Am trying to set up a samba server for the first time and can't seem to
get anything other than the most basic thing working.

The server is on 192.168.1.74 running Xubuntu 16.04 and the smb.conf
looks like this:

[chris]
path = /home/chris
comment = Chris's homedir
writeable = yes
valid users = chris

[photos]
comment = Photo collection
path = /mnt/photos
browsable = yes
guest ok = yes
read only = yes
create mask = 0644

Using a Mac and a Virtual Box instance of Ubuntu I can connect and
browse to the 'photos' share with no problems. However, whatever I do I
can't get any connection for 'chris'. Using a GUI filemanager like
Thunar in Ubuntu or Finder on the Mac brings up an authentication box,
but the user/password is rejected.

This mount command errors after prompting for a password (/mnt/smb exists):

$ sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.1.74/chris /mnt/smb

What am I doing wrong? Also where can I look to debug the problems? On
the server /var/log/syslog registers nothing, /var/log/auth.log
occasionally registers 'pam_unix' sessions which I don't think are
related, and the /var/log/samba/* just confirm the starting and stopping
of the samba server.

The ultimate aim is to turn Xubuntu machine into a headless samba
fileserver for three Macs and a Windows machine for four users.

Any help much appreciated.

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On 02/04/2018 17:44, chris wrote:

Using a Mac and a Virtual Box instance of Ubuntu I can connect and
browse to the 'photos' share with no problems. However, whatever I do I can't get any connection for 'chris'. Using a GUI filemanager like
Thunar in Ubuntu or Finder on the Mac brings up an authentication box,
but the user/password is rejected.

Have you added 'chris as an smb user using smbpasswd?

smbpasswd -a chris

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On 02/04/2018 17:44, chris wrote:

Am trying to set up a samba server for the first time and can't seem to
get anything other than the most basic thing working.

The server is on 192.168.1.74 running Xubuntu 16.04 and the smb.conf
looks like this:

[chris]
  path = /home/chris
  comment = Chris's homedir
  writeable = yes
  valid users = chris

[photos]
   comment = Photo collection
   path = /mnt/photos
   browsable = yes
   guest ok = yes
   read only = yes
   create mask = 0644

Is that ALL the contents of smb.conf? If so, it's rather sparse.
There's usually a [global] section which deals with such things as
machine name (IIRC defaults to but doesn't have to be the same as the
Linux machine name in /etc/hostname), workgroup name, user validation, etc.

For example (not all are compulsory, but ISTR that the passdb backend
must have a valid setting):

[global]
workgroup = Xyz ; Windows default is WORKGROUP
server string = %h Ubuntu 16.04 ; %h is hostname
server role = standalone server
security = user
passdb backend = tdbsam ; Some valid setting req'd here?
username map = /etc/samba/smbusers ; Optional
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
unix password sync = yes

Using a Mac and a Virtual Box instance of Ubuntu I can connect and
browse to the 'photos' share with no problems. However, whatever I do I can't get any connection for 'chris'. Using a GUI filemanager like
Thunar in Ubuntu or Finder on the Mac brings up an authentication box,
but the user/password is rejected.

I presume 'chris' is in /etc/passwd? But you also have to add it to the
samba password list! Yes, it seems absolutely illogical, given the
above settings, but that's the way it is.
smbpasswd -a chris

This means that Windows users connecting to Linux PCs via Samba have
three passwords to muddle - Windows, Linux samba user, Linux normal
user - and the only thing that really works is to keep them all in
sync. The final setting above should keep the last two in sync, but if
you want to avoid a password dialogue coming every time a Windows user
browses to a Linux samba share, their Windows password must also be the
same as the other two.

This can cause problems with usernames, because Windows allows upper and
lower case in usernames, and so do many of the common Linux command-line tools, but the Linux GUI tools do not, and tend to throw a wobbly if
they encounter a username containing upper case characters. It's
ridiculous, but there it is. To get round this, you can use the
username map setting above. Typical contents of a map file might be:

!root = Administrator
!chris = Chris
# etc
nobody = guest pcguest smbguest

This mount command errors after prompting for a password (/mnt/smb exists):

$ sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.1.74/chris /mnt/smb

What am I doing wrong? Also where can I look to debug the problems? On
the server /var/log/syslog registers nothing, /var/log/auth.log
occasionally registers 'pam_unix' sessions which I don't think are
related, and the /var/log/samba/* just confirm the starting and stopping
of the samba server.

