I seem to be having this issue. Fresh install of 12.04 entbox@boc1:/etc/samba$ uname -a Linux boc1 3.2.0-29-generic-pae #46-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 27 17:25:43 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
entbox@boc1:/etc/samba$ testparm -s /etc/samba/smb.conf Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf rlimit_max: increasing rlimit_max (1024) to minimum Windows limit (16384) WARNING: The "null passwords" option is deprecated WARNING: The "password level" option is deprecated Unknown parameter encountered: "update encrypted" Ignoring unknown parameter "update encrypted" WARNING: The "idmap uid" option is deprecated WARNING: The "idmap gid" option is deprecated Processing section "[homes]" Processing section "[netlogon]" Processing section "[profiles]" Processing section "[printers]" Processing section "[pdf-documents]" Processing section "[pdf-printer]" Processing section "[video]" Loaded services file OK. WARNING: You have some share names that are longer than 12 characters. These may not be accessible to some older clients. (Eg. Windows9x, WindowsMe, and smbclient prior to Samba 3.0.) Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE [global] workgroup = NEKKEDNETWORK netbios name = ENTBOX server string = interfaces = 127.0.0.1/8, 192.168.0.0/24 bind interfaces only = Yes client schannel = No server schannel = No allow trusted domains = No null passwords = Yes obey pam restrictions = Yes guest account = hg passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd '%u' passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *ReType*new*password* %n\n *passwd*changed*\n passwd chat timeout = 120 username map = /etc/samba/smbusers password level = 6 username level = 6 unix password sync = Yes log file = /var/log/samba/samba.log max log size = 1000 name resolve order = wins lmhosts bcast client signing = No client use spnego = No socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 printcap name = cups machine password timeout = 120 add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -c 'Samba User Account' -s /dev/null '%u' delete user script = /usr/sbin/userdel '%u' add group script = /usr/sbin/groupadd '%g' delete group script = /usr/sbin/groupdel '%g' add user to group script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -c 'Samba User Account' -s /dev/null -g '%g' '%u' delete user from group script = /usr/sbin/userdel '%u' '%g' add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g sambamachines -c 'Samba Machine Account' -s /dev/null -M '%u' logon script = %G.bat logon path = \\%L\profiles\%u logon drive = q: logon home = \\%L\homes\%u os level = 33 local master = No domain master = No dns proxy = No remote announce = 192.168.1.255 remote browse sync = 192.168.1.255 usershare owner only = No template shell = /dev/null winbind separator = @ winbind cache time = 360 winbind use default domain = Yes winbind trusted domains only = Yes winbind nested groups = No winbind nss info = no idmap config * : range = 16777216-33554431 idmap config * : backend = tdb hosts allow = 127., 192.168.0/24, 192.168.1/24 cups options = raw follow symlinks = No [homes] comment = Home Directories path = /home valid users = %U read only = No locking = No strict locking = No [netlogon] comment = Network Logon Service path = /var/lib/samba/netlogon read only = No locking = No strict locking = No [profiles] comment = User Profiles path = /var/lib/samba/profiles read only = No create mask = 0600 directory mask = 0700 locking = No strict locking = No [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba printable = Yes print ok = Yes browseable = No locking = No strict locking = No [pdf-documents] comment = Converted PDF Documents path = /var/lib/samba/pdf-documents admin users = %U read only = No guest ok = Yes locking = No strict locking = No [pdf-printer] comment = PDF Printer Service path = /tmp guest ok = Yes printable = Yes print ok = Yes printing = bsd print command = /usr/bin/gadmin-samba-pdf %s %u lpq command = use client driver = Yes [video] comment = vid share path = /usr/share/xvideo valid users = entbox, hfic1 admin users = hfic1 write list = entbox, hfic1 read only = No locking = No strict locking = No entbox@boc1:/etc/samba$ Folder I'm trying to share : drwx------ 1 entbox entbox 20480 Aug 6 15:17 storage.black Error : net usershare' returned error 255: Ignoring unknown parameter "update encrypted" net usershare add: cannot convert name "Everyone" to a SID. Pipe broken. -- 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/513427 Title: 'net usershare' returned error 255: net usershare add: cannot convert name "Everyone" to a SID. Invalid parameter. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/513427/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs