sharing folders with Nautilus

[NoOp]

On 11/07/2010 11:44 PM, Tom H wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 7:34 PM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> On 11/07/2010 12:02 PM, Scott Berry wrote:
>>>>
>>>> $ cat /etc/hosts
>>>
>>> 192.168.1.100 Princess        # Added by NetworkManager
>>> 127.0.0.1     localhost.localdomain    localhost
>>> ::1   Princess        localhost6.localdomain6 localhost6 scott.CANINE
>>>
>>>> $ hostname
>>>
>>> Princess
>>>
>>>> $ users
>>>
>>> scott scott
>>>
>>>> $ cat /etc/samba/smb.conf
>>>> [note: *only* provide the lines containing:
>>>> # Change this to the workgroup/NT-domain name your Samba server will part of
>>> workgroup = CANINE ( just changed)
>>>
>>>> Now: please provide the Windows workgroup name that you use on your
>>>> Windows systems (right click 'My Computer' & click on
>>>> Properties|Computer Name - you'll see is listed as 'Workgroup:
>>>> <workgroupname>).
>>>
>>> CANINE
>>
>> Then
>> 127.0.0.1 localhost scott.Canine
>> would be the correct entry.
> 
> "scott.Canine"?! "<user>.<workgroup>"?!
> 
> Don't you mean "Princess.Canine"?

Sorry, you are correct, should be
127.0.0.1    localhost  localhost.localdomain  servername
which would be:
127.0.0.1 localhost Princess.Canine

> 
> As a follow-up to a thread of the last few days and for the sake of
> Googlers, the canonical Debian/Ubuntu ipv4 "/etc/hosts" setup would be
> (even though I don't use it):
> 
> 192.168.1.100 Princess   # Added by NetworkManager
> 127.0.0.1   localhost.localdomain   localhost

The above caused issues back in Feisty etc. The solution, at the time
was to ensure that localhost was first. See:
<http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/10/msg00387.html>
So I've always reversed them. Perhaps it's been fixed by now, but...

> 127.0.1.1   Princess.Canine   Princess

Heads up:
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/netcfg/+bug/234543>
[Note comment 12 & 13 - looks as if they've modified network manager]
but of course that creates new problems:
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/659872>
[Aliases in /etc/hosts overwritten]
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=632157
  https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=514580
Here we go again...