setting up public share with the public share under Preferences/Public Share

[NoOp]

On 09/21/2010 08:53 PM, Lucio M Nicolosi wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 11:26 PM, Patton Echols <p.echols at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 09/21/2010 03:22 PM, Scott Berry wrote:
>> > What packages do I need to install for the public share to work on a
>> > network?  Also can I put a link for an external drive in that folder?
>> >
>> >
>>
>> You should not need to install packages (at least not explicitly).
> 
> [snip]
> 
> It doesn't seem so,
> 
> Please check bug:
> 
> "Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install
> needed packages"
> 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-user-share/+bug/536766
> 
> It looks like the following suggested libraries are in fact essential:
> 
> apache2.2-bin
> libapache2-mod-dnssd
> 
> (Dismissal: since I use Samba and SSH, never tried this resource.)

Nope:

$ apt-cache policy apache2.2-bin
apache2.2-bin:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 2.2.14-5ubuntu8.2
  Version table:
     2.2.14-5ubuntu8.2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-proposed/main
Packages
     2.2.14-5ubuntu8 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages

$ apt-cache policy libapache2-mod-dnssd
libapache2-mod-dnssd:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 0.6-2
  Version table:
     0.6-2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe Packages

$ apt-cache policy samba
samba:
  Installed: 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.2
  Candidate: 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.2
  Version table:
 *** 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages