I also have the same problem on Precise which has had clean install. The user is in the group sambashare.
I'm not able to workaround this: I've tried creating the share logging in as another user who has administrative privileges but I get a different error message (something to the effect that I don't own the folder to be shared. I'm able to do shares of folders owned by users with administrative privileges. This is a real pain. Surely, it should be regarded as having high priority: it's common for Windows users to want to access folders shared by Ubuntu users. -- 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