You can turn on logging in the global settings, and temporarily increase
the log level until you get things working, though I ought to point out
that in the past I too haven't often found this useful!

The ultimate aim is to turn Xubuntu machine into a headless samba
fileserver for three Macs and a Windows machine for four users.

Any help much appreciated.

My first suspicion is samba passwords, as described above.

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chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:

Am trying to set up a samba server for the first time and can't seem to
get anything other than the most basic thing working.

The server is on 192.168.1.74 running Xubuntu 16.04 and the smb.conf
looks like this:

[chris]
path = /home/chris
comment = Chris's homedir
writeable = yes
valid users = chris

[photos]
comment = Photo collection
path = /mnt/photos
browsable = yes
guest ok = yes
read only = yes
create mask = 0644

My smb.conf is more detailed:
[global]
guest account = smbguest
netbios name = torr
security = user
null passwords = yes
map to guest = Bad Password
guest account = smbguest
# socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY
socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_RCVBUF=65535 SO_SNDBUF=65535
SO_KEEPALIVE
workgroup = WORKGROUP
domain master = yes

[public]
guest ok = yes
guest only = yes
path = /samba.ok/
browseable = yes
read only = no

[cdrom]
fake oplocks = yes
guest ok = yes
guest only = yes
path = /cdrom
read only = yes

[dvd]
fake oplocks = yes
guest ok = yes
guest only = yes
path = /dvd
read only = yes

From time to time I have had to change the socket options thing, try adding that
to your setup.

Using a Mac and a Virtual Box instance of Ubuntu I can connect and
browse to the 'photos' share with no problems. However, whatever I do I can't get any connection for 'chris'. Using a GUI filemanager like
Thunar in Ubuntu or Finder on the Mac brings up an authentication box,
but the user/password is rejected.

This mount command errors after prompting for a password (/mnt/smb exists):

$ sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.1.74/chris /mnt/smb

Again, from time to time my mount command has changed:
mount -t cifs -rw -o username=smbguest,guest,sec=ntlm,vers=1.0 --verbose //$1/$DIR /$mountpoint


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Martin Liddle <news15@tynecomp.co.uk> wrote:

On 02/04/2018 17:44, chris wrote:

Using a Mac and a Virtual Box instance of Ubuntu I can connect and
browse to the 'photos' share with no problems. However, whatever I do I
can't get any connection for 'chris'. Using a GUI filemanager like
Thunar in Ubuntu or Finder on the Mac brings up an authentication box,
but the user/password is rejected.

Have you added 'chris as an smb user using smbpasswd?

smbpasswd -a chris

As simple as that!? Why isn't that in any of the howtos?

Many thanks!


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Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> wrote:

On 02/04/2018 17:44, chris wrote:

Am trying to set up a samba server for the first time and can't seem to
get anything other than the most basic thing working.

The server is on 192.168.1.74 running Xubuntu 16.04 and the smb.conf
looks like this:

[chris]
  path = /home/chris
  comment = Chris's homedir
  writeable = yes
  valid users = chris

[photos]
   comment = Photo collection
   path = /mnt/photos
   browsable = yes
   guest ok = yes
   read only = yes
   create mask = 0644

Is that ALL the contents of smb.conf? If so, it's rather sparse.
There's usually a [global] section which deals with such things as
machine name (IIRC defaults to but doesn't have to be the same as the
Linux machine name in /etc/hostname), workgroup name, user validation, etc.

Yes. I stripped it down to the basics to troubleshoot it.

For example (not all are compulsory, but ISTR that the passdb backend
must have a valid setting):

[global]
workgroup = Xyz ; Windows default is WORKGROUP
server string = %h Ubuntu 16.04 ; %h is hostname
server role = standalone server
security = user
passdb backend = tdbsam ; Some valid setting req'd here?
username map = /etc/samba/smbusers ; Optional
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
unix password sync = yes

Thanks

Using a Mac and a Virtual Box instance of Ubuntu I can connect and
browse to the 'photos' share with no problems. However, whatever I do I
can't get any connection for 'chris'. Using a GUI filemanager like
Thunar in Ubuntu or Finder on the Mac brings up an authentication box,
but the user/password is rejected.

