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[Bug 910098] [NEW] Ubuntu 11.10 cannot create a network share on a drive that needs to be mounted

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Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 22:25:17 -0000
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When right clicking on a folder and opening the 'Sharing' tab in the
'Properties' window, I am able to configure a network share on a mounted
drive using the ext4 file-system, however when I try to find the share
in the network it says: "Unable to mount location".

After some research I noticed the 'smb.conf' file did not include the mounted drive (see http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/lucid/man5/smb.conf.5.html).
So I added it manually and restarted the Samba service, now everything works like a charm.

It would be nice if Ubuntu did this automatically, since a non-power
user would not be able to figure this out.

** Affects: samba (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: bot-comment
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Ubuntu 11.10 cannot create a network share on a drive that needs to be mounted
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/910098
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