On 03/01/2013 18:44, John Rose wrote: > BTW, before I used the above command, the user was showing in the Samba > Users window of the Samba Server Configuration app. I assumed that this > window specified the users who could define shares. Am I wrong? >
No, that's not it. That configuration application only deals with configuring the smb.conf. What is needed is for you to add yourself to the "sambashare" group. The users-admin tool in the past could deal with adding users to groups but things have changed and the current one seems rather deficient, which is why you need to drop to a terminal to do this. That said, I think a fresh install should get it right, unless I'm mistaken. -- Kind regards, Loong Jin -- 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/995406 Title: User not added to group sambashare: "You do not have permission to create a usershare." Status in “nautilus-share” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I tried to share a folder and was prompted to install samba, which I accepted. I did not install pam-smbpass as I don't need it. I was prompted to log out and in again, which I did. Now I get this when creating a share: --- 'net usershare' returned error 255: net usershare: cannot open usershare directory /var/lib/samba/usershares. Error Permission denied You do not have permission to create a usershare. Ask your administrator to grant you permissions to create a share. --- It looks like the user was not added to the group sambashare at all (which script is supposed to do this? Where is the log file?). Manually running # sudo usermod -a -G sambashare jakob fixes the issue. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: nautilus-share 0.7.3-1ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun May 6 11:37:08 2012 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120328) SourcePackage: nautilus-share UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus-share/+bug/995406/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
