Thanks, hyperair!
Here's the contents of README.Debian
Code:
nautilus-share for Debian
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A quick and easy way to have it running (must be done as root):
#export USERSHARES_DIR="/var/lib/samba/usershare"
#export USERSHARES_GROUP="samba"
#mkdir ${USERSHARES_DIR}
#groupadd ${USERSHARES_GROUP}
#chown root:${USERSHARES_GROUP} ${USERSHARES_DIR}
#chmod 01770 ${USERSHARES_DIR}
#mv /etc/samba/smb.conf{,.bak}
#cp /usr/share/doc/nautilus-share/examples/smb.conf /etc/samba/
#/etc/init.d/samba restart
You must add users who can share folder in the usershare group, in this example the group is "samba":
#usermod -a -G samba your_username
-- Thierry Randrianiriana <randrianiriana@gmail.com> Wed, 23 May 2007 09:14:49 +0300
That's so 'quick and easy' that to get the file over to this machine I typed 'share-admin' in terminal, clicked unlock, added password, clicked Add, selected folder, clicked Share, & voila: instant working SMB.
So... why on earth are we supposed to use nautilus-share instead of share-admin? It appears to be harder to use (especially for Ubuntu's target audience), and it doesn't handle NFS. What's the feature or features it adds that caused this change?
And is mine busted somehow? Are Ubuntu Hardy users actually expected to do all that, or does just right-clicking the share in Nautilus work for most people?
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