You have been subscribed to a public bug: Trying to share a folder on desktop called "shared", the required software is installed and all seems well.
Options selected are : Share this folder: ticked Share name: shared Comment: Random Shares Allow others to create and delete files in this folder: not ticked Guest access: ticked When trying to access share from windows the share is viewable using the \\ipadddress, however when clicking on it windows displays a message: Share is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of the server to find out if you have access permissions. No network provider accepted the given network path My /var/og/samba/ log file contains the following: process_usershare_file: stat of /var/lib/samba/usershares/shared failed. Permission denied [2010/04/14 13:35:11, 0] smbd/service.c:988(make_connection_snum) canonicalize_connect_path failed for service shared, path /home/username/Desktop/Shared ** Affects: samba (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Incomplete -- folder sharing in gnome not working in Lucid https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/562960 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to samba in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs