On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 3:36 PM, julius von kohout < [email protected]> 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 change to > that directory. Its the last digit of dir permissions that is used. You can > see that if you run samba with debug level. > OK, I will try that sometime this weekend and report back. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/592610 > > Title: > Shared folders (through Samba) when following instructions sometimes > does not work correctly > > Status in “samba” package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: samba > > SUMMARY: > > Following instructions to create a shared folder through Nautilus > (right-click > Sharing Options > Share this folder, and following the > subsequent prompts) does not always work. > > For some people, it works immediately. For other people, a solution > has been found, which requires extra steps. > > I found this a problem across a small network of five computers: > - one 64-bit Ubuntu (Lucid 10.04) > - two 32-bit Ubuntu (Lucid 10.04) > - one 32-bit Xubuntu (Lucid 10.04) > - one Windows Vista. > Every Ubuntu computer had the identical problem. > > Other people have reported having this problem. Examples: > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1491092 > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1502265 > > SYMPTOMS: > > When it works, everything works properly and quickly. But when it does > not work... > > The shares appear to be created correctly. Using terminal commands, it > is found that the machines do in fact connect. However, in Nautilus, > the network takes approximately a minute to respond and then fails to > find the shares. > > DISCOVERED SOLUTION: > > 1. Add the following two lines under the [global] section in file > /etc/smb.conf in every Ubuntu and Xubuntu machine: > os level = 33 > name resolve order = bcast host lmhosts wins > > 2. Reboot. > > 3. Some people find that they have to experiment with the order of > items in "name resolve order". > > EXTRA INFORMATION: > > Package versions according to Synaptic (from the default repositories): > - samba 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3 > - nautilus-share 0.7.2-12build1 > - system-config-samba 1.2.63-0ubuntu4 > > REQUIRED ACTION: > > Shared folders should work through the GUI without workarounds and > fiddling, just as Windows and Mac do. It should not be necessary to > get onto the forum, search, and mess with /etc/smb.conf. (It took over > a week for me to discover the answer.) > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 > Package: samba 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.36-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 > Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64 > Architecture: amd64 > CheckboxSubmission: 5bf569339afeaacf6d8dcc180d0a06f0 > CheckboxSystem: b1865df84255b8716d3bcc269ff410d1 > Date: Fri Jun 11 11:33:18 2010 > EcryptfsInUse: Yes > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 > (20100429) > ProcEnviron: > PATH=(custom, user) > LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > RelatedPackageVersions: > nautilus 1:2.30.1-0ubuntu1 > gvfs 1.6.1-0ubuntu1build1 > SambaClientRegression: Yes > SourcePackage: samba > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/592610/+subscriptions > -- <a href="http://www.fsf.org/fb";><img src=" http://static.fsf.org/nosvn/no-facebook-me.png"; alt="Not f'd — you won't find me on Facebook" /></a> -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/592610 Title: Shared folders (through Samba) when following instructions sometimes does not work correctly To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/592610/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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