[Samba] 4.4.3 on CentOS 6: no guest login

Rowland penny rpenny at samba.org
Fri May 13 13:12:08 UTC 2016


On 13/05/16 13:34, Tom Yates wrote:
> I have built 4.4.3 on CentOS 6, with a fairly minimalist smb.conf, 
> provisioned the domain as per the wiki [1], and cannot get past test one:
>
> [root at frodo ~]# smbclient -L localhost -U%
> Domain=[ADTEST] OS=[Windows 6.1] Server=[Samba 4.4.3]
> tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_CONNECTION_DISCONNECTED
>
> I can get output if I specify a username, and give a password, but 
> anonymous access seems to be blocked.
>
> [root at frodo etc]# smbclient -L localhost -Ugeoff
> Enter geoff's password:
> Domain=[ADTEST] OS=[Windows 6.1] Server=[Samba 4.4.3]
>
>         Sharename       Type      Comment
>         ---------       ----      -------
>         netlogon        Disk
>         sysvol          Disk
>         big             Disk
>         IPC$            IPC       IPC Service (Samba 4.4.3)
> Domain=[ADTEST] OS=[Windows 6.1] Server=[Samba 4.4.3]
>
>         Server               Comment
>         ---------            -------
>
>         Workgroup            Master
>         ---------            -------
>
> My smb.conf, such as it is (I have redacted the domain name):
>
> [root at frodo etc]# cat smb.conf
> # Global parameters
> [global]
>         netbios name = FRODO
>         realm = ADTEST.XXXX.CO.UK
>         workgroup = ADTEST
>         dns forwarder = 212.23.3.100
>         server role = active directory domain controller
>         idmap_ldb:use rfc2307 = yes
>         log level = 1
>         guest ok = yes
>
> [netlogon]
>         path = 
> /usr/local/samba/var/locks/sysvol/adtest.xxxx.co.uk/scripts
>         read only = No
>
> [sysvol]
>         path = /usr/local/samba/var/locks/sysvol
>         read only = No
>
> [big]
>         path = /big
>         read only = No
>
>
> Am I misunderstanding the wiki?  Or is this test unimportant, and I 
> should just move on?  Thanks for any light anyone can shed.
>
>

Might be a stupid question, but have you started Samba?

Rowland




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