[Bug 1299186] Re: Creating a Samba Share is not possible because "'net usershare' returned error 255: net usershare add: cannot convert name "Everyone" to a SID. Access denied."

[Paul]

I ran Ubuntu 12.04 and shares worked perfectly. After upgrading to 14.04
I found none of my shares was accessible from the newtwork. I would be
presented with a login request but was never able to connect.

Then I tried to share a new folder and I received the following error:

'net usershare' returned error 255: net usershare add: cannot share path /media/Philips/Pictures as we are restricted to only sharing directories we own.
	Ask the administrator to add the line "usershare owner only = false" 
	to the [global] section of the smb.conf to allow this.

After adding the usershare line as instructed the error changed to:

'net usershare' returned error 255: net usershare add: cannot convert
name "Everyone" to a SID. Access denied.

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Server Team, which is subscribed to samba in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1299186

Title:
  Creating a Samba Share is not possible because "'net usershare'
  returned error 255: net usershare add: cannot convert name "Everyone"
  to a SID. Access denied."

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/1299186/+subscriptions