Dolphin: "Timeout on server workgroup" can't see samba folders without windbind and it needs to modify /etc/nsswitch.conf to work properly

[nowardev]

dolphin can't see the samba folders properly on kubuntu

this problem is VERY old i can remember this since there was kde 4.0

THE PROBLEM
i have written here http://nowardev.wordpress.com/2012/04/06/how-to-share-files-with-samba-under-kde-kubuntu-timeout-error-and-ect/

aand as you can see here dolphin can't load samba folders or the workgroup , with a general error "Timeout on server workgroup"

http://nowardev.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/snapshot21.jpg

you can try to share folders with kubuntu but you can't see them without these packages

sudo apt-get install samba kdenetwork-filesharing libpam-winbind winbind

after that you still can't see samba folders you need to edit

kdesudo kate /etc/nsswitch.conf

and put wins before dns as you can see here

    hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] wins dns mdns4

and

sudo adduser $USER sambashare ; sudo smbd restart

PLEASE FIX THIS.

[Rodrigo Belem (rbelem)]

I did not manage to reproduce this bug. It works with in my machine using the defaults. Could you paste the output of `net usershare info` and permission of the the shared folder and its parents?

[nowardev (nowardev)]

echo `net usershare info` ; ll ~/Video
[Video] path=/home/nowardev2/Video comment= usershare_acl=Everyone:R, guest_ok=y
totale 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 nowardev2 nowardev2 4096 apr 3 16:03 ./
drwxr-xr-x 30 nowardev2 nowardev2 4096 apr 6 19:47 ../

btw video folder has nothing into but the funny thing is ....

sudo apt-get remove winbind => try samba => doesn't work

and here there is the video look at the problem

before i can 't access after i can access without the trick smb:/192.168 etc et

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5sW2Xr7f5Q&feature=youtu.be

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.