This is the easiest way to set up a shared resource. It doesn't require Internet or additional software and it's the way former Windows users are used to do it. Anyway, as it's one of those things that, when they are your last resort, you want it to work out of the box. <div class="gmail_quote">Em 29/12/2013 08:13, "Ritesh Khadgaray" <<a href="mailto:ritesh.khadgaray@canonical.com">ritesh.khadgaray@canonical.com</a>> escreveu: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> Hi On 27 Dec 2013 06:30, "<a href="mailto:pabloalmeidaff9@gmail.com" target="_blank">pabloalmeidaff9@gmail.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:pabloalmeidaff9@gmail.com" target="_blank">pabloalmeidaff9@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > As suggested by a triager of a bug I reported on this issue, I'm bringing this idea for discussion on this list. If this is the wrong place, feel free to point me to the right one. > > When one tries to share a folder in the network via Nautilus for the > first time, a dialog asks for installation of two packages and then a > session restart is required. This used to make sense when we had only > the space in a CD, but now that Ubuntu doesn't fit in a CD anymore, it > makes sense to include these packages by default, so that no extra steps > or reboots are required to complete this task. Besides, this would > resolve a bug in Ubuntu 13.10 which prevents the installation of libpam- > smbpass via the GUI offered by Nautilus. > > -- > Pablo Almeida > <a href="http://www.google.com/profiles/pabloalmeidaff9" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/profiles/pabloalmeidaff9</a> > How often is this used, instead of http based share ? - ritz </blockquote></div>