shares-admin sometimes doesnt synch with smb.conf

Bug #192579 reported by Assid
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gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu)
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Low
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-system-tools

Sometimes shares-admin doesnt synchronise with smb.conf
When it does, you notice as if its reloading or something (shows some process being done).

I tried this.

First unlock. add a new smb share. This should work if its the first time you started shares-admin
Now close it. Wait 10 seconds. And then go back . Unlock. Try and delete/add new one. It doesnt synchronize anymore.

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

Thanks for your report, can you tell us a few steps in order to reproduce that behavior? Can you reproduce the same with Hardy Heron? thanks.

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assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Incomplete
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Assid (assid) wrote :

Yes this is on hardy. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesnt. very erratic

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Assid (assid) wrote :
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Assid (assid) wrote :

My first post includes a way to reproduce.
The first time you do it. it works. Next time if you go back to shares-admin, henceforth it will just ignore all changes.

The first time being- first time since you logged into the system and started shares-admin and first quit after that.

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freakalad (freakalad) wrote :

Still seeing this issue in Jaunty-64, including mint

When creating a samba share via shared-admin or webmin (quick & easy), share details show up in /etc/samba/smb.conf

When creating the share(s) via nautilus, right-click, sharing options (File Manager: Folder Sharing), the shares don't feature in smb.conf of share-admin utility. Not sure at all where the latter settings are stored or how it's accessed (no leads from smb.conf).

On mint system, shares created in one utility do not show up in any of the others (may have to confirm this again on other systems @ work)

Seems to point to a inconsistency in samba configuration & sharing

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Bruno Cassol (brunocassol) wrote :

I can confirm this Bug.

I shared like 5 directories using nautilus and now, when I right-click those directories in nautilus they don't show as shared but I know they are still being shared because other machines in my network can write/read to those folders.

Shared folders are also not shown share-admin AND definitely not present in smb.conf.

I really don't have a clue where Ubuntu saves my shares information. =)

Still, this is the first odd thing that happened with Ubuntu after months of pleasure, keep the good work!

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

Thanks for the report, it has been some time without any response or feedback in this bug report and we are wondering if this is still an issue for you with the latest release of Ubuntu the Natty Narwhal, May you please test with that version and comment back if you're still having or not the issue? Please have a look at http://www.ubuntu.com/download to know how to install that version.Thanks in advance.

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!

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