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Re: SAMBA Problems

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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.
>
> BUT, starting with some Bullseye and esp now
> in Bookworm, what Used To Work just DOESN'T
> seem to work anymore.
>
> I set up an SMB user, set the password. Set the
> target folder permissions kind of, sometimes
> VERY, liberally.
>
> 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'.
>
> 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.
>
> CAN do NoFileSecurity shares OK - but SAMBA
> offers a lot more nuance. All my boxes are
> Linux.
>
> 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.
>
> Oh wow ... this is an actual LINUX question :-)
>

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SAMBA Problems c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-02-17 23:58 -0500
  Re: SAMBA Problems Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-02-18 06:06 +0000
    Re: SAMBA Problems c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-02-18 01:44 -0500
      Re: SAMBA Problems Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-02-18 07:43 +0000
        Re: SAMBA Problems c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-02-18 02:59 -0500
          Re: SAMBA Problems The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-02-18 09:54 +0000
          Re: SAMBA Problems Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-02-19 01:49 +0000
            Re: SAMBA Problems c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-02-19 01:27 -0500
              Re: SAMBA Problems c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-02-21 01:57 -0500
                Re: SAMBA Problems c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-02-23 23:41 -0500
      Re: SAMBA Problems The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-02-18 09:52 +0000
  Re: SAMBA Problems D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-18 10:46 +0100
    Re: SAMBA Problems Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-02-18 12:24 +0100
      Re: SAMBA Problems The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-02-18 16:49 +0000
        Re: SAMBA Problems Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-02-18 18:11 +0100
        Re: SAMBA Problems Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-02-19 01:51 +0000
      Re: SAMBA Problems D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-18 22:31 +0100
  Re: SAMBA Problems The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-02-18 09:46 +0000

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