smbclient error NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED for user which has write permission on CIFS share

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • Configured Samba to share /DIR as a writeable CIFS share
    Used smbpasswd to create Samba user someuser (which is mapped to a system user that has write permissions to /DIR)
    Using smbclient to log in as someuser and create a file fails with error NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Samba

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