Samba cannot share folders after recent update

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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 after updating to 4.16.4-2.

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This sounds like a Windows error message - there is no default on Manjaro which includes Everyone group or userid.

So my guess is you are trying to connect to a share without supplying a username.

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Appreciate the help. I am merely trying to share a folder in Manjaro. Right click a folder like ‘documents’, click properties, click share, click share this folder with other computers on the local network, then you can select access rights Read only or Full control. When I select ok, that is when I get the cannot convert name “Everyone” to a SID. Prior to that update, it would have just worked and put a share icon on the folder.

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Open a terminal - and enter this command (the & leaves service running in the background)

python -m http.server -d ~/path/to/share  8080 &

Anyone knowing the IP:PORT address can use their webbrowser to fetch files.

Another possible cause is lack of permissions.

You will have to allow the group users to access your home

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Here is the output:

python -m http.server -d ~/path/to/share  8080 &                                                                            ✔ 
[1] 2915
    ~  Serving HTTP on 0.0.0.0 port 8080 (http://0.0.0.0:8080/) ...

Here is my smb.conf

[global]
workgroup = WORKGROUP
dns proxy = no
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
max log size = 1000
client min protocol = SMB2
server role = standalone server
passdb backend = tdbsam
obey pam restrictions = yes
unix password sync = yes
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = NewUNIXpassword %n\n ReTypenewUNIXpassword* %n\n passwd:allauthenticationtokensupdatedsuccessfully*
pam password change = yes
map to guest = Bad Password
usershare allow guests = yes
name resolve order = lmhosts bcast host wins
security = user
guest account = nobody
usershare path = /var/lib/samba/usershare
usershare max shares = 100
usershare owner only = yes
force create mode = 0070
force directory mode = 0070
load printers = no
printing = bsd
printcap name = /dev/null
disable spoolss = yes
show add printer wizard = no

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
read only = yes
create mask = 0700
directory mask = 0700
valid users = %S

[printers]
comment = All Printers
browseable = no
path = /var/spool/samba
printable = yes
guest ok = no
read only = yes
create mask = 0700

[print$]
comment = Printer Drivers
path = /var/lib/samba/printers
browseable = yes
read only = yes
guest ok = no

I ran these commands:

sudo mkdir /var/lib/samba/usershare
sudo groupadd -r sambashare
sudo chown root:sambashare /var/lib/samba/usershare
sudo chmod 1770 /var/lib/samba/usershare
sudo gpasswd sambashare -a your_username
sudo systemctl restart smb.service
sudo systemctl restart nmb.service

Still get the error.

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but you didn’t understand and you are blind to the fact that you need to replace the path to the actual folder shared.

the python server is a replacement for the smb service - there is nothing related - so you cannot mix this

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inxi -Fazy 
System:
  Kernel: 5.18.17-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.1.1
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-5.18-x86_64
    root=UUID=89ff8654-80a1-4d48-acd5-9d3633b7b80c rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet
    apparmor=1 security=apparmor
    resume=UUID=e9f66162-09d0-4f45-a676-e40ee7f9675a udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.24.6 tk: Qt v: 5.15.5 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
    Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: MSI product: MS-7922 v: 2.0
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: MSI model: Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) v: 2.0
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 10.7
    date: 02/16/2016
Battery:
  Device-1: hid-98:5a:eb:bf:ae:bd-battery model: Apple Keyboard serial: N/A
    charge: N/A status: discharging
  Device-2: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse M325
    serial: <filter> charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
    status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-4690K bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Haswell
    gen: core 4 built: 2013-15 process: Intel 22nm family: 6 model-id: 0x3C (60)
    stepping: 3 microcode: 0x28
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 256 KiB
    desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 6 MiB
    desc: 1x6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 4000 min/max: 800/4000 scaling: driver: intel_cpufreq
    governor: schedutil cores: 1: 4000 2: 4000 3: 4000 4: 4000 bogomips: 28008
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
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  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT
    disabled
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
    prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
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    STIBP: disabled, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
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  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GM206 [GeForce GTX 960] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia
    v: 515.65.01 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 515.xx+ status: current
    (as of 2022-07) arch: Maxwell code: GMxxx process: TSMC 28nm
    built: 2014-19 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:1401 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.4 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
    loaded: nvidia gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 93 s-size: 524x292mm (20.63x11.50")
    s-diag: 600mm (23.62")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 94
    size: 521x293mm (20.51x11.54") diag: 598mm (23.53") modes: N/A
  OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA
    515.65.01 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 9 Series Family HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:8ca0
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA GM206 High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0fba class-ID: 0403
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.18.17-1-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-2: sndio v: N/A running: no
  Sound Server-3: JACK v: 1.9.21 running: no
  Sound Server-4: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-5: PipeWire v: 0.3.56 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp5s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: virbr0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Broadcom BCM20702A0 Bluetooth 4.0 type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
    bus-ID: 3-6:3 chip-ID: 0a5c:21e8 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.49 TiB used: 1.03 TiB (41.5%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 EVO Plus
    1TB size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B
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    logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
    rev: 1A01 scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37240G
    size: 223.57 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: B1D2 scheme: GPT
  ID-4: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 type: USB vendor: Western Digital model: WD
    My Passport 0820 size: 931.48 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 1007 scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 915.01 GiB size: 915.01 GiB (100.00%) used: 176.74 GiB
    (19.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%) used: 568 KiB
    (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 915.01 GiB size: 915.01 GiB (100.00%) used: 176.74
    GiB (19.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 915.01 GiB size: 915.01 GiB (100.00%) used: 176.74
    GiB (19.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 16 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 43.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 48 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 11%
Info:
  Processes: 299 Uptime: 48m wakeups: 5 Memory: 15.58 GiB used: 4.58 GiB
  (29.4%) Init: systemd v: 251 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers:
  gcc: 12.1.1 clang: 14.0.6 Packages: 1594 pacman: 1582 lib: 410 flatpak: 12
  Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 running-in: yakuake inxi: 3.3.20

Although I can’t see if Samba was working before any upgrades, as I only installed and set it up yesterday, I too am receiving this error when in Dolphin, when I try to share a folder (right click folder, share tab, check the box to share the folder and set the permissions for my user and Everyone to Full Control.)

net usershare add: cannot convert name "[myusername/Everyone]" to a SID. The transport connection is now disconnected.


sudo systemctl status nmb 
● nmb.service - Samba NMB Daemon
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/nmb.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
     Active: active (running) since Mon 2022-08-15 12:27:22 PDT; 6s ago
       Docs: man:nmbd(8)
             man:samba(7)
             man:smb.conf(5)
   Main PID: 4117 (nmbd)
     Status: "nmbd: ready to serve connections..."
      Tasks: 1 (limit: 19120)
     Memory: 2.9M
        CPU: 25ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/nmb.service
             └─4117 /usr/bin/nmbd --foreground --no-process-group

Aug 15 12:27:22 nate systemd[1]: Starting Samba NMB Daemon...
Aug 15 12:27:22 nate nmbd[4117]: [2022/08/15 12:27:22.484348,  0] ../../source3/nmbd/nmbd.c:901(main)
Aug 15 12:27:22 nate nmbd[4117]:   nmbd version 4.16.4 started.
Aug 15 12:27:22 nate nmbd[4117]:   Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2022
Aug 15 12:27:22 nate systemd[1]: Started Samba NMB Daemon.
    ~ ········································································································ 12:27:29 PM  
❯ sudo systemctl status smb
● smb.service - Samba SMB Daemon
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/smb.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
     Active: active (running) since Mon 2022-08-15 12:27:14 PDT; 28s ago
       Docs: man:smbd(8)
             man:samba(7)
             man:smb.conf(5)
   Main PID: 4106 (smbd)
     Status: "smbd: ready to serve connections..."
      Tasks: 3 (limit: 19120)
     Memory: 5.8M
        CPU: 40ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/smb.service
             ├─4106 /usr/bin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group
             ├─4108 /usr/bin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group
             └─4109 /usr/bin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group

Aug 15 12:27:14 nate systemd[1]: Starting Samba SMB Daemon...
Aug 15 12:27:14 nate smbd[4106]: [2022/08/15 12:27:14.799283,  0] ../../source3/smbd/server.c:1741(main)
Aug 15 12:27:14 nate smbd[4106]:   smbd version 4.16.4 started.
Aug 15 12:27:14 nate smbd[4106]:   Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2022

I’ll update if I find a solution…

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