With the removal of the pam-smbpass module there is no longer any syncing of Ubuntu/System accounts into Samba. This means to get password protected shares working after installing samba the user would need to run:
sudo smbpasswd -a <username> Keeping in mind that there is password sync the other way (on by default in the Ubuntu shipped samba config atleast) and the above command will also change you Ubuntu login password if you enter a different password. After that nautilus-share should work as normal for both guest and protected user shares. pam_winbind was proposed at the time of removal as the replacement, but I don't think that will work on a standalone system that is not going to support ldap. So I guess the best we can do here is: - stop trying to install libpam-smbpass package - pop-up a dialog instructing the user to run the smbpasswd command or better pop-up a dialog allowing the user to set their samba password (using debconf maybe?) I will upload a fix for the first part, but the second part will need some design consideration and probably a UIFe. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus-share in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1726143 Title: Automatic installation of samba fails with "could not find package libpam-smbpass" Status in nautilus-share package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in nautilus-share source package in Bionic: Confirmed Bug description: I actually have no idea if this is really a Nautilus issue but didn't know where else to file it. I have a fresh install of ubuntu 17.10. I start nautilus (using File). I right-click on a folder and select "Local Network Share". When I select "Share this folder" it says the sharing service is not installed, so I select "Install Service" and it offers to install samba for me. I click "install" and it proceeds, then throws up an error dialog: Could not find package 'libpam-smbpass' I can see that Samba packages are already installed at this point. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: nautilus 1:3.26.0-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Sun Oct 22 15:43:28 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-21 (1 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018) SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus-share/+bug/1726143/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
