On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 04:21:02PM -0000, Launchpad Bug Tracker wrote: > You have been subscribed to a public bug: > > I'm just guessing package name since I can't simply read my way to that > information in the GUI... > > I'm trying to share my games folder on the network by right clicking and > selecting the Share on local network option. > > I tick Share this folder, and confirm. I expected the folder to be > shared, but instead I get the message: > > "net usershare" returned error 255: net usershare add: share name games > is already a valid system user name
Well it sounds like you can't have a share with the same name as a username, and there's a `games` user in Ubuntu by default. Pick another share name perhaps? -- Kind regards, Loong Jin -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1915674 Title: Sharing folder in Files: "net usershare" returned error 255 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus-share/+bug/1915674/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
