[Bug 214556] Re: [Hardy] Can't share files

[komputes]

I have attached the error message I'm getting when attempting to browse
my smb shares. Here are ALL the steps I had to preform to get my samba
share working (and I hope that nobody has to do this in Intrepid Ibex) -
Note to developers: Please make this simpler for Grandma Ubuntu
McEveryone. This is extremely complicated and should be simplified by
the use of shares-admin.

1) Install packages on the server machine.

sudo apt-get install samba samba-common


2) Edit /etc/samba/smb.conf 
scroll down to the section called
#======================= Share Definitions =======================

browseable = yes
read only = no


3)Create libuser configuration file
touch /etc/libuser.conf

4)Add user to samba group
adduser <username> sambashare

5)Add user password to samba user
smbpasswd -a <username>

6) Right click folder > Sharing Options (turned everything on)

7)Restart Samba
/etc/init.d/samba reload

8) On the client computer I had to go into a nautilus window's address bar and type in the folowing address to list the shares.
smb://<username>@<servername>

** Attachment added: "Screenshot-nautilus.png"
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/15568427/Screenshot-nautilus.png

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[Hardy] Can't share files
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/214556
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