Re: SAMBA Problems

This is the samba version problem.
It moved from 2 to 3, and as of some distribution, default is 3 and not 2. They are not compatible.
You need to specify samba version in some config-file to match what you are running on the server and all will be will.
Hope it works! =)
On Mon, 17 Feb 2025, c186282 wrote:

I used to use SAMBA quite a lot - Linux servers
in a mostly-Win office environment. It was easy
to set up, offered fine-grained control options.
Point smb.conf entries at most any folder and
it would share it without issues.
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BUT, starting with some Bullseye and esp now
in Bookworm, what Used To Work just DOESN'T
seem to work anymore.
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I set up an SMB user, set the password. Set the
target folder permissions kind of, sometimes
VERY, liberally.
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Would-be clients can see the server. Can see
the shares. However trying to ACCESS the shares
by 'mount cifs' or any other means always
results in either a blank, or usually some
species of 'permission denied'.
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OK, what the hell changed so radically ???
Have perused many online tutorials, no luck.
This is not just one machine ... both PIs
and AMD64s are both reluctant.
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CAN do NoFileSecurity shares OK - but SAMBA
offers a lot more nuance. All my boxes are
Linux.
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Today's need is to mount an external multi-disk
usb drive. Bookworm does NOT seem to automount
those on reboot. DID find a code snippet that
resets the bus, and the external drives mount
at /media/user/xxxx as expected. I'd LIKE to
point SAMBA at those - ez-peazy. However I
could mount the /dev/sdx somewhere else after
boot by direct command, create symlinks or
whatever.
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Oh wow ... this is an actual LINUX question :-)
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