I presume 'chris' is in /etc/passwd? But you also have to add it to the samba password list! Yes, it seems absolutely illogical, given the
above settings, but that's the way it is.
smbpasswd -a chris

Gah. Didn't see that mentioned before. Thanks!



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On Monday, April 2, 2018 at 1:54:27 PM UTC-7, root wrote:

chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:

Am trying to set up a samba server for the first time and can't seem to=

=20

get anything other than the most basic thing working.

The server is on 192.168.1.74 running Xubuntu 16.04 and the smb.conf=20 looks like this:

[chris]
path =3D /home/chris
comment =3D Chris's homedir
writeable =3D yes
valid users =3D chris

[photos]
comment =3D Photo collection
path =3D /mnt/photos
browsable =3D yes
guest ok =3D yes
read only =3D yes
create mask =3D 0644

=20
My smb.conf is more detailed:
[global]
guest account =3D smbguest
netbios name =3D torr
security =3D user
null passwords =3D yes
map to guest =3D Bad Password
guest account =3D smbguest
# socket options =3D TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY
socket options =3D TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_RCVBUF=3D65535 SO_SN=

DBUF=3D65535 SO_KEEPALIVE

workgroup =3D WORKGROUP
domain master =3D yes
=20
[public]
guest ok =3D yes
guest only =3D yes
path =3D /samba.ok/
browseable =3D yes
read only =3D no
=20
[cdrom]
fake oplocks =3D yes
guest ok =3D yes
guest only =3D yes
path =3D /cdrom
read only =3D yes
=20
[dvd]
fake oplocks =3D yes
guest ok =3D yes
guest only =3D yes
path =3D /dvd
read only =3D yes
=20
From time to time I have had to change the socket options thing, try addi=

ng that

to your setup.
=20
=20
=20
=20
=20

Using a Mac and a Virtual Box instance of Ubuntu I can connect and=20 browse to the 'photos' share with no problems. However, whatever I do I=

=20

can't get any connection for 'chris'. Using a GUI filemanager like=20 Thunar in Ubuntu or Finder on the Mac brings up an authentication box,=

=20

but the user/password is rejected.

This mount command errors after prompting for a password (/mnt/smb exis=

ts):

$ sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.1.74/chris /mnt/smb

=20
Again, from time to time my mount command has changed:
mount -t cifs -rw -o username=3Dsmbguest,guest,sec=3Dntlm,vers=3D1.0 --=

verbose //$1/$DIR /$mountpoint



It's like a crank call. Autumn Elizabeth Nissen has already decided what he=
is going to say before he calls. What you say is beside the point. What Da= niel Lewis says doesn't matter. By getting an education from 'media talking=
heads' like that you get concepts like 'equal rights'. Carried to its (un)= reasonable resolution, the concept that it's 'gross' for a traditional huma=
n to not wish to date a dead body is established. Why do you keep repeating=
yourself? I have known grade school kids who argue better than you do.=20

I just configured score: -9999 and won't see the idiot. Autumn Elizabeth Ni= ssen's nonsense has made a full-out cesspool of my scripting via Google Gro= ups, so I don't waste time trolling the group with my usenet reader anymore=
.. Only thing he has done with this nonsense is that the Autumn Elizabeth Ni= ssen plonk will *never* be lifted.=20

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http://jeff-relf.me/Cola_Regs.HTM
https://youtu.be/BUjnZhKk1Bg=20 https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.os.linux.advocacy/tzMH39QmAmU Jonas Eklundh Communication AB

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On 02/04/18 23:16, Chris wrote:

Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> wrote:

On 02/04/2018 17:44, chris wrote:

Am trying to set up a samba server for the first time and can't seem to
get anything other than the most basic thing working.

The server is on 192.168.1.74 running Xubuntu 16.04 and the smb.conf
looks like this:

[chris]
  path = /home/chris
  comment = Chris's homedir
  writeable = yes
  valid users = chris

[photos]
   comment = Photo collection
   path = /mnt/photos
   browsable = yes
   guest ok = yes
   read only = yes
   create mask = 0644

Is that ALL the contents of smb.conf? If so, it's rather sparse.
There's usually a [global] section which deals with such things as
machine name (IIRC defaults to but doesn't have to be the same as the
Linux machine name in /etc/hostname), workgroup name, user validation, etc.

