Normal user cannot share folders from home, even if authorised

[Didier Raboud]

I activated "simple sharing", which (as description says), should allow all users to share folders of their home without superuser's password (= without sudo).

It does not work : When I right-click on folders (in my ~), going in "Sharing" tab, I always have "Configure folder sharing".

So a normal user cannot share his folders without sudo password.

[Parker (parker-coates)]

The folder properties tab says "You need to be authorised to share folders. [Configure File Sharing...]" despite having Simple Sharing configured. This applies to both normal folders and folders that have been set up as shares by root.

[Thiago Alves (thiagoalves-sde)]

I had the same problem but with a different approach:

* I right click on my Public folder (which is located on my ~) and choose Share..
* I checked the "Share this folder" checkbox
* Add some comments
* Check the "Guest access" checkbox
* Click on "Create Share" button

Then Nautilus shows me the following message:
'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.

I checked and my user has the sambashare group and this is the output of an "ls -l" on /var/lib/samba:
drwxrwx--t 2 root sambashare 4096 2008-04-12 18:51 usershares/

I hope this helps.

-Thiago

[bro (matthijsbro)]

I have exactly the same as Tonwk with Hardy RC in Ubuntu.

[Thiago Alves (thiagoalves-sde)]

I just update my Ubuntu and this bug seems to be fixed. Please anyone else to confirm?

[bro (matthijsbro)]

Same here. To my shame I must say, I'm not even sure I updated. Maybe I just rebooted. Though the need for reboots seems to be something for that other os. ;) everything works now.

[Sarah Kowalik (hobbsee-deactivatedaccount)]

  status fixreleased

[Greg (gurgory)]

This error has returned in the latest release of Ubuntu - Hardy Heron.
I am trying to share folders on my ubuntu box and I get the exact same error as Townk
I am logging into the box remotely using Ubuntu's built-in remote desktop server from a windows box, this might be the reason the error is poping up

[Tobias Bradtke (webwurst)]

I got the same error on Hardy Heron with all updates.
The problem is that the user is added to the sambashare-group, but this takes first effect after log off/on..

So this should be tested and stated instead of the actual error message.