kubuntu-users Digest, Vol 52, Issue 80

[marc]

hvralpha said:

> On Friday 15 May 2009 08:24:40 kubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com
> wrote:
>> Message: 1
>> Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 22:45:52 -0400 From: Clay Weber
>> <claydoh at midmaine.com> Subject: Re: Share not working
>> To: Kubuntu Help and User Discussions <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Message-ID: <200905142245.52790.claydoh at midmaine.com> Content-Type:
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>>
>> On Thursday 14 May 2009 1:57:50 pm marc wrote:
>> > marc said:
>> > >> Say I want to share ~/Public. I right-click the folder in dolphin
>> > >> and select the Share tab. Then click Configure file sharing... It
>> > >> authenticates, then does nothing. Now, each time I click Configure
>> > >> file sharing... nothing happens.
>> > >>
>> > >> The only message I can find is in auth.log
>> > >>
>> > >> May 14 15:32:10 mote sudo:     marc : TTY=unknown ;
>> > >> PWD=/home/marc/ Documents ; USER=root ;COMMAND=/usr/bin/kcmshell4
>> > >> fileshare
>> > >>
>> > >> /usr/bin/kcmshell4 exists,
>>
>> but the applet being run by kcmshell4 ('fileshare') does not
>>
>> > >> Any ideas?
>> >
>> > hvralpha said:
>> > > Sharing is broken in Kubuntu 9.04 and a bug already registered on
>> > > that.
>>
>> Not broken, rather not installed (as it probably should be) You need to
>> install kdenetwork-filesharing for the applet, and either samba or nfs
>> for the actual filesharing capabilities
> 
> The bug reports is at Bug 373618.
> There are errors in the samba config file which must be fixed. It does
> not work in dolphin with the packages above installed.

Must be a different problem here as smb.conf shows:

  passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u

> A short term work around is to set the shares up in samba and use smb4k
> to browse them.

Thanks. That works for me.

-- 
Best,
Marc

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