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ktauchathuranga

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Registered: 2025-05-25

Posts: 8

File Sharing cant be tuned on

i am super duper nood here,
i recently switched to arch gnome from windows.
so far so good,
but i couldnt get to start the File Sharing option in gnome settings.
its grayed out.
can someone help me out..
thank youu...

https://imgur.com/xqkAWkz

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,104

Re: File Sharing cant be tuned on

If you look at the optional dependencies of the gnome-control-center package you'll note that it lists gnome-user-share as an optional dependency for this functionality. So is that installed?

Pacman will tell you about potential optional dependencies when installing any given package.

ktauchathuranga

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Registered: 2025-05-25

Posts: 8

Re: File Sharing cant be tuned on

i checked but,
`gnome-user-share` is already installed.

same for the media sharing as well. its grayed out too.
if i am not connected to any network i can toggle the enable/disable switch.
but right after connecting to a network, its turned off and grayed out.

Last edited by ktauchathuranga (2025-05-29 16:26:17)

ktauchathuranga

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Registered: 2025-05-25

Posts: 8

Re: File Sharing cant be tuned on

turned out, i was in a public network,
as soon as i connect to my private wifi i was able to switch on and off my File Sharing settings.

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 74,307

Re: File Sharing cant be tuned on

I don't know gnome-user-share but it seems to abstract WebDAV and if you intend to use that on public networks/over the internet, make sure to setup very strong authentication.
Otherwise and please always remember to mark resolved threads by editing your initial posts subject - so others will know that there's no task left, but maybe a solution to find.
Thanks.

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