Yes. I stripped it down to the basics to troubleshoot it.

For example (not all are compulsory, but ISTR that the passdb backend
must have a valid setting):

[global]
workgroup = Xyz ; Windows default is WORKGROUP
server string = %h Ubuntu 16.04 ; %h is hostname
server role = standalone server
security = user
passdb backend = tdbsam ; Some valid setting req'd here?
username map = /etc/samba/smbusers ; Optional
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
unix password sync = yes

Thanks

Using a Mac and a Virtual Box instance of Ubuntu I can connect and
browse to the 'photos' share with no problems. However, whatever I do I
can't get any connection for 'chris'. Using a GUI filemanager like
Thunar in Ubuntu or Finder on the Mac brings up an authentication box,
but the user/password is rejected.

I presume 'chris' is in /etc/passwd? But you also have to add it to the
samba password list! Yes, it seems absolutely illogical, given the
above settings, but that's the way it is.
smbpasswd -a chris

Gah. Didn't see that mentioned before. Thanks!

and smbpasswd -e chris = enable user chris
one thing I found over many years of samba servers is that if your users
have the same passwords on their own machines and the server it makes
life just a little bit easier.....

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On Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at 11:25:04 PM UTC-7, martin wrote:

On 02/04/18 23:16, Chris wrote:

Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> wrote:

On 02/04/2018 17:44, chris wrote:

Am trying to set up a samba server for the first time and can't seem =

to

get anything other than the most basic thing working.

The server is on 192.168.1.74 running Xubuntu 16.04 and the smb.conf
looks like this:

[chris]
=C2=A0 path =3D /home/chris
=C2=A0 comment =3D Chris's homedir
=C2=A0 writeable =3D yes
=C2=A0 valid users =3D chris

[photos]
=C2=A0=C2=A0 comment =3D Photo collection
=C2=A0=C2=A0 path =3D /mnt/photos
=C2=A0=C2=A0 browsable =3D yes
=C2=A0=C2=A0 guest ok =3D yes
=C2=A0=C2=A0 read only =3D yes
=C2=A0=C2=A0 create mask =3D 0644

Is that ALL the contents of smb.conf? If so, it's rather sparse.
There's usually a [global] section which deals with such things as
machine name (IIRC defaults to but doesn't have to be the same as the
Linux machine name in /etc/hostname), workgroup name, user validation,=

etc.

=20
Yes. I stripped it down to the basics to troubleshoot it.
=20

For example (not all are compulsory, but ISTR that the passdb backend
must have a valid setting):

[global]
workgroup =3D Xyz ; Windows default is WORKGROUP >> server string =3D %h Ubuntu 16.04 ; %h is hostname
server role =3D standalone server
security =3D user
passdb backend =3D tdbsam ; Some valid setting req'd here?
username map =3D /etc/samba/smbusers ; Optional
passwd program =3D /usr/bin/passwd %u
unix password sync =3D yes

=20
Thanks
=20

Using a Mac and a Virtual Box instance of Ubuntu I can connect and
browse to the 'photos' share with no problems. However, whatever I do=

I

can't get any connection for 'chris'. Using a GUI filemanager like
Thunar in Ubuntu or Finder on the Mac brings up an authentication box=

,

but the user/password is rejected.

I presume 'chris' is in /etc/passwd? But you also have to add it to t=

he

samba password list! Yes, it seems absolutely illogical, given the
above settings, but that's the way it is.
smbpasswd -a chris

=20
Gah. Didn't see that mentioned before. Thanks!
=20
=20

and smbpasswd -e chris =3D enable user chris
one thing I found over many years of samba servers is that if your users=

=20

have the same passwords on their own machines and the server it makes=20
life just a little bit easier.....
=20
--=20
Martin

It was Allie Higley who forged me and bragged about it. You are safe as a C= ooledit user can be. A shadow of observation, projected wisely, at the wron=
g time. Allie Higley is being controlled by a corporation. Paul F. Riddle c= reated at least 20 virtual systems in the last year or so. I bet nobody els=
e has ever done that.=20

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On Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at 12:12:29 AM UTC-7, Steven Petruzzellis wrote:

On Monday, April 2, 2018 at 1:54:27 PM UTC-7, root wrote:

chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:

Am trying to set up a samba server for the first time and can't seem =

to=20

get anything other than the most basic thing working.

