OK, maybe setting that option is not the right thing to do, but I still
have a strong feeling that something must be changed. New users who want
to share files between their Ubuntu and Windows PC and create a guest-
enabled share will be outraged when they find out that they cannot read
their files. It would be best to completely remove the allow guests
option from the GUI IMHO.
** Summary changed:
- Please set option inherit owner by default on guest-enabled SMB shares
+ Please remove the "accept guests" option from the GUI since it creates
confusion for new users
** Description changed:
Binary package hint: samba
Steps to reproduce:
1) Right clicking on a folder in Nautilus and choose "sharing options"
2) Set up an SMB share with write permissions and check the "accept guests"
option
3) Using a Windows PC, create a new file (or copy a file) into the new share
(no password prompt appears)
4) See how the Ubuntu user cannot access the file without becoming root from
command line
-
- I suggest setting the default owner of the new files in the share to the user
who created the share. I know that an option
- for that in smb.conf exists.
** Changed in: samba (Ubuntu)
Status: Won't Fix => New
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Please remove the "accept guests" option from the GUI since it creates
confusion for new users
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/490380
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