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Re: Samba help.

From John Darrah <xyllyx@gmail.com>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Samba help.
Date 2017-01-29 20:40 +0100
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On 1/29/2017 11:25 AM, John Darrah wrote:
> On 1/29/2017 12:25 AM, R. Ramesh wrote:
>> I recently upgraded my debian jesse to 8.6. All of a sudden all samba 
>> guest access to this box stopped working. I did not update smb.conf 
>> file any time before or after.  I vaguely remember that there was a 
>> flash of notes flying by when samba was upgraded, but do not recall 
>> what it is.
>>
>> BTW, I can mount if I provide an actual valid user with password. 
>> Only guest access does not work.
>>
>> Linux host 3.16.0-4-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 3.16.36-1+deb8u2 
>> (2016-10-19) i686 GNU/Linux
>> Samba Version: 2:4.2.14+dfsg-0+deb8u2
>>
>> Guest access to the following share fails after the upgrade:
>>
>> [data]
>>     path = /data
>>     create mask = 0755
>>     directory mask = 0755
>>     public = yes
>>     browseable = yes
>>     writable = yes
>>     guest ok = yes
>>
>> If it is not too much trouble, please copy me your responses
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Ramesh
>>
>>
> Check to see that smb.conf was not replaced. If it was, the previous 
> version will be called smb.conf.dpkg-dist or smb.conf.ucf-dist. You 
> will have to compare them with your smb.conf file and merge any 
> differences.
>
> -- john
>
>
Also check the following in [global] settings:

Change:

    map to guest = Bad User

to:

     map to guest = nobody

-- john

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Samba help. "R. Ramesh" <rramesh@verizon.net> - 2017-01-29 09:30 +0100
  Re: Samba help. John Darrah <xyllyx@gmail.com> - 2017-01-29 20:30 +0100
    Re: Samba help. John Darrah <xyllyx@gmail.com> - 2017-01-29 20:40 +0100
      Re: Re: Samba help. "R. Ramesh" <rramesh@verizon.net> - 2017-01-30 07:50 +0100
      Re: Re: Samba help. "R. Ramesh" <rramesh@verizon.net> - 2017-02-02 03:30 +0100
        Re: Samba help. "R. Ramesh" <rramesh@verizon.net> - 2017-02-02 04:50 +0100

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