https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=381688
Bug ID: 381688
Summary: Dolphin should prompt user to enter a Samba password
if necessary when that user first creates a share or
browses the network
Product: dolphin
Version: 16.12.3
Platform: Ubuntu Packages
OS: Linux
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: dolphin-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: pointedst...@zoho.com
Target Milestone: ---
Kubuntu 17.04
Samba 2:4.5.8+dfsg-0ubuntu0.17.04.2
Dolphin 16.12.3
Steps to reproduce:
1. Open Dolphin
2. Right-click on ~/Public directory and choose Properties
3. Go to the Share tab
4. When prompted to install Samba, click Install and let it install necessary
Samba packages (this is awesome)
5. Click "Share with Samba (Microsoft Windows)"
6.Click OK and close the Properties window
7. Go to another machine with Samba sharing on and browse for the share
Expected results:
You can see the share from the other machine--and you can see the other
machine's shares, too.
Actual results:
You cannot see the other machines' shares, and your share is not visible from
the other machines.
Workaround:
Run `sudo smbpasswd -a <user>` and everything magically starts working. It
seems that your user didn't already have a Samba password set, ant nothing ever
prompted for one. This non-obvious command-line step ruins an otherwise very
polished GUI experience. If a Samba password is required but not set, Dolphin
should prompt you for one the first time you create a share or click on
"Network" to browse for other people's shares.
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