Yo!! sudo gedit /etc/samba/smb.conf put some lines in the end [MYFOLDER] path = /home/tony/shares guest ok = yes browseable = yes read only = no writeable = yes create mask = 0756 force create mode = 0756 #/////// explanation MYFOLDER is the name that will apear when you browse in windows... path : is the whole path to the folder guest ok: allows everyone to access browseable: shows the folder when you opens the parent one mask is the permissions that the files puted by a windows machine will put in the write mode... after all sudo /etc/init.d/samba restart if occours some errors, sudo apt-get install samba cheers Marlon Valério ┌──────────────┐ T0ddy Stone Brains └──────────────┘ <div class="gmail_quote">2010/7/21 NoOp <<a href="mailto:glgxg@sbcglobal.net">glgxg@sbcglobal.net</a>> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="im">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/ </div>$ 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> <div class="im"> > > 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 </div>haldaemon:x:107:114:Hardware abstraction layer,,,:/home/haldaemon:/bin/false <div class="im"> > > There is also a group called haldaemon in my system. (the last line in /etc/group) >> haldaemon:x:121: </div>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. ... <div><div></div><div class="h5"> -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </div></div></blockquote></div>