'net usershare' returned error 255

[NoOp]

On 07/21/2010 07:11 AM, listofx wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I want to share a directory to friends. I do remember that it has once
> worked before in nautilus just by right-clicking on a directory.
> 
> but now, it prompts:
> 
>>         'net usershare' returned error 255: net usershare: cannot open
>>         usershare directory /var/lib/samba/usershares. Error
>>         Permission denied
>>         You do not have permission to create a usershare. Ask your
>>         administrator to grant you permissions to create a share.
>>         
> 
> ls -ld /var/lib/samba/usershares told me
>>         drwxrwx--T 2 root haldaemon 4096 2010-07-21 21:12 usershares/

$ ls -ld /var/lib/samba/usershares
drwxrwx--T 2 root sambashare 4096 2010-07-12 20:50 /var/lib/samba/usershares

$ ls -la /var/lib/samba/
total 280
drwxr-xr-x   5 root root        4096 2010-03-03 12:55 .
drwxr-xr-x 106 root root        4096 2010-07-08 17:48 ..
-rw-------   1 root root       16384 2009-10-03 20:33 account_policy.tdb
-rw-------   1 root root       77824 2009-10-03 20:33 group_mapping.ldb
-rw-------   1 root root        8192 2009-10-03 20:33 ntdrivers.tdb
-rw-------   1 root root         696 2009-10-03 20:33 ntforms.tdb
-rw-------   1 root root       20480 2010-07-21 09:27 ntprinters.tdb
-rw-------   1 root root       36864 2010-07-18 10:19 passdb.tdb
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root        4096 2009-10-03 20:33 perfmon
drwxr-xr-x  10 root root        4096 2009-10-03 20:33 printers
-rw-------   1 root root       36864 2009-11-18 19:20 registry.tdb
-rw-------   1 root root       24576 2009-10-03 20:33 secrets.tdb
-rw-------   1 root root       36864 2010-07-18 21:10 share_info.tdb
drwxrwx--T   2 root sambashare  4096 2010-07-12 20:50 usershares
-rw-r--r--   1 root root         696 2010-03-03 12:55 winbindd_idmap.tdb

sambashare:x:132:<user1>,root,<user2>

> 
> I consider the group haldaemon is highly suspicious since it is located
> after user 'upload' (see below) I created for uploading. see vipw below.
> Who created this user?
> 
>>         xiang:x:1000:1000:Xiang Liu,,,,:/home/xiang:/bin/bash
>>         privoxy:x:114:65534::/etc/privoxy:/bin/false
>>         ftp:x:1001:65534::/home/ftp:/bin/false
>>         upload:x:1002:65534::/home/upload:/bin/false
>>         haldaemon:x:115:121:Hardware abstraction layer,,,:/var/run/hald:/bin/false


haldaemon:x:107:114:Hardware abstraction layer,,,:/home/haldaemon:/bin/false

> 
> There is also a group called haldaemon in my system. (the last line in /etc/group)
>>         haldaemon:x:121:

Normal. haldaemon is used for:
$ id haldaemon
uid=107(haldaemon) gid=114(haldaemon)
groups=114(haldaemon),24(cdrom),25(floppy),46(plugdev),104(scanner),115(powerdev)


But I've no idea why your usershares are assigned to that group.

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