Failed to execute child process "net" when entering Nautilus
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When typing either of the commands nautilus .
or xdg-open .
into terminal, they execute correctly, but with a warning:
Nautilus-Share-Message: Called "net usershare info" but it failed:
Failed to execute child process “net” (No such file or directory)
As I say, it opens the file manager correctly and I can detect no further problems. There are several instances of users experiencing this message in other questions (1)(2)(3), but each of the questions either addresses a side-issue I'm not experiencing, or simply goes unanswered.
What does this message mean, and can I do anything to prevent it?
- command-line
- nautilus
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edited Apr 13, 2018 at 10:04
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It looks like the warning is caused by the "nautilus-share" package (a Nautilus extension). If you're not using it, you can remove that package.
– Logix Apr 13, 2018 at 9:20 -
… or try reinstalling it withsudo apt install --reinstall nautilus-share
.
– dessert Apr 13, 2018 at 10:13 - 2
Interesting... reinstalling withsudo apt install --reinstall nautilus-share
appears to not work, while callingsudo apt-get remove nautilus-share
and thensudo apt-get remove nautilus-share
separately appears to have resolved it.
– preferred_anon Apr 13, 2018 at 10:21 -
@preferred_anon If that worked kindly post that as an answer and mark that as accepted answer.
– Kulfy Nov 28, 2018 at 17:00 -
I think it worked on my old machine, but trying it on my current one did not resolve the issue. @Yavuz Selim's suggestion worked, so I've accepted it.
– preferred_anon Nov 30, 2018 at 9:02
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Error says, net command not found, so I tried net command. Ubuntu suggested me to install samba-common-bin
Command 'net' not found, but can be installed with:
apt install samba-common-bin
So, I've installed that package.
sudo apt-get install samba-common-bin
That error gone, but in my case new error was thrown.
Called "net usershare info" but it failed: 'net usershare' returned error 255: net usershare: cannot open usershare directory /var/lib/samba/usershares. Error No such file or directory
And then I've created directory
mkdir /var/lib/samba/usershares
Finally, I have no error.
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answered Aug 8, 2018 at 11:16
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https://askubuntu.com/questions/1024593/failed-to-execute-child-process-net-when-entering-nautilus
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2424307
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