Re: [Bug 592610] Re: Shared folders (through Samba) when following instructions sometimes does not work correctly

2013-05-17 Thread koanhead
On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 2:30 PM, julius von kohout 592...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: are you referring to root share or usershare? root shares work properly and they are meant to be done by fiddling with smb.conf I don't understand the distinction you're making. This bug report was about

[Bug 592610] Re: Shared folders (through Samba) when following instructions sometimes does not work correctly

2013-05-17 Thread julius von kohout
Via nautilus is usershare. Via smb.conf is root share. Try to set permissions of home to 755 and make a share /home/public If you make a public share samba uses nobody/other as user to change to that directory. Its the last digit of dir permissions that is used. You can see that if you run

Re: [Bug 592610] Re: Shared folders (through Samba) when following instructions sometimes does not work correctly

2013-05-17 Thread koanhead
On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 3:36 PM, julius von kohout 592...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: Via nautilus is usershare. Via smb.conf is root share. Cool, thanks! Try to set permissions of home to 755 and make a share /home/public If you make a public share samba uses nobody/other as user to

[Bug 592610] Re: Shared folders (through Samba) when following instructions sometimes does not work correctly

2013-05-16 Thread julius von kohout
are you referring to root share or usershare? root shares work properly and they are meant to be done by fiddling with smb.conf user share via nautilus does not work properly private shares with password (its automatically your login password) work. public (guest) shares in the home directory

[Bug 592610] Re: Shared folders (through Samba) when following instructions sometimes does not work correctly

2013-04-05 Thread John Rose
Same problem. Even more interseting is that it's OK on one PC but not another, both using 12.04 32 bit! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to samba in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/592610 Title: Shared folders

[Bug 592610] Re: Shared folders (through Samba) when following instructions sometimes does not work correctly

2013-01-20 Thread sdowney717
Samba is crashing when i reboot, and crashing when I make changes using the gui scott@scott-P5QC:~$ sudo system-config-samba invoke-rc.d: unknown initscript, /etc/init.d/samba not found. invoke-rc.d: unknown initscript, /etc/init.d/samba not found. scott@scott-P5QC:~$ also, nautilus shares dont

[Bug 592610] Re: Shared folders (through Samba) when following instructions sometimes does not work correctly

2013-01-20 Thread sdowney717
That is on 12.04. I really dont have a clue of what to do anymore with samba, and it used to work about a month ago. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to samba in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/592610 Title:

[Bug 592610] Re: Shared folders (through Samba) when following instructions sometimes does not work correctly

2013-01-20 Thread Paddy Landau
@sdowney717 — your problem is unrelated to this bug. I suggest that you ask your question on Ubuntu Forums [1] or Ask Ubuntu [2]. [1] http://ubuntuforums.org/ [2] http://askubuntu.com/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is

[Bug 592610] Re: Shared folders (through Samba) when following instructions sometimes does not work correctly

2012-09-09 Thread koanhead
I have discovered that using the GUI to share a folder (via right-clicking in Nautilus) does not make any changes to smb.conf - I'm not sure where the information is stored, but I'm guessing it's somewhere in gconf (a quick check in gconf-editor didn't turn it up, but I'm not a gconf expert).

[Bug 592610] Re: Shared folders (through Samba) when following instructions sometimes does not work correctly

2012-06-07 Thread Phil Headford
I agree with Paddy Landau that a respectable OS is expected these days to be able to connect to shared folders (on at least the three main OSs) with little or no user intervention. Once the computer and workgroup are entered, and perhaps whether DHCP is being used, the configuration files should

[Bug 592610] Re: Shared folders (through Samba) when following instructions sometimes does not work correctly

2011-10-17 Thread William S Gregory
Yes sir, still seeing it. Seems to be an issue when you've got at least two servers on the same subnet. Tell it to use 'bcast' before the system default (usually the isp's dns), in each smb.conf; and it works. There are several potential issues at work here. My first experience with SAMBA was

[Bug 592610] Re: Shared folders (through Samba) when following instructions sometimes does not work correctly

2011-05-02 Thread Chris Routh
I am posting to comment that not only has this bug carried through to 10.10, it has now continued into the 11.04 base. I reinstalled Ubuntu 11.04 four times on one system and the issue occurred every time. As a tech that promotes Ubuntu, I find it embarrassing that a fix has not yet been

[Bug 592610] Re: Shared folders (through Samba) when following instructions sometimes does not work correctly

2011-05-02 Thread Paddy Landau
I think the Importance of this bug should be raised from Medium. It is vital to have a system in today's world connect seamlessly and effortlessly with other systems. I know it is outrageous that Microsoft does not use agreed standards, but it's the way it is, so we have to connect with Windows.

