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  • Problem accessing samba share

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    Hi all,

    I have samba 4.6.2 on RHEL 7.

    We have a production server still on Windows 2003 R2.

    I need the Windows server to access one of the Samba shares, but I'm having problems. It was previously connected to a Samba share on a RHEL6 platform with older Samba.

    I have tried the share credentials from a Windows 10 box with success, so I suspect I either need to increase Samba 4's compatibility level (if possible via the config) or change something in the Windows server's registry/policy.

    Does anyone have any experience with this, and/or any advice?

    My smb.conf:

    "
    [global]
    security = user
    passdb backend = tdbsam

    case sensitive      = yes
    dns proxy           = No
    domain master       = No
    #encrypt passwords  = yes
    map to guest        = Bad User
    load printers       = no
    local master        = No
    log file            = /var/log/samba/%m.log
    log level           = 1
    max log size        = 50
    preferred master    = No
    server string       = DB3 Samba Server
    smb ports           = 139 445
    unix extensions     = no
    workgroup           = xxxxx
    

    [edi]
    browseable = no
    create mode = 0700
    directory mask = 0700
    follow symlinks = yes
    path = /sambashares/edi
    read only = No
    guest ok = No
    valid users = jbloggs, ediuser
    wide links = yes
    "

    Thank you

    Elliot

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