Solution to "Share" issue on Ubuntu nautilus

On nautilus (Ubuntu version of Windows Explorer / Mac OSX' Finder), you can select a folder to "share". For the first trial on your OS to share, you'll be likely to require to install samba (file sharing protocol stack). But even after installation, you might see the error like this:



'net usershare' returned error 255: net usershare: cannot open usershare directory /var/lib/samba/usershares. Error Permission denied
You do not have permission to create a usershare. Ask your administrator to grant you permissions to create a share.

Solution is to add your user ID to a group "sambashare". You may need to restart Samba/nautilus/OS.
"Administration" -> "Users Settings" -> "Manage Groups" -> "Properties" -> In "Group Members" pane, check in the user you want.



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