I have attached the error message I'm getting when attempting to browse
my smb shares. Here are ALL the steps I had to preform to get my samba
share working (and I hope that nobody has to do this in Intrepid Ibex) -
Note to developers: Please make this simpler for Grandma Ubuntu
McEveryone. This is
I have been using ubuntu for years now. I have had an interesting experience
with Hardy and file sharing. My home network if fairly complicated - I have a
seanix pentium 4 1.5gb ram dual harddrive which dual boots xp / ubuntu. My new
desktop = dell amd dual core 2gb ram dual boot vista/ubuntu. I
On a brand new installation on Hardy (including samba-common) users are
getting error:
Samba's testparm returned error 1: Load smb config files from
/etc/samba/smb.conf
Processing section "[printers]"
Processing section "[print$]"
Loaded services file OK.
ERROR: lock directory /var/run/samba does
Here's a use case for the developers.
Autie May has just installed Ubuntu for the first time and would like to
share a file with Little Sue who brought her super snazzy new wifi
laptop. She goes to create a share when she gets this (see attachment).
She cannot share her files and gives up.
** Att
Hi,
nottRobin is on the right track - Hardy (very unkindly) does not prompt
you to fiddle with the 'shares-admin' which has no gui interface. You
just have to 'know' that such a thing exists and needs modifying - kinda
like the hidden switch that operates the secret passage in an old
B-movie. (It
>From http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4884372#post4884372:
The "Sharing options" still don't work, but I did manage to share
folders properly through shares-admin (Alt+F2 -> 'shares-admin' -> run).
I ended up adding 'shares-admin' to the System->Administration menu.
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[Hardy] Ca
I found this post: http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/ubuntu-help/118877
-samba-hardy.html - and when I did what they did and replaced my
smb.conf with a skeleton one it did work properly, which suggests that
there is an error in the way that Ubuntu handles the Samba conf file.
Just to clarigy, I ha
I have the same problem. Nothing complex, I simply create a new folder,
share it (right click -> sharing options) with all the boxes ticked, but
the share isn't there. Permissions are correct, I'm in the sambashare
group etc. Using up to date Hardy Heron 8.04 LTS.
Robin.
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[Hardy] Can't share f
Could you try to connect to the share using smbclient from the command
line ?
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Status: New => Incomplete
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[Hardy] Can't share files
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/214556
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** Changed in: samba (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete => New
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[Hardy] Can't share files
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/214556
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Partrice, I have followed your instructions and still get the same
error: "The folder contents could not be displayed. "Share" couldn't be
found. Perhaps it has recently been deleted."
>From the host itself (on 8.04) trying to look at its own share, the
error is different: "Unable to mount locatio
DO :
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get install samba libpam-smbpass
verify that your are in the group named sambashare. In terminal type
"groups" if not go to user.group management and yourself to this group
(samba share)
after that, logout and login
Create a dire named
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and help to improve
Ubuntu.
What do you mean when you say the folder contents "could not be
displayed"? Were you given an error message? Did the share open in
nautilus but give you an empty file list?
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