Ubuntu
samba package

when creating share through nautilus, i cant access it until i run smbpasswd

Bug #460256 reported by Jackflap
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
nautilus-share (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
samba (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: samba

I'm running the Karmic RC.

I right-click on a folder in nautilus and share it.
I then reboot the computer.
I try to access the share from another computer, but when I put in my username/pw, it doesn't authenticate.

Only after I run 'sudo smbpasswd [user]' can I authenticate to the share and access it.

The smbpasswd user should be added by default.

Revision history for this message
Chow Loong Jin (hyperair) wrote : Re: [Bug 460256] Re: when creating share through nautilus, i cant access it until i run smbpasswd

On Sunday 25,October,2009 04:24 PM, Jackflap wrote:
> ** Also affects: nautilus-share (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>
 Nautilus Share does add this by default, by making you install libpam-smbpass if
it detects that you do not have Samba already, and requesting that you restart
your session. libpam-smbpass will then generate your samba user account with the
same username and password. If samba is already installed, it is assumed that
you have the technical knowhow to configure your system appropriately.

I'm marking this as invalid for nautilus-share, but if anyone has a better
solution, please reopen this bug by marking it as "New."
  affects ubuntu/nautilus-share
  status invalid

I'm also marking the samba task as invalid, because there's nothing wrong with
samba's operations with respect to this issue.
  affects ubuntu/samba
  status invalid

--
Kind regards,
Chow Loong Jin (GPG: 0x8F02A411)
Ubuntu Contributing Developer

Changed in nautilus-share (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in samba (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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Jackflap (deriziotis) wrote :

It's true, I had installed smbfs prior to creating the share in nautilus. So that explains why it didn't generate my user.

Perhaps assuming that non-technical people won't have installed samba for any reason before adding a share via nautilus is a good assumption. Thanks for the response.

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