asked on 2/11/2011

How can I share a folder in Ubuntu after changes were made?

I'm running Ubuntu 10.10. I've been trying to set network drives to mount automatically and shares to stay shared after a reboot. In doing so I've somehow set a folder so that I can no longer share the folder. The way I used to share a folder was by right clicking and setting the check boxes and that's it. Today I'm given the below message. The only thing I tinkered with yesterday was the Storage Device Manager. I made no changes other than clicked mount a drive. I've been using Ubuntu for about 10 months but I'm not well versed in permission changes. Thanks in advance.

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1namyln

2/11/2011

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point_pleasant

2/11/2011

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1namyln

2/11/2011

ASKER

Thanks for the reply. However, everything just stated is Greek to me. Don't know how to get to the man page for swat and smb.conf for further info.

point_pleasant

2/11/2011

just type 'man swat' or 'man smb.conf' if you have the paper manual pages swat is in setion 8

1namyln

2/11/2011

ASKER

I appreciate your effort for me to educate myself but this is my primary machine and other work functions must be performed throughout the day. My day does not allow for me to weed through 8076 lines of manual. I'm a convert from Windows after 15 years of use and prefer to stick with GUI whenever possible unless explicit instructions are given when navigating via terminal.

1namyln

2/11/2011

ASKER

Found this. Worked like a charm. Thanks for your efforts. Points are for them.

Can you tell me why this is needed as it just happened out of the blue?

1namyln

2/11/2011

ASKER

Let me clarify when I say "points are for them", I meant for your efforts. Thanks again.