The workaround is very simple. Just change the rights of the smb.conf file. The group should be adm and the rights for the group should be set to rw. In commands: sudo chgrp adm /etc/samba/smb.conf sudo chmod g+w /etc/samba/smb.conf Then it works for me.
And yes, IMHO it is a bug in the swat package. -- SWAT expects to authenticate as root https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/5608 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs