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Document sharing very complex

Bug #74763 reported by Carlos Kassab
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Bug Description

Hi,

I saw that to share a document is very complex in kubuntu, first of all, samba is nott installed, and if you install it, nobody can access your shares, it does more dificult for the normal user to use kubuntu.

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Scott Kitterman (kitterman) wrote :

Samba not being installed is only an issue in a mixed network. For those of us with no need to interoperate with legacy Windows networks, this would be unnecessary cruft.

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Kevin Kubasik (kkubasik) wrote :

This exact issue is a Summer of Code project.

https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/easy-network-filesending

Changed in kubuntu-meta:
assignee: nobody → silwol
status: Unconfirmed → In Progress
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Wolfgang Silbermayr (silwol) wrote :

Kevin, this is pitily not a summer of code project. I just wrote the spec and looked into the possibility to write this using a standardized protocol. I have not done any other work (yet).

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Spencer (som0749) wrote :

Not only is samba not installed by default, which it should be but when installed it doesn't work. Then there is the System Settings -> Sharing -> File Sharing which allows you to set up files to share using samba. Of course the dialog doesn't tell you if samba is working, not working, or not installed and there is no way from that dialog to fix it.

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MikeH (mikeholli) wrote : Restart Samba

Simple enough work around. to start Samba cold open up a command line and
just type in sudo /usr/sbin/smbd -D
Press the OK. Re bring up the command line and type in sudo /usr/sbin/nmbd -D
Those commands will cause Samba to re-start.

Wolfgang Silbermayr (silwol)
Changed in kubuntu-meta:
assignee: silwol → nobody
Harald Sitter (apachelogger)
Changed in kubuntu-meta (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Won't Fix
status: Won't Fix → Confirmed
status: Confirmed → Won't Fix
status: Won't Fix → Confirmed
Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)
Changed in kubuntu-meta (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
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Harald Sitter (apachelogger) wrote :

This was fixed in Kubuntu 11.04 and soon will be upstream in KDE 4.7

Changed in kubuntu-meta (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
Thomas Hotz (thotz-deactivatedaccount)
Changed in ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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