Sharing problem

Thank you. That did the trick. Now removed.
I rebooted, tried the share again in the context menu and guess what, it worked.
Now it shows that it is sharing.

Unfortunately that’s as far as it goes.
In the file manager, and Networks, the computer is visible now but selecting that required the password and then an error:
Unable to mount location.
Failed to retrieve share list from server: Invalid argument.

On the other computers there is no sign of this computer.

enable avahi-daemon

sudo systemctl enable --now avahi-daemon

For your information - there is several topics in the #contributions:tutorials section on samba - both setup and troubleshooting.

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It seems that you are not using gnome/nautilus, but take a look here:

https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc/?id=000018886

Add this option under the [global] section:

    client ipc signing = auto
 then restart samba (systemctl restart smb.service) or reboot

linux-aarhus, I tried your suggestion to enable avhi-daemon.
It didn’t work. However, looking into your links I found another link about sharing NTFS on Majaro:

I tried to complete the instructions but I received ‘Failed’ in terminal.
But when I tried to access the partition on my windows machine, there it was.
It looks like it is now working as I expected in the first place.
Thank you everyone for helping.
I can now go to the next problem - I’ll start another post.
Thank you again.

You fail to mention the complete message - so I am guessing …

A mount unit may fail if target is already mounted in /etc/fstab - this is expected behavior - if a unit and fstab target the same mountpoint.

There should be no issues mounting the same device on different mountpoints.

Also bear in mind that mount units must be named after their mountpoint path.

From the PoC the mountpoint /srv/samba/ntfs’s unit name is srv-samba-nfts.mount.

Changing the mountpoint inside the unit will also throw a failure when starting/enabling the unit.

This is an entirely different subject and likely why your attempts fail.

User shares is an optional advanced setup and requires options to be set in smb.conf and further it requires a folder /var/lib/samba/usershares

Read more Samba - ArchWiki

Hello linux-aarhus.
Thank you for your explanations.
Please note that my experience with linux is extremely limited. I installed Linux Mint Xfce for a few days with minimal problems. Then discovered Rolling Release distros and installed Manjaro. So my main experience is during this tread in the forum.
So when you say “You fail to mention the complete message”, I had no idea that the fstab entry has anything to do with the share configuration.
I apologize for the term “My browser (nemo)”, it’s not My browser but My file manager (nemo).
The only things I know about linux is what I am learning now and the amount of my knowledge feels quite minimal. I come from Windows 7 with a Classic theme and classic menu for 25 years.

It doesn’t. But it becomes relevant because the failure you mention was in relation to your reading and possibly testing the PoC on NTFS formatted devices where changes you made may have interfered.

Then you have to unlearn everything - you cannot mogrify your Windows knowledge to LInux.

Nobody mentioned that ‘new’ samba uses a different protocol than Windows 7. If you are attempting to network with a W7 computer, /etc/samba/smb.conf needs to be modified to use the ‘old’ protocol. Add to Global Settings:

client min protocol = NT1
server min protocol = NT1

I didn’t need to add the NT1 into smb.conf.

linux-aarhus, I read through your link about becoming a Manjaro power user.
An interesting article, but it has a link to another article about “Linux is not Windows”
https://linux.oneandoneis2.org/LNW.htm
This is a long article but very worthwhile to read. There is something I don’t agree with and they left out something important.

  1. It states that the developers don’t care about attracting windows user to Linux.
    If this is true, why spend so much effort in creating so many window managers and themes to resemble windows. The one thing they haven’t done is copy the Windows Classic Menu (Drag and Drop on single column).
  2. I agree with the comparison they make about the windows user (using a car) and the Linux user (using a motor bike). They are not the same, they are different. The car user will say that the car is better, but the motor bike user will say that the motor bike is better. I understand that. The problem with this comparison is that very often the comparison is not a car versus a motor bike, but a car versus a motor bike without the brakes working and broken mirrors.
    Installing a Windows system it is unlikely that the network doesn’t work or the synaptics mouse pad driver doesn’t work, etc. This is common on Linux. It is great to fiddle with the system, but it is not great to have to troubleshoot a system not understood just to make usable in the first place.
    I agree that linux is getting better. It’s had 25-30 years.
    I’ve looked at about 16 distributions now. The first I actually installed was Linux Mint. It did work but it’s not a rolling release distribution. After deciding I want a rolling release distribution I chose Manjaro - this didn’t work. After a week of persistence, I have it working. Not many Windows users would attempt such an exercise, even if they were capable. Most I know would not be capable of getting Manjaro to work.

I don’t think you will ever get samba working with W7 unless you add those parameters to smb.conf
I have several W7 installs (virtual machines) and samba requires the NT1 parameter (smb1) for sharing, because that is the only samba that W7 knows. And, to share W7 and W10, the W10 registry must be edited to use that parameter or networking will not work between W10 and W7, either. I’ve been through this myself.