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samba package

  1. Bug #214714
  2. Comment #6

Comment 6 for bug 214714

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Richard Theil (richard-theil) wrote : Same problem with updated-from-beta install

I see the same message "'net usershare' returned error 255" on a from-scratch beta-cd installation that has been updated to current as of this writing (Sa 12. Apr 0:00 CEST). No special changes have been made to the stock system in the context of file sharing, the only thing attempted was to enable public sharing of a folder from Nautilus. Nautilus asked to install the services, and did so. Then upon trying to activate the share, the error showed.

I added the "usershare owner only = False" line and issued "/etc/init.d/samba restart". Within Nautilus (but without further reboot) the problem persists. /var/log/samba/log.smbd only confirms the restart done.