The server is on 192.168.1.74 running Xubuntu 16.04 and the smb.conf=

=20

looks like this:

[chris]
path =3D /home/chris
comment =3D Chris's homedir
writeable =3D yes
valid users =3D chris

[photos]
comment =3D Photo collection
path =3D /mnt/photos
browsable =3D yes
guest ok =3D yes
read only =3D yes
create mask =3D 0644

=20
My smb.conf is more detailed:
[global]
guest account =3D smbguest
netbios name =3D torr
security =3D user
null passwords =3D yes
map to guest =3D Bad Password
guest account =3D smbguest
# socket options =3D TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY
socket options =3D TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_RCVBUF=3D65535 SO_=

SNDBUF=3D65535 SO_KEEPALIVE

workgroup =3D WORKGROUP
domain master =3D yes
=20
[public]
guest ok =3D yes
guest only =3D yes
path =3D /samba.ok/
browseable =3D yes
read only =3D no
=20
[cdrom]
fake oplocks =3D yes
guest ok =3D yes
guest only =3D yes
path =3D /cdrom
read only =3D yes
=20
[dvd]
fake oplocks =3D yes
guest ok =3D yes
guest only =3D yes
path =3D /dvd
read only =3D yes
=20
From time to time I have had to change the socket options thing, try ad=

ding that

to your setup.
=20
=20
=20
=20
=20

Using a Mac and a Virtual Box instance of Ubuntu I can connect and=20 browse to the 'photos' share with no problems. However, whatever I do=

I=20

can't get any connection for 'chris'. Using a GUI filemanager like=20 Thunar in Ubuntu or Finder on the Mac brings up an authentication box=

,=20

but the user/password is rejected.

This mount command errors after prompting for a password (/mnt/smb ex=

ists):

$ sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.1.74/chris /mnt/smb

=20
Again, from time to time my mount command has changed:
mount -t cifs -rw -o username=3Dsmbguest,guest,sec=3Dntlm,vers=3D1.0 =

--verbose //$1/$DIR /$mountpoint

=20
=20
=20
It's like a crank call. Autumn Elizabeth Nissen has already decided what =

he is going to say before he calls. What you say is beside the point. What = Daniel Lewis says doesn't matter. By getting an education from 'media talki=
ng heads' like that you get concepts like 'equal rights'. Carried to its (u= n)reasonable resolution, the concept that it's 'gross' for a traditional hu= man to not wish to date a dead body is established. Why do you keep repeati=
ng yourself? I have known grade school kids who argue better than you do.=
=20

=20
I just configured score: -9999 and won't see the idiot. Autumn Elizabeth =

Nissen's nonsense has made a full-out cesspool of my scripting via Google G= roups, so I don't waste time trolling the group with my usenet reader anymo= re. Only thing he has done with this nonsense is that the Autumn Elizabeth = Nissen plonk will *never* be lifted.=20

=20
--
This broke the Internet!
http://jeff-relf.me/Cola_Regs.HTM
https://youtu.be/BUjnZhKk1Bg=20 https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.os.linux.advocacy/tzMH39QmAm=

U

Jonas Eklundh Communication AB

Paul Riddle:
-----
I would love to see the group become that! I would love to see
people, for example, pick tasks they do with Desktop Linux which
they believe are handled better than the competition. I have
encouraged that for a long time. But so far few if any such tasks
have been shown.
-----

Marek Novotny:
-----
Linux is a Server, A Cloud, A service, A mobile Platform, A
developers dream come true, A super cluster, a Main frame and a
DESKTOP. It's not JUST a desktop. You're a two-bit bullshit coward
who refuses to face what Linux actually is. It's too much for you,
obviously.=20
-----

Paul Riddle (referencing to the above quote):
----
But it is not all of those things. Not even close. It is USED by
those things but it is NOT those things.
-----

Marek Novotny (some time later):
-----
Android isn't Linux. Android makes "use" of the Linux kernel.
Android is indeed open source, but it is not community driven open
source. Those that know the difference likely won't cry over Android
ditching the Linux kernel and adopting their own kernel. It simply
never mattered for all the reasons I stated above. Now the fact that
I have to articulate this in writing so these clueless tards like
DFS and Paul Riddle can gain some insights because they LACK their
own insights is what I find troubling. They both have no business
arguing in here. They are simply too stupid to have a conversation
about that which they just don't fundamentally understand in the
first place.
-----
=20
Notice Marek uses the concepts I taught him (about how Linux is "USED" by t=
he things he listed) then fantasizes about how I did not know the informati=
on HE got wrong and I corrected him with (and did so with no name calling o=
r insults).

God:
-----
I,I,I,I,I,I,I,I,I and if that wasn't enough, I,I,I,I,I,I.=20
Talk about a narcissistic fool.
-----

Paul Riddle:
-----
You left out his I, I, I, I. AM. BETTER. THAN. Paul Riddle AND DFS!
He is clearly feeling very insecure these days.
-----

Marek Novotny:=20
-----
Well, if he wants to play this game with me he'll find pictures of
his wife on imgur with dildos all over her and I can cross post
those too. Keep fucking around Paul Riddle. I can play this game too.=
=20
-----

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Do not click this link!!
http://prescottcomputerguy.com
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On Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at 11:25:04 PM UTC-7, martin wrote:

On 02/04/18 23:16, Chris wrote:

Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> wrote:

On 02/04/2018 17:44, chris wrote:

Am trying to set up a samba server for the first time and can't seem =

to

get anything other than the most basic thing working.

The server is on 192.168.1.74 running Xubuntu 16.04 and the smb.conf
looks like this:

[chris]
=C2=A0 path =3D /home/chris
=C2=A0 comment =3D Chris's homedir
=C2=A0 writeable =3D yes
=C2=A0 valid users =3D chris

[photos]
=C2=A0=C2=A0 comment =3D Photo collection
=C2=A0=C2=A0 path =3D /mnt/photos
=C2=A0=C2=A0 browsable =3D yes
=C2=A0=C2=A0 guest ok =3D yes
=C2=A0=C2=A0 read only =3D yes
=C2=A0=C2=A0 create mask =3D 0644

Is that ALL the contents of smb.conf? If so, it's rather sparse.
There's usually a [global] section which deals with such things as
machine name (IIRC defaults to but doesn't have to be the same as the
Linux machine name in /etc/hostname), workgroup name, user validation,=

etc.

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Yes. I stripped it down to the basics to troubleshoot it.
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For example (not all are compulsory, but ISTR that the passdb backend
must have a valid setting):

[global]
workgroup =3D Xyz ; Windows default is WORKGROUP >> server string =3D %h Ubuntu 16.04 ; %h is hostname
server role =3D standalone server
security =3D user
passdb backend =3D tdbsam ; Some valid setting req'd here?
username map =3D /etc/samba/smbusers ; Optional
passwd program =3D /usr/bin/passwd %u
unix password sync =3D yes

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Thanks
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Using a Mac and a Virtual Box instance of Ubuntu I can connect and
browse to the 'photos' share with no problems. However, whatever I do=

I

can't get any connection for 'chris'. Using a GUI filemanager like
Thunar in Ubuntu or Finder on the Mac brings up an authentication box=

,

but the user/password is rejected.

I presume 'chris' is in /etc/passwd? But you also have to add it to t=

he

samba password list! Yes, it seems absolutely illogical, given the
above settings, but that's the way it is.
smbpasswd -a chris

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Gah. Didn't see that mentioned before. Thanks!
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and smbpasswd -e chris =3D enable user chris
one thing I found over many years of samba servers is that if your users=

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have the same passwords on their own machines and the server it makes=20
life just a little bit easier.....
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Martin

Heck, just recently he was declaring himself the only "true Linux advocate"=
, and claiming that "advocates" (in scare-quotes just to annoy Autumn Nisse=
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"Evil" John *
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Big Crotch on a Small Fish
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From what I've seen (which is none of it lately), it looks like the Linux e= cosystem needs more and more resources.=20

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