On 3 March 2011 13:46, John MM <scoundrel...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 03/03/11 13:54, Simon Greenwood wrote: > >> The lock means that they are owned by root or another user, but most >> likely root. I think I need to do this with a machine running Ubuntu in >> front of me, so I'll get back to you tonight. >> >> s/ >> > > > Ok, thank you. >
OK, I'm home now... Try this: open a terminal by clicking on Applications | Accessories | Terminal Check that you are a member of the sambashare group by typing 'id <your user name>'. You'll get output like this: uid=1000(simong) gid=1000(simong) groups=1000(simong),4(adm),20(dialout),24(cdrom),29(audio),46(plugdev),104(fuse),110(netdev),111(lpadmin),119(admin),122(sambashare),123(vboxusers) If sambashare is in the list, do the following: Type 'sudo chgrp sambashare /var/lib/samba/usershares' Enter your password when prompted. This will let members of the sambashare group (you) write to the usershares folder, which would appear to resolve the problem that I googled. You might have to log out and log in again. HTH s/
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