Samba will not run in Linux Mint 18.3

[After8Minty]

Please can someone explain what I am doing wrong with Samba. I need to network with my Windows 10 PC to collect some files to work with but can't get Samba to run. I have installed system-config-samba which I understand is needed in order for me to use Samba but when I click on the launch button nothing happens. What am I doing wrong? I have attached a view of some elements connected with Samba which are currently installed so I hope someone can help.

[catweazel]

What am I doing wrong?

https://tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutorial/i ... re-samba#0

[altair4]

Please can someone explain what I am doing wrong with Samba. I need to network with my Windows 10 PC to collect some files to work with but can't get Samba to run. I have installed system-config-samba which I understand is needed in order for me to use Samba but when I click on the launch button nothing happens. What am I doing wrong? I have attached a view of some elements connected with Samba which are currently installed so I hope someone can help.

Open a terminal and run this command:

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sudo touch /etc/libuser.conf

Then go back in the menu and run Samba again.

It's a bug. A bug in the actual packaging of system-config-samba. It's not likely to ever get fixed but that is another issue.

[After8Minty]

Open a terminal and run this command:

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sudo touch /etc/libuser.conf

Then go back in the menu and run Samba again.

It's a bug. A bug in the actual packaging of system-config-samba. It's not likely to ever get fixed but that is another issue.

Thanks altair4, Samba is now running OK.

[After8Minty]

What am I doing wrong?

https://tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutorial/i ... re-samba#0

Thanks catweazel - looks like I have a lot more to learn!

[catweazel]

Thanks catweazel - looks like I have a lot more to learn!

You're most welcome.

[asinoro]

I found important this subject, if you add [SOLVED] at your first post title, you will help other future users.

[FT277002]

Note too a simple point: If Gufw Firewall is on and set to deny incoming, all file-sharing won't work. You could add exception entries, or just disable it when occasional sharing is needed.

[asinoro]

Try this to enable.

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sudo ufw allow Samba

To disable.

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sudo ufw deny Samba

[altair4]

Just to clarify the nature of the original post this is not a question on the inability to install, configure, and run a samba server. It is specifically about a problem with an application called system-config-samba.

Once installed it adds an entry in the Menu called "Samba". The problem with it is it doesn't run when launched.

If you run system-config-samba in the terminal you end up with an error message that looks something like this:

gksudo system-config-samba
File "/usr/sbin/system-config-samba", line 45, in <module>
mainWindow.MainWindow(debug_flag)
File "/usr/share/system-config-samba/mainWindow.py", line 121, in __init__
self.basic_preferences_win = basicPreferencesWin.BasicPreferencesWin(self, self.xml, self.samba_data, self.samba_backend, self.main_window)
File "/usr/share/system-config-samba/basicPreferencesWin.py", line 97, in __init__
self.admin = libuser.admin()
SystemError: could not open configuration file `/etc/libuser.conf': No such file or directory

My solution was not all that profound ... if the file ain't there add it:

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sudo touch /etc/libuser.conf

There is a bug report for this: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour ... ug/1421194 It's 3 years old folks - it's never going to get fixed. There is another one somewhere that was tagged as Invalid most likely because no one at Ubuntu or Debian has ever heard of Samba.