Ubuntu
samba package

  1. Bug #1915674
  2. Comment #2

Comment 2 for bug 1915674

Revision history for this message
Chow Loong Jin (hyperair) wrote : Re: [Bug 1915674] [NEW] Sharing folder in Files: "net usershare" returned error 255

On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 04:21:02PM -0000, Launchpad Bug Tracker wrote:
> You have been subscribed to a public bug:
>
> I'm just guessing package name since I can't simply read my way to that
> information in the GUI...
>
> I'm trying to share my games folder on the network by right clicking and
> selecting the Share on local network option.
>
> I tick Share this folder, and confirm. I expected the folder to be
> shared, but instead I get the message:
>
> "net usershare" returned error 255: net usershare add: share name games
> is already a valid system user name

Well it sounds like you can't have a share with the same name as a
username, and there's a `games` user in Ubuntu by default. Pick another
share name perhaps?

--
Kind regards,
Loong Jin