[Bug 592610] Re: Shared folders (through Samba) when following instructions sometimes does not work correctly

2010-10-05 Thread Blue_Bullet
This will significantly add to egg on face if it is allowed to carry over into Ubuntu 10.10. I have no idea what is happening with my file sharing attempts. It seems to change from one machine shut down to the next. If you look at the threads on this, the confusion is varied. No excuse for

[Bug 592610] Re: Shared folders (through Samba) when following instructions sometimes does not work correctly

2010-08-04 Thread Garthhh
Hi Tony, I made a slight change to the 1st step, install system-config-samba Warning, this method is not for unsecured networks I found this method here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1502265 Thanks to Wolfrage 1. Applications menu -Ubuntu Software Center - in the search box type

[Bug 592610] Re: Shared folders (through Samba) when following instructions sometimes does not work correctly

2010-08-04 Thread David M Pratt
nominated for Maverick by mistake. :/ sorry guys I failed to see Does this bug affect you? -- Shared folders (through Samba) when following instructions sometimes does not work correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/592610 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 592610] Re: Shared folders (through Samba) when following instructions sometimes does not work correctly

2010-08-03 Thread TonyR
I want to ask what kind of testing proceeds a release of Ubuntu as it appears that 10.04 is totally bug ridden with serious problems. Burning disks does not work and now it appears sharing folders is also bug ridden. SAMBA seems to be permanently broken. How can it be so hard to get this

[Bug 592610] Re: Shared folders (through Samba) when following instructions sometimes does not work correctly

2010-08-03 Thread TonyR
Hi I do not have /etc/smb.conf on this machine so have no option to use the suggested work-a-round.. I will check the other machine -- Shared folders (through Samba) when following instructions sometimes does not work correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/592610 You received this bug

[Bug 592610] Re: Shared folders (through Samba) when following instructions sometimes does not work correctly

2010-06-23 Thread Chuck Short
** Changed in: samba (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- Shared folders (through Samba) when following instructions sometimes does not work correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/592610 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is

[Bug 592610] Re: Shared folders (through Samba) when following instructions sometimes does not work correctly

2010-06-23 Thread Garthhh
one of the missing steps is the installation of the GUI for samba... shouldn't this show up as a dependency for the packages needed to share that get installed within the process of that 1st right click some popped up instructions? -- Shared folders (through Samba) when following instructions

[Bug 592610] Re: Shared folders (through Samba) when following instructions sometimes does not work correctly

2010-06-23 Thread WolfRage
I am posting just to mention that I have had problems with file sharing since I came to Ubuntu. I hope that this will be fixed whether we use Nautilus-Share or Samba; just so long as it works consistently and easily. As Garthhh pointed out I made a short how to on the method that worked for me

[Bug 592610] Re: Shared folders (through Samba) when following instructions sometimes does not work correctly

2010-06-21 Thread Dave M
I have had this problem since I started using SAMBA in v6.06, I am now using v10.04 and configuring SAMBA is still a problem. Getting the computers to discover each other, so they are listed in Places-Network is a pain. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it works after a long delay and sometimes they

[Bug 592610] Re: Shared folders (through Samba) when following instructions sometimes does not work correctly

2010-06-21 Thread Garthhh
my notebook had powered down when I restarted I had an icon for the documents on my pc [the share I set up above]? but of course the other 2 computers are still awol -- Shared folders (through Samba) when following instructions sometimes does not work correctly

[Bug 592610] Re: Shared folders (through Samba) when following instructions sometimes does not work correctly

2010-06-18 Thread Garthhh
I'll go through the whole thing from scratch, following instructions as I get them from the GUI see where it gets me I just walked into the other room sat down at an ol Pentium III pc that is hooked to my printer. I added Mint9 [last week] to this PC, because it's easier to use than 10.04

[Bug 592610] Re: Shared folders (through Samba) when following instructions sometimes does not work correctly

2010-06-15 Thread Garthhh
There are also some other related threads: Paddy Landau's thread http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1491092 with a work around Wolfrage's better solution: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1502265 A bug [please subscribe]: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/592610

[Bug 592610] Re: Shared folders (through Samba) when following instructions sometimes does not work correctly

2010-06-15 Thread Paddy Landau
How do I vote for this bug? At the top, under the heading, there is a question in green: This bug affects 2 people. Does this bug affect you? Click it and answer the question. -- Shared folders (through Samba) when following instructions sometimes does not work correctly

[Bug 592610] Re: Shared folders (through Samba) when following instructions sometimes does not work correctly

2010-06-15 Thread Mathias Gug
** Changed in: samba (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Medium -- Shared folders (through Samba) when following instructions sometimes does not work correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/592610 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is

[Bug 592610] Re: Shared folders (through Samba) when following instructions sometimes does not work correctly

2010-06-14 Thread Chuck Short
** Package changed: samba (Ubuntu) = nautilus (Ubuntu) -- Shared folders (through Samba) when following instructions sometimes does not work correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/592610 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to

[Bug 592610] Re: Shared folders (through Samba) when following instructions sometimes does not work correctly

2010-06-14 Thread Chow Loong Jin
Looks more like a name resolution and presence detection issue more than a configuration issue, so I'm reassigning to samba. ** Package changed: nautilus-share (Ubuntu) = samba (Ubuntu) -- Shared folders (through Samba) when following instructions sometimes does not work correctly

[Bug 592610] Re: Shared folders (through Samba) when following instructions sometimes does not work correctly

2010-06-11 Thread Garthhh
When I try to do a simple share of documents folder get an error: 'net usershare' returned error 255: net usershare add: cannot convert name Everyone to a SID. The connection was refused. Maybe smbd is not running. if I do a search of synaptic there is a samba4 which is described as an