 02:05:28 2021 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-10-30 (107 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" - Release amd64 (20201022) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) usr_lib_nautilus: evince 3.38.0-1 file-roller 3.38.0-1 nautilus-extension-gnome-terminal 3.38.0-1ubuntu1.1 nautilus-share 0.7.3-2ubuntu3 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus-share/+bug/1915674/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
