*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 24184 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/24184
When it turns out to be difficult to implement a graphical password setup under "System > Administration > Shared folders", the least that can be done is adding a short help text to the "System > Administration > Shared folders" window that tells you to execute the sudo smbpasswd -a 'myusername' command. ** Summary changed: - when setting up a simple file share, the samba server has no password set, and you are unable to access the share from a windows machiene. + When setting up a simple file share you are unable to access the share from a Windows machine, while the samba server has no password set. ** Description changed: - when asked to authenticate when accessing the windows share on the - Ubuntu machine from the windows machine, it asks for user name and - password. the user name is your current but the password is not set - until you enter the following into the command line: + When asked to authenticate when accessing the Samba share on the Ubuntu + machine from the Windows machine, Windows asks for user name and + password. The user name is your current user name, but the password is + not set until you enter the following at the command line on Ubuntu: sudo smbpasswd -a 'myusername' - im assuming it should take the password from you user account as the - password, but if not you should be able to set this password up for the - samba server graphicaly under System > Administration > shared folders - without messing about in the terminal for such a simple task. + I assume it should take the password from the user account + automatically, but if not you should be able to set this password for + the Samba server graphicaly via "System > Administration > Shared + folders" without messing around in the terminal for such a simple task. ** Tags added: folder name password samba share user -- When setting up a simple file share you are unable to access the share from a Windows machine, while the samba server has no password set. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/103708 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs