Comment 5 for bug 357315

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Chow Loong Jin (hyperair) wrote : Re: [Bug 357315] [NEW] "There was an error while getting the sharing information"

On Tuesday 20,April,2010 05:31 PM, Launchpad Bug Tracker wrote:
> You have been subscribed to a public bug:
>
> Sometimes I get this message. "There was an error while getting the
> sharing information" bla bla bla something about samba.....
>
> I cannot reproduce it because it sometimes occurs. Especially when I
> right click on a folder and see its properties.
>
> My version is Ubuntu 8.10 with all updates.
>
> I am new to Linux.
>
> Samba is not installed, not running.
>
> I am concerned somehow may be it can be a intrusion attempt or something
> like that?

I believe this problem occurs because Samba is not running. Rest assured, it is
definitely not an intrusion attempt.

Could you upload a screenshot of this problem the next time it happens, please?
Where does this message show up? In a window of its own? Or in the properties
dialog?

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