[Samba] Upgraded from CentOS 6.X to 7.X, samba not working

[Rowland penny]

On 24/05/2019 13:53, Jobst Schmalenbach via samba wrote:
> Hi
>
> Previous: CentOS 6.X, samba4.x86_64 4.2.10-15.el6
> Now: CentOS 7.6.1810, samba 4.8.3-4.el7
>
> When I start smb, nmb or winbind I get no errors at all.
> This is all I get:
>
>    May 24 22:44:04 HOST systemd[1]: Starting Samba SMB Daemon...
>    May 24 22:44:05 HOST systemd[1]: smb.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
>    May 24 22:44:05 HOST systemd[1]: Failed to start Samba SMB Daemon.
>    May 24 22:44:05 HOST systemd[1]: Unit smb.service entered failed state.
>    May 24 22:44:05 HOST systemd[1]: smb.service failed.
>
> Looking at the samba logs, they are all empty.
> The journal has not much info either.
Try turning up the logs, set 'log level =3' in smb.conf
>
> What the hell am I doing wrong?
No idea, mainly because 'it worked with Samba 4.2 'isn't enough info, 
Can you post your smb.conf
> Are there massive changes between 4.2 and 4.8 that its not working?

There have been numerous changes, but whether that's the problem is 
unknown at this point ;-)

Rowland