Can't connect to samba after update; Service is running (2022-08-13++)

[WalterNeff]

Yea I’m now having the same problem.
The latest version of SAMBA will NOT allow shares the 2nd disk on my system mounted at /mnt/blah. This HAS been working fine for the last 2+ year though…

[Natetronn]

Possible dupilcate:

Samba cannot share folders after recent update

The recent update that included samba 4.16.4-1 → 4.16.4-2 and smbclient 4.16.4-1 → 4.16.4-2 seems to have given me a problem when trying to share a folder. It gives the error, ‘net usershare add: cannot convert name “Everyone” to a SID. The transport connection is now disconnected.’ smb.service and nmb.service both show as active. And no changes to smb.conf. I was able to repeat this error on another machine. Sharing folders was working properly on 4.16.4-1 and then produces the error aft…

[skeezmoe]

I am facing the same problem.

I configured my system from the arch wiki instructions Samba - ArchWiki

My config

[global]
        workgroup = Beast
        server role = standalone server
        server string = %h server (Samba %v)
        invalid users = root
        security = user
        usershare path = /var/lib/samba/usershares
        usershare max shares = 100
        usershare allow guests = yes
        usershare owner only = yes
[homes]
        comment = Home Directories
        browseable = no
        valid users = %S
        writable = yes

Samba status

❯ systemctl status smb
● smb.service - Samba SMB Daemon
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/smb.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
     Active: active (running) since Tue 2022-08-16 06:40:27 AEST; 22min ago
       Docs: man:smbd(8)
             man:samba(7)
             man:smb.conf(5)
   Main PID: 1326 (smbd)
     Status: "smbd: ready to serve connections..."
      Tasks: 4 (limit: 38407)
     Memory: 31.3M
        CPU: 193ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/smb.service
             ├─1326 /usr/bin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group
             ├─1333 /usr/bin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group
             ├─1334 /usr/bin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group
             └─9352 /usr/bin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group

Aug 16 06:40:27 Manjaro systemd[1]: Starting Samba SMB Daemon...
Aug 16 06:40:27 Manjaro smbd[1326]: [2022/08/16 06:40:27.380204,  0] ../../source3/smbd/server.c:1741(main)
Aug 16 06:40:27 Manjaro smbd[1326]:   smbd version 4.16.4 started.
Aug 16 06:40:27 Manjaro smbd[1326]:   Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2022
Aug 16 06:40:27 Manjaro systemd[1]: Started Samba SMB Daemon.

Adding a share with samba user does not work

net usershare add share_name_here /mnt/Data/share_folder "Comment" "my_host\samba_user:f"
net usershare add: cannot convert name "my_host\samba_user" to a SID. The transport connection is now disconnected..

It works if I use the user’s SID but I still cannot access the share.

[Natetronn]

I configured mine using the following Manjaro Wiki article:

Using Samba in your File Manager

[grendelx]

hi, I tried your way, I created my own predictable structure data/…bla**, stock, with changed permission, ownership, and all possible combos, but it does not work.

[Tacklezaza]

Hello, Manjaro Users

I still have a problem with Samba on Manjaro 21.3.7 (2022-08-16)

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Can someone confirm that Samba issues are still present and not being fixed in this version?

Thank you
Apidech T.

[Begemoth]

Facing that issue too, thanks for a topic.

[skeezmoe]

Still a problem, I even reverted to 4.16.2-1 of smb and smbclient but same problem. It must be related to something else in the recent update.

I can see shares using net usershare list

But cannot access or see it using smbclient -L or a Windows network map from explorer.

Here are some results from investigations:

❯ cat /etc/samba/smb.conf
[global]
        workgroup = MyWorkgroup
        server role = standalone server
        server string = %h server (Samba %v)
        invalid users = root
        security = user
        usershare path = /var/lib/samba/usershares
        usershare max shares = 100
        usershare allow guests = yes
        usershare owner only = yes

[homes]
        comment = Home Directories
        browseable = no
        valid users = %S
        writable = yes

❯ net usershare list
Min
❯ smbclient -L 192.168.1.100 -U smb_user
Password for [.....]:

        Sharename       Type      Comment
        ---------       ----      -------
SMB1 disabled -- no workgroup available

❯ systemctl status smb
● smb.service - Samba SMB Daemon
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/smb.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
     Active: active (running) since Wed 2022-08-17 06:53:17 AEST; 2h 2min ago
       Docs: man:smbd(8)
             man:samba(7)
             man:smb.conf(5)
   Main PID: 1353 (smbd)
     Status: "smbd: ready to serve connections..."
      Tasks: 3 (limit: 38407)
     Memory: 30.5M
        CPU: 567ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/smb.service
             ├─1353 /usr/bin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group
             ├─1360 /usr/bin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group
             └─1361 /usr/bin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group

Aug 17 06:53:17 Manjaro systemd[1]: Starting Samba SMB Daemon...
Aug 17 06:53:17 Manjaro smbd[1353]: [2022/08/17 06:53:17.519333,  0] ../../source3/smbd/server.c:1741(main)
Aug 17 06:53:17 Manjaro smbd[1353]:   smbd version 4.16.4 started.
Aug 17 06:53:17 Manjaro smbd[1353]:   Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2022
Aug 17 06:53:17 Manjaro systemd[1]: Started Samba SMB Daemon.
❯ journalctl -S "6 hour ago" -xu smb.service
Aug 17 06:53:17 Manjaro systemd[1]: Starting Samba SMB Daemon...
░░ Subject: A start job for unit smb.service has begun execution
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://forum.manjaro.org/c/support
░░ 
░░ A start job for unit smb.service has begun execution.
░░ 
░░ The job identifier is 97.
Aug 17 06:53:17 Manjaro smbd[1353]: [2022/08/17 06:53:17.519333,  0] ../../source3/smbd/server.c:1741(main)
Aug 17 06:53:17 Manjaro smbd[1353]:   smbd version 4.16.4 started.
Aug 17 06:53:17 Manjaro smbd[1353]:   Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2022
Aug 17 06:53:17 Manjaro systemd[1]: Started Samba SMB Daemon.
░░ Subject: A start job for unit smb.service has finished successfully
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://forum.manjaro.org/c/support
░░ 
░░ A start job for unit smb.service has finished successfully.
░░ 
░░ The job identifier is 97.                                                                                               ✔ 

[TheInvisible]

For me, this was an AppArmor issue. My shares are located outside of my home directory and i had to whitelist them in /etc/apparmor.d/local/usr.sbin.smbd.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/samba#Permission_issues_on_AppArmor

[xlekox]

Thanks ! That made the trick for me!

[joseheitor]

This fixes the problem for me too.

Hooray, hooray - thanks to TheInvi(n)sible!

[grendelx]

I wish there were more Invisible like you making a difference!!!

[Char]

Hi my share are also located outside of home directory how can I whitelist it
let’s say this is my location

/mnt/befadfl-asdklf-wuqio-0e1/cupcakes/pineapple

I’ve opened nano to edit it I just don’t know what word to enter

[TheInvisible]

Have a look at the example in the linked Arch wiki. Replace /data with your path. Save it and then restart AppArmor service or reboot your System.

[Char]

@TheInvisible

Have a look at the example in the linked Arch wiki. Replace /data with your path

/etc/apparmor.d/local/usr.sbin.smbd
"/data/" rk,
"/data/**" lrwk,

hey thanks but what’s rk, lrwk written in arch wiki , do I have to add it too if so which one rk or lrwk or both

[ehhen]

Upgrade without samba and smbclient.

Same issue after doing a full upgrade.

About 5 times, I restored and confirmed using snapshot.

I’ll leave it alone for the time being.

My personal opinion and expectation is that editing a working smb.conf is just a waste of time.

Kernel: 5.18.14-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.1.0
Desktop: Cinnamon v: 5.4.9 Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux

[TheInvisible]

@Char

what’s rk, lrwk written in arch wiki

r ead, w rite and so on. A more detailed description can be found in the AppArmor documentation:

QuickProfileLanguage · Wiki · AppArmor / apparmor · GitLab

[mana]

Hi, I’m having the same problem but my shares are in the home folder. Same problem on multiple computers.

[WalterNeff]

This fix seems to work. I believe you need BOTH AppArmor settings. And then you need to RESTART AppArmor via “sudo systemctl restart apparmor”

[heiko_s]

Hey thanks a lot! You saved my day. I couldn’t figure out what went suddenly wrong and wasted hours to find the reason (thought it was a recent Windows update).

In my case, a folder under my /home/user was shared, but not my Dropbox folder under /media/… It also didn’t matter that until today I shared a link to that Dropbox folder under my /home/user directory.

Your solution works perfectly!