shares-admin crashes when trying to add a share

Question

I'm running a fresh installation of xubuntu 16.10 and when clicking the "Add" button or the "Users" tab in shares-admin I get the following error:

Gtk-Message: GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent. This is discouraged.
[1]    31900 segmentation fault  sudo shares-admin

I've tried launching with sudo and as a normal user and using the "Unlock" button, same issue.

Any ideas?

This could be related to this long standing bug Have you tried uninstalling and re-installing gnome-system-tools which is the package that contains shares-admin ? — Elder Geek, Nov 28 '16 at 20:15
Have you confirmed that you aren't experiencing RAM errors by running memtest86+? Have you checked the smart status of your drive? These steps will help rule out common hardware causes — Elder Geek, Nov 28 '16 at 21:05
Here is a bug report about it and the issue still happens with 20.04. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-system-tools/+bug/1791786 — Jay Philips, Jul 18 '20 at 22:46

score -2 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 29 '16 at 08:46

from terminal

1 sudo apt-get update
2 sudo apt-get install samba
3 sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf 4 add to config next lines [share] comment = Ubuntu File Server Share path = /home/ubuntu/ubuntu (place of your share) browsable = yes guest ok = yes read only = no create mask = 7777

Save changes in the file and create folder sudo mkdir -p /home/ubuntu/ubuntu sudo chown nobody.nogroup /home/ubuntu/ubuntu

init 6 (reboot system)

After all this operations you will your share from any OS

I can setup a samba share using config without issue, my problem is with shares-admin having a segfault. Thanks though. — Systemmanic, Nov 29 '16 at 10:19

shares-admin crashes when trying to add a share

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