Ubuntu
samba package

File Sharing dosen't prompt you to install samba which it requires

Bug #52585 reported by Kyromaster
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Bug Description

Sharing settings -> File Sharing

Everything is greyed out unless you have samba server installed

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Kenny Duffus (kduffus) wrote :

do you have the samba server installed?

Changed in kubuntu-meta:
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
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Kyromaster (kyromaster) wrote :

Probably not, if it wasn´t installed by default.
But there should be an error message saying that the samba server needs to be installed, or even better it should be installed by default since many users need to connect to windows networks.

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Kenny Duffus (kduffus) wrote :

ubuntu policy is not to have any servers installed by default

Kenny Duffus (kduffus)
Changed in kde-guidance:
status: Needs Info → Confirmed
Kenny Duffus (kduffus)
description: updated
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Kyromaster (kyromaster) wrote :

But IMHO many users need this. There´s also no samba server in the repositories (at least I haven´t found any). It´s not good if you can´t share files with windows computers without installing additional packages.

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Lionel Porcheron (lionel.porcheron) wrote :

samba *is* available from Ubuntu repository ! (check http://packages.ubuntu.com).

As it has been said, Ubuntu policy is to not open any services on network by default. Opening a service to outside requires some competences and to know what you are doing.

It works very well in nautilus (you can install samba while activating file sharing), it is more a whishlist than a bug.

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Philip Paquette (pcpaquette) wrote :

Fixed.
On feisty, a message appears to let the user know that either samba/NFS need to be installed.

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