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Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2025 10:46:49 +0100
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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 :-)
>