This bug seems to be fixed since KDE 3.5.5., see http://websvn.kde.org/tags/KDE/3.5.5/kdelibs/kio/misc/fileshareset?revision=591452&view=markup
It's also fixed in Ubuntu (i have verified that I didn't apply the patch manually with md5sum -c /var/lib/dpkg/info/kdelibs4c2a.md5sums | grep fileshare) ** Changed in: kdelibs (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- KDE File Sharing doesn't work with 2-character long home directories https://launchpad.net/bugs/48954 -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs