Cannot connect to SAMBA shares on CENTOS7

Hello everyone,

I'm having this very annoying issue with samba shares. The server is running on a CentOS 7 distro with samba-4.1.12-23.el7_1.x86_64. My Windows 10 build is 10240.

The shares are visible but when I try to connect it waits a while and then gives me this error. I do not even get the chance to authenticate. It worked fine on Windows 8.1.



I've tried various config options and none of them worked. However I can connect from my MBP so it's definitely a W10 issue. Here is a copy of my config. Turning off the firewall and selinux also didn't help. I also have a MyBook with samba shares but they do not have this problem.

Code:

[global]
workgroup = WORKGROUP
server string = Samba Server %v
netbios name = CENTOS7
security = user
map to guest = bad user
dns proxy = no
#smb ports = 2222 139
domain master = yes
local master = yes
preferred master = yes
os level = 65
#wins support = yes
server max protocol = SMB2

#============================ Share Definitions ==============================

[server]
path = /home/server
valid users = @standard
guest ok = no
writable = yes
browsable = yes
readonly = no

[test]
path = /home/test
valid users = @standard
public = yes
guest ok = yes
writable = yes
browsable = yes

Note the "Test" share which I added to make sure it isn't a permissions issue.

Anyone knows how to fix this? I've run out of options.

You need to be posting this over at the CentOS forums. CentOS Index page I can tell right now that smb.conf is screwed up. That would be why you are having issues. Your workgroup must stay as "WORKGROUP" on all computers. I always kept a copy of the default smb.conf on my NAS or a USB Pendrive. That way if I screwed it up, I could just copy it back to the OS in the proper folder.

Once you get the default smb.conf loaded back up. You should be able to use "net config workstation" and get the output that is shown here. Samba Server Installation and Configuration on CentOS 7

As long as you are running CentOS 7, and follow the steps in the above link, it should work. CentOS is based off of Redhat. I tend to stay more towards the Ubuntu spin off of Xubuntu, because it is a lot easier to work with than CentOS, which was made to be used in an Enterprise environment.

Linux does have a strong learning curve. So be ready to pull hair out if something happens. Also use the search engines and the forums as much as you can to your advantage. It is a lot easier to keep on staying on top of always learning about Linux and its features as much as you can.

Last but not to be forgotten. Make an image of the install with Clonezilla either on a drive like the Toshiba Canvio, or on a NAS if you have one on your network. That way if you screw up on something and cannot figure out how to fix it. You can pull the image and start back with a working OS.

Samba has a few quirks that regardless of what version of Windows that you are using, Windows does not recognize the shares for some reason. Samba always behaves as if you are on a Domain, regardless if it is a Workgroup. Read through this first and do the Registry fix. Windows 8 Support - SME Server

Try this registry fix in the Windows machines. Linux and Windows 8 Interoperability ADMIN Magazine

I have to Map my NAS shares on my Lenovo ix2-4 on Windows 10. Used to be that you could just click and connect to the network shares. The latest updates in 8 and 10 in general, for whatever Microsoft did to SMB, you have to play around.

Also I would change the Advanced Sharing settings from "Allow windows to manage homegroups" to "Use User Accounts and Passwords to connect to other computers." Also use Smb4K to manage the Samba shares. It is for KDE, but will run in any GUI. Make sure that you have Startup Options set for running KDE & Gnome.

play2mefish said:

My bad...I confused the numbers with something else, you are correct you have the updated version.

10240 is the version that everyone is running right now. The latest build for Insiders is 10532. Depending on what the Service pack for Windows 10 will be late this year, early next, you can keep up on the insider blog that Microsoft has, or be an Insider and receive the latest updates.

As for the OP. Samba and Windows has been having issues since Windows 7. Mainly because of the changes dealing with Homegroup. The other is changes that Microsoft added to SMB in Windows.

To get it right and not devote every free hour and lose sleep when dealing with Samba and Windows. You have to try not to get really insane. I have had where I upgraded from one version of Xubuntu to the next. Ended up that it killed Cups, which runs the printer. In turn it also kills Samba, because Ubuntu is still using the older version of Samba.

Personally the KDE tool works really great when setting up shares and also adding the username that you log into Linux with to the Samba user config.