[SOLVED] net usershare' returned error 255: net usershare add:

[wawadave]

'net usershare' returned error 255: net usershare add: cannot share path /media/disk/disk 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.

Ok where how would i go to fix this. i live alone so there is no admin to ask. just me.

i,m trying to share folders on a recently formatted partition.

[cariboo]

Smb.conf is located in /etc/samba. THe easy way is Alt-F2 and type:

gksu gedit /etc/samba/smb.conf

JIm

[wawadave]

Thank you!
i added the line"usershare owner only = False"
to the notepad that opened up and saved it.
but i still get that error when trying to share any folder on that drive.
should i reboot? then retry?

[wawadave]

ok this is solved! thank you very much!!!

i did not add the line to the global part the first time. works now it in correct place...

is that williams lake B.C? you are from?

[OGpmpdog]

i did not add the line to the global part the first time. works now it in correct place...

Hello, I am very new to Ubuntu and having the same problem of sharing folders.

The samba configuration file is quite detailed.

Where exactly in the samba notepad do you add the "usershare owner only = False" line?

Do I include the quotation marks?

Can someone please paste an example of where I insert the line in the config menu?

Thanks.

[tinmice]

Have pasted the line into the global part but still have no luck. any other suggestions? im not quite sure why my shares arent working as i have had them going on a previous install of 8.10.

[Cruella]

typing
gksu gedit /etc/samba/smb.conf
in terminal window
and adding line "usershare owner only = False" in global section
definitely solved my 'sharing folder' problem
Thank you a lot!

[mogul218]

I am trying to accomplish the same thing. I put"usershare owner only = false" under global section and it is not working. Do I need to type a # at the beginning of the line like all the other lines in smb.conf file?


'net usershare' returned error 255: [2009/04/07 21:17:27, 0] param/loadparm.c:lp_do_parameter(7198)
Ignoring unknown parameter ""usershare owner only"
net usershare add: cannot share path /media/Windows Vista Home Premium/Users/Sean 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.

[mogul218]

I am trying to accomplish the same thing. I put"usershare owner only = false" under global section and it is not working. Do I need to type a # at the beginning of the line like all the other lines in smb.conf file?


'net usershare' returned error 255: [2009/04/07 21:17:27, 0] param/loadparm.c:lp_do_parameter(7198)
Ignoring unknown parameter ""usershare owner only"
net usershare add: cannot share path /media/Windows Vista Home Premium/Users/Sean 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.

Solved! Apparently, when I copied the previous posters line they had F in false capitalized and it didn't work. Also if you come across this in the future, no quotation marks are needed. I don't think the previous posters were very clear regarding this.

[mistermouse]

Thanks for this! Other solutions were long, complex and confusing. This took less than 30 seconds! Great for ubuntu-nubs like me