[Samba] samba problem with version upgrade - restated

[David H. Durgee]

I am consolidating and restating this problem as thus far I have 
received no answer from the group as to how to correct this problem.

I have two linux mint systems on my network and use samba to share data 
between them.  I am in the process of upgrading one of them from linux 
mint maya to linux mint sylvia, which also upgrades smbd from 3.6.25 to 
4.3.11-Ubuntu and encountering behavior differences. I suspect I need to 
tweak my newer smb.conf file to correct this problem.

The system I am in process of upgrading offers a single share of a 
directory, which the other system accesses via a gvfs-mount configured 
by gigolo.  I use this directory in both directions for file transfer 
with no issues when the system is running maya.  Once I boot sylvia I 
have problems.

A summary of the situation:

1) maya booted (smbd 3.6.25)

A file added to the share from the other system appears in the shared 
directory with ownership as "dhdurgee/dhdurgee" and can be moved out of 
the shared directory elsewhere.

A file added to the shared directory can be accessed via the share from 
the other system also appears with ownership as "dhdurgee/dhdurgee" and 
can be moved elsewhere out of the share.

2) sylvia booted (smbd 4.3.11-Ubuntu)

A file added to the share from the other system appears in the shared 
directory with ownership as "nobody/nogroup" and cannot be moved out of 
the shared directory elsewhere.  Errors are "file is read only, delete 
anyway?" "operation not permitted"

A file added to the shared directory can be accessed via the share from 
the other system with ownership as "dhdurgee/dhdurgee" but cannot be 
moved out of the shared directory elsewhere.  Error is "Access Denied"

Extracting non-default, non-comments from the two smb.conf files:

MAYA:

[global]
    workgroup = AGI-NET
    server string = %h server (Samba, LinuxMint)
    dns proxy = no
    log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
    max log size = 2048
    log level = 0
    syslog = 0
    panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
    obey pam restrictions = yes
    unix password sync = yes
    passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
    passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n 
*Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
    pam password change = yes
    map to guest = bad user
    usershare allow guests = yes

[testing]
	comment = Samba test shared directory
	read only = no
	locking = no
	path = /var/tmp
     guest ok = yes

SYLVIA:

[global]
    workgroup = AGI-NET
	server string = %h server (Samba, LinuxMint)
    dns proxy = no
    log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
    max log size = 2048
   log level = 0
    syslog = 0
    panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
    server role = standalone server
    obey pam restrictions = yes
    unix password sync = yes
    passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
    passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n 
*Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
    pam password change = yes
    map to guest = bad user
    usershare allow guests = yes

[testing]
	comment = Samba test shared directory
	read only = no
	locking = no
	path = /var/tmp
     guest ok = yes

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Has anyone seen this behavior before?  Can anyone suggest what needs to 
be changed or added to the 4.3.11 smb.conf to correct the problem?

Dave