[Samba] Samba server fails to save settings

[Rowland Penny]

On Wed, 10 Oct 2018 16:49:49 +0100
Aref Taidi via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have checked the state of samba which clearly shows it is up and
> running as below:
> 
> ● smb.service - Samba SMB Daemon
>    Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/smb.service; enabled;
> vendor preset: disabled) Active: active (running) since Wed
> 2018-10-10 16:21:29 BST; 2min 6s ago Process: 1570
> ExecStartPre=/usr/share/samba/update-apparmor-samba-profile
> (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 1574 (smbd) Status: "smbd:
> ready to serve connections..." Tasks: 4 (limit: 4915)
>    CGroup: /system.slice/smb.service
>            ├─1574 /usr/sbin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group
>            ├─1585 /usr/sbin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group
>            ├─1586 /usr/sbin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group
>            └─1589 /usr/sbin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group
> 
> Oct 10 16:21:28 cricklewood01.lan systemd[1]: Starting Samba SMB
> Daemon... Oct 10 16:21:29 cricklewood01.lan smbd[1574]: [2018/10/10
> 16:21:29.821742,  0] ../lib/util/become_daemon.c:138(daemon_ready)
> Oct 10 16:21:29 cricklewood01.lan systemd[1]: Started Samba SMB
> Daemon. Oct 10 16:21:29 cricklewood01.lan smbd[1574]:   daemon_ready:
> STATUS=daemon 'smbd' finished starting up and ready to serve
> connections
> 

That isn't your problem. You said you used Yast to modify smb.conf, but
your changes didn't get into smb.conf. This can only be a Yast problem,
it is this tool that is trying to change smb.conf.

I suggest you go and ask OpenSuse about Yast.

Rowland