Trouble sharing network folder from ubuntu

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Ubuntu Version:
22.04

GNOME

Problem Description:
I am trying to set the networking sharing settings for a couple of folders.

Using nautilus, I navigate to the folder that I’d like to share. I access the right-click menu for that folder and configure sharing settings.

I’ve discovered that the folder is not shared.

When I go back to inspect the sharing settings again using nautilus, I discover that the settings have reverted to their default.

I have tried rebooting the machine and restarting the smb and nmb services.
This has no effect.

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One other of many things to check is:

apt policy nautilus-share

Also check to see if it running, if not you might have to logout and back in.

apt depends nautilus-share 
nautilus-share
  Depends: nautilus (>= 43~rc)
  Depends: samba
  Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33)
  Depends: libglib2.0-0t64 (>= 2.36.0)
  Depends: libgtk-4-1 (>= 4.6.0)
  Depends: libnautilus-extension4 (>= 43~rc)
  Enhances: nautilus
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I’ve logged in and out multiple times. This makes no difference.

The output of ‘apt depends nautilus share’ is:

nautilus-share:
Installed: 0.7.5-0.3build2
Candidate: 0.7.5-0.3build2
Version table:
*** 0.7.5-0.3build2 500
500 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/universe amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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see here: https://fostips.com/share-folder-ubuntu-21-04-fix-net-share-error-255/

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