Samba

I want a folder on my bazzite machine to be accessible via LAN, but clicking the share tab on the properties says
"This folder cant be shared because your user account isnt a member of the "usershares" group.

clicking "make me a group member" doesn't do anything after i inserted my password and restarted the machine.

Solution

A bit of a rabbit hole to get this one to work

Looking at this https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora-silverblue/troubleshooting/#_unable_to_add_user_to_group

You'll only be able to add a reference to the usershares group in the /etc/group file with the following command

grep -E '^usershares:' /usr/lib/group | sudo tee -a /etc/group

grep -E '^usershares:' /usr/lib/group | sudo tee -a /etc/group

Then you can add your user to that group with

sudo usermod -aG usershares $USER

sudo usermod -aG usershares $USER

Then log off and log back in for the change to take effect

Then I found that the Samba service wasn't running which I needed to actually share a folder to we enable and start the smb service

sudo systemctl enable smb.service
sudo systemctl start smb.service

sudo systemctl enable smb.service
sudo systemctl start smb.service

You also need to run to allow Samba sharing (samba fix) and some reading in the redhat documentation (https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/selinux_users_and_administrators_guide/sect-managing_confined_services-samba-booleans) I couldn't actually access my shares at all otherwise.

sudo setsebool -P samba_export_all_rw=1

sudo setsebool -P samba_export_all_rw=1

At this point you can share your folder with the KDE gui and it should be picked up on a Windows PC

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Solution

wolfyreload•11/17/24, 6:04 PM

grep -E '^usershares:' /usr/lib/group | sudo tee -a /etc/group

grep -E '^usershares:' /usr/lib/group | sudo tee -a /etc/group

Then you can add your user to that group with

sudo usermod -aG usershares $USER

sudo usermod -aG usershares $USER

Then log off and log back in for the change to take effect

Then I found that the Samba service wasn't running which I needed to actually share a folder to we enable and start the smb service

sudo systemctl enable smb.service
sudo systemctl start smb.service

sudo systemctl enable smb.service
sudo systemctl start smb.service

sudo setsebool -P samba_export_all_rw=1

sudo setsebool -P samba_export_all_rw=1

At this point you can share your folder with the KDE gui and it should be picked up on a Windows PC

MiyagiOP•11/19/24, 7:48 PM

gotcha i see

MiyagiOP•11/19/24, 7:50 PM

i tried this, and another one alternative which is just doing this:

and then typing on filezilla or something

nezumi•10/31/25, 6:05 PM

following this post, would need to write a personal wiki atp

nezumi•10/31/25, 6:28 PM

Still didn't helped me...

Nnezumi Still didn't helped me...

nagito || Knight of Emilia•10/31/25, 6:48 PM

what do ya mean?

nezumi•10/31/25, 6:48 PM

https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite/issues/2026

GitHub

Dolphin Samba share permission bug · Issue #2026 · ublue-os/bazzite

Describe the bug When trying to share a folder using the share tab in Dolphin, it displays this error message: This folder can't be shared because your user account doesn't have permission ...

nezumi•10/31/25, 6:48 PM

this helped me though

nezumi•10/31/25, 6:49 PM

which is exactly the same commands ??? well it did help me

Giodude•11/3/25, 8:20 PM

has anybody here run into this?

Giodude•11/3/25, 8:20 PM

Giodude•11/3/25, 8:20 PM

following all the instructions doesnt seem to fix it

Giodude•11/3/25, 8:20 PM

this is on my htpc, oddly enough on my main bazzite desktop pc didnt have to do anything here it just worked