[Samba] Unable to mount samba share on Windows 11

Mark Foley mfoley at novatec-inc.com
Mon Apr 15 18:33:10 UTC 2024


I am using Samba 4.18.9, not in a Windows domain environment.  I recently
upgraded a Windows computer on the LAN to Windows 11.  This is the first time
since either the Samba or Windows upgrade I have tried to map a drive which is a
Linux Samba share to a Windows 11 computer.  The samba share is (was):

Code:

# smbclient -L localhost

Anonymous login successful

        Sharename       Type      Comment
        ---------       ----      -------
        homes           Disk      Home Directory on quadmon

The smb.conf is:

[global]
workgroup = WORKGROUP
server string = QUADMON Samba Server
security = user
unix password sync = yes
kernel oplocks = false
log file = /var/log/samba.clients
   max log size = 50
   socket options = TCP_NODELAY 

local master = no
domain master = no
preferred master = yes
   dns proxy = no 

;[homes]
;   comment = Home Directory on quadmon
;   browseable = yes
;   writable = yes
;   create mask = 0660

[mfoley]
   comment = Home Directory on quadmon
   path = /home/mfoley
   valid users = mfoley
   browseