Hi all:

Been doing Linux/Samba for quite awhile, but recently setup a new Fedora 32 server with Samba 4.12.2.

I have been getting this problem with a Windows 7 64 Pro trying to access a samba share on the new server.
I can see the server and the share from the Windows computer, but when trying login with correct credentials get "Access denied" message. I have researched this problem without finding a solution, so any help would be appreciated

smbclient -L NEHServer -U myusername
Enter NEH\myusername's password:

Sharename Type Comment
--------- ---- -------
netshare Disk Directory for NEH company
IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Samba Server Version 4.12.2)
SMB1 disabled -- no workgroup available

[root@NEHServer /]#

/etc/samba/smb.conf

[global]
unix charset = UTF-8
workgroup = NEH
server string = Samba Server Version %v
netbios name = NEHSERVER
hosts allow = 127. 192.168.15.
hosts deny = 0.0.0.0
protocol = SMB3
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 50
security = user
passdb backend = tdbsam
load printers = yes
cups options = raw

[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
browseable = no
guest ok = no
writable = no
printable = yes

[netshare]
comment = Directory for NEH company
path = /home/netshare
public = no
guest ok = no
valid users = @netshare
write list = @netshare
browseable = yes
writable = yes
create mask = 0770
force create mode = 0770
force group = smbgroup

I have used pretty much the same smb.conf up to Fedora 28 without any problems.
I had also tried min protocol = SMB2 with the same results.

[root@NEHServer home]# ls -l
total 24
drwx------. 3 butch butch 4096 May 20 15:00 butch
drwx------. 2 root root 16384 Jan 25 2016 lost+found
drwxrwx---. 2 butch smbgroup 4096 May 19 15:29 netshare
[root@NEHServer home]#

Any thoughts on a solution would be greatly appreciated.

seahawkJa

You have a different issue to the one being discussed by the OP. Always best to start your own thread, rather than tacking onto someone else's. Anyway, review blog this to start with.

Have you tried 'smbpasswd' for setting password for your user?

In addition to the above:

Windows 7 supports SMB V2 not V3 as far as I know so you should set the min protocol back to SMB2.

Fedora uses selinux. If not disabled you need to add the share or clients will not be able to access it.

https://www.tecmint.com/setup-samba-...ndows-clients/