GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 639153
"Sharing options" dialog: no notice when share name is too long
Last modified: 2011-01-11 10:39:31 UTC
Originally reported at https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/697496 In Nautilus, when creating a share, the "Sharing Options" dialogue does not notify the user that the share name is too long until the dialogue is saved and re-opened. This could cause a user to do all kinds of troubleshooting that isn't required. Say I enter "thisnameistoodarnlongtobeasharename" and click "Create share". The dialogue will allow me to click "Create share" with that name in place. Upon re-opening, the dialogue now says "Share name is too long" at the bottom, and the text box is shaded yellow. The length/validity of the share name should be checked upon the click of the "Create share" button, and an error message be thrown up (in the form of a dialogue box, or at least a red-X-type of icon and bold text *next to the text field*) if the name is not valid. The dialogue should not allow a user to "Create share" with a name that is too long. Thanks!
That dialog is not created by nautilus, but by the nautilus-share extension, which AFAIK should be installed by gnome-user-share IIRC, reassigning.
nautilus-share isn't part of gnome-user-share, it's a separate application. Seeing as the upstream seems dead: http://gentoo.ovibes.net/nautilus-share/ You'll need to fix the problem in the distribution directly.