"Share Folder" in right-click menu does not share ntfs drive folders
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
nautilus-share (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Wishlist
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Unassigned | ||
samba (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: samba
Problem:
When either right-clicking in nautilus or using the Shared Folders application in the Administration menu, I cannot share a folder on an ntfs-mounted drive. When I attempt to, an error message pops up saying something like "cannot access file/folder". The folder is not shared, and I am given no indication as to how to resolve the problem.
To reproduce:
- Have an ntfs formatted drive in your system
- Have ubuntu auto-mount it with default partitions (it should appear on your desktop)
- Attempt to share a folder in this drive
My workaround:
After much digging into a solution, two problems became apparent with Ubuntu sharing: 1. Drives formatted as ntfs (possibly others) and mounted by Ubuntu (with default permissions - UID = 007 in my case) cannot be accessed by samba, and 2. Folders shared this way require a terminal command to be entered (smbpasswd) in order to allow the share to be accessed. I think 2. is being addressed in another bug, but 1. is still a problem for me and other users.
I eventually worked out that the permissions were wrong for samba to be able to access the drive, and so changed the UID in my fstab to that of my user account. While this worked like a dream, I have a feeling that these drives would now be inaccessible if I created another user on my machine.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Dec 11 19:18:42 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: nautilus 1:2.20.0-0ubuntu7
PackageArchitec
ProcCmdline: nautilus --no-default-window --sm-client-id default2
ProcCwd: /home/charlie
ProcEnviron:
PATH=/
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nautilus
Uname: Linux phoenix 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 23:05:12 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux
Changed in samba: | |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
status: | New → Incomplete |
Changed in samba: | |
status: | Incomplete → Won't Fix |
I think this might be more of a problem with gnome-vfs. Please correct me if Im wrong.
Thanks
chuck