Why can't I share from immediate subdirectories of "/"?

[linux-aarhus]

@robbie-hatley

the central truth is that Samba is a home sharer, not a file server.

Another incorrect conclusion - https://www.samba.org/

If you are using a default Manjaro then the system has apparmor installed and enabled.

• Sharing problem - #10 by megavolt

apparmor will conflict samba and if you does not use snap you can safe remove snap and apparmor.

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