Samba Server (Samba share) "Windows cannot access \\<IP>\dietpi"

General Discussion
1

Hello,
I did a clean installation of 9.9.0 - Native PC (x86_64) and during the install I selected only 96 and nothing more, but I cannot access \\DIETPI from a Windows 11 machine.

/etc/samba/smb.conf

[global]

        workgroup = WORKGROUP
        server string = %h server
        dns proxy = no
        log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
        max log size = 1000
        logging = syslog@1

        panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d

        security = user
        passdb backend = tdbsam
        obey pam restrictions = yes
        unix password sync = yes

        passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
        passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
        pam password change = yes
        map to guest = bad user

        load printers = no
        printcap name = /dev/null
        disable spoolss = yes

[dietpi]
        comment = DietPi Share
        path = /mnt/dietpi_userdata
        browseable = yes
        create mask = 0664
        directory mask = 0775
        valid users = dietpi
        writeable = yes
max connections = 24

do I need to setup more?

2

Did you try using IP address already?

3

Yes. Hostname or IP do not work for me.

4

Can you ping it?
can you access or ping it from another machine?

5

pings just fine. \ip\dietpi is simply not available on any other machine…

6

hmm just did a test on a demo system without issues.

@bheyne666 how do you try to access the smb share? Using Windows explorer? And just using \\your.ip.address is not giving a login prompt?

7

Yes via windows explorer. Just “run” and then \IP\dietpi. Then I receive and error. Just the IP does not yield a different result.

And all is fine for you? How strange…

8

You are using one ore two backslash?

9

It’s the forum that removes them from my replies. But I type : backslash backslash ipaddress backslash dietpi

Or fqdn instead of ip.

10

Using code tags should avoid this :wink:

Even if you only enter the IP address \\1.2.3.4 in Windows Explorer, nothing happens? No user/password query in Windows Explorer? Is here an error message at least?

You can also check the logs and the service status

journalctl -u nmbd -u smbd
systemctl status nmbd smbd