Samba share Error

**wes.k.edens** · January 13th, 2011

I am getting this error when I try to share a folder through samba.

Error 255 cannot convert name "Everyone" to a SID

I have searched the forums and tried all the fixes, but I still cannot seem to get it to work. I will try to post all the info that everyone usually asks for.

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wedens@wedens-Desktop:~$ service smbd status
smbd start/running, process 7672

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//Permissions for the folder i want to share
wedens@wedens-Desktop:/home$ ls -l
total 8
drwxrwxrwx 2 wedens users 4096 2010-09-26 17:14 samba

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wedens@wedens-Desktop:/home$ testparm
Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
rlimit_max: rlimit_max (1024) below minimum Windows limit (16384)
Processing section "[homes]"
Processing section "[printers]"
Processing section "[print$]"
Processing section "[samba]"
Loaded services file OK.
Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE
Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions

[global]
workgroup = NETWORK-WEDENS
server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)
encrypt passwords = No
map to guest = Bad User
obey pam restrictions = Yes
pam password change = Yes
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
unix password sync = Yes
syslog = 0
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 1000
dns proxy = No
usershare allow guests = Yes
usershare owner only = No
panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
read only = No
create mask = 0775
directory mask = 0775

[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
create mask = 0700
printable = Yes
browseable = No
browsable = No

[print$]
comment = Printer Drivers
path = /var/lib/samba/printers

[samba]
path = /home/samba
read only = No
guest ok = Yes
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I do not have a file /etc/init.d/samba Has this been replaced by /etc/init.d/smbd ?

Also, I have a /var/lib/samba/usershares folder but it is empty. Is there supposed to be something inside?

I would really appreciate any help.

Thank You

**wes.k.edens** · January 15th, 2011

I have tried changing another property:

win_support = true

but this still did not help. I tried uninstalling samba and starting again, but I am still getting the same error.

Can someone please help

**dandnsmith** · January 15th, 2011

Is that really the exact error shown?
In what context does it occur? (what did you do just before it is shown?)
I'm a bit concerned about your network group name - if you try that with some Windows versions, you'll find it won't work because it is:
1) too long
2) has a non-permitted character in the middle (Hyphon)

It is also a mistake to put spaces in the names.

**Morbius1** · January 15th, 2011

You're mixing two completly different methods of sharing folders in Samba.

One of them is called Usershares and Gnome has implemented it using a package called nautilus-share that allows a user to share folders directly from Nautilus itself. The " Error 255 cannot convert name "Everyone" to a SID " error is a Nautilus-share error. Usershares keeps it's share definitions at /var/lib/samba/usershares so it's not a surprise that it's empty.

The other method is called Classic-shares and it keeps it's share definitions within smb.conf itself. You already have a share definition for /home/samba in smb.conf so my advice is simple: don't use nautilus-share.

The reason you are having a problem accessing your "samba" share is because you have a parameter set wrong:

This:

encrypt passwords = No

Should be this:

encrypt passwords = Yes

Then restart samba:

Code:

sudo service smbd restart

BTW:

I do not have a file /etc/init.d/samba Has this been replaced by /etc/init.d/smbd ?

Actually, it's been replaced by /etc/init/smbd.conf. /init.d/smbd is actually a link that goes someplace else. The samba daemon is now under the control of Upstart so things are a little complicated. Just use the "sudo service smbd .. " command and you'll be fine.