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Re: [Question #214871]: Error chowning directory while setting up samba server with gadmin on ubuntu 12.04 lts

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From: Scotsmon <question214871@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2015 12:51:32 -0000
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Question #214871 on samba in Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+question/214871

Scotsmon posted a new comment:
I launched this as root.  The command that the guy was trying to show
you should have been:

  From the command prompt:  ls -ld /var/lib/samba/profiles/monicaokeefe

You should have seen this:

  drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar  9 08:36
/var/lib/samba/profiles/monicaokeefe

It is owned by root, but you are launching GADMIN-SAMBA as your user.
To work around this, I opened a command prompt and launched the
application using sudo as follows:

          sudo gadmin-samba &

Now all of your groups, users, and relevant data is displayed as well.
Hope that helps someone, even thought this is an old post.

-Scotsmon.

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