*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 24184 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/24184
"When it turns out to be difficult to implement a graphical password
setup under "System > Administration > Shared folders", the least that
can be done is adding a short help text to the "System > Administration
> Shared folders" window that tells you to execute the"
If they have to go that kind of router, could they not even make just a
link to launch the smbpasswd command for each user, instead of just
documenting it and expecting the user to follow (there will be problems
with newbies then, trust me)? Like how the underlined blue link in
System->Preferences->Remote Desktop "vncviewer:0" opens up Evolution.
It's just that this has been plaguing Ubuntu since warty (though not
other distros, eg., Suse has YaST, Red Hat/Fedora have system-config-
samba) and it would be nice to get a non-bandaid UPSTREAM GNOME or other
deskop environment-neutral solution..
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When setting up a simple file share you are unable to access the share from a
Windows machine, while the samba server has no password set.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/103708
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