samba configuration GUI in gnome doesn't check for invalid characters in share name

[pelle.k]

This applies to gusty gibbon (fully updated) as of 2007-10-09.
I tried to share a dir, and without thinking named it "[share]", which froze the configuration GUI, and put a number of (empty) [[share]] stanzas in samba.conf.
So, maybe it would be a good idea for the GUI to check for invalid characters before applying the setting?

[pelle.k (pele2)]

Just to clarify, this is what happens when i use "[]" in share name;

a snip from /etc/samba/smb.conf;
"""
[[xdg]]
path = /home/pelle/xdg

[[xdg]]

[[xdg]]
available = yes

[[xdg]]
browsable = yes

[[xdg]]
public = yes

[[xdg]]
writable = no

[[xdg]]

[[xdg]]

I can't open the configuration GUI until i remove those stanzas.

[[xdg]]
"""

[pelle.k (pele2)]

Never mind "I can't open the configuration GUI until i remove those stanzas."
I put in in the wrong position, it was supposed to be a comment... :)

[Henrik Nilsen Omma (henrik)]

This bug was nominated for Gutsy but does currently not qualify for a 7.10 stable release update (SRU) and the nomination is therefore declined.
According the the SRU policy, the fix should already be deployed and tested in the current development version before an update to the stable releases will be considered. With 7.10 now released, that policy applies to this bug. See: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates .
The bug is not being closed as work will continue on fixing it for the next release, Hardy Heron (8.04). If the state of this bug should change such that it qualifies for the SRU process, please contact the person who originally declined it and ask them to re-evaluate it. To help improve the state of this bug see: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/HowToTriage .

[ttoine (ttoine)]

It would be a good thing to redesign the Samba config GUI, more stable and more complete one, including the activation and the Samba user management. That is not the case at the moment, and as said upper, it is still a lot of problem for Ubuntu beginners, and more generally for Linux beginners.

Can we imagine something that would not be set as "Low" priority, as it is a important feature for a lot of standard user, wich are most often in a heterogeneous environment (Mac/Win/Lin) ??

Toine

[Ofir Klinger (klinger-ofir)]

If the developers want to redesign the GUI, I would like to help by making mock-ups.

[pelle.k (pele2)]

This bug is obsolete