[Samba] Recurring Error: The specified network name is no longer available

[Rowland penny]

On 14/08/2020 12:54, Gerard Owusu wrote:
> Hi Rowland,
>
> Sorry for the delay, my current smb.conf is:
>
> [global]
>         log file = %S.log
>         log level = 3
>         workgroup = WORKGROUP
>         security = user
>         passdb backend = tdbsam
>         printing = cups
>         printcap name = cups
>         load printers = yes
>         cups options = raw
>         lanman auth = no
>         ntlm auth = yes
>         client lanman auth = no
>
> [Anonymous]
>         comment = anonymous file share
>         path = /samba/anonymous_shared_directory
>         browseable = yes
>         writable = yes
>         guest ok = yes
>         guest only = yes
>         read only = no
>         force user = nobody

Now that is interesting, you have a share that you obviously want to be 
a 'guest' share, but you haven't set 'map to guest = bad user' in 
[global], so it will never be used. You also do not need the 'force 
user' line in the share, the 'guest only' line does the same thing.

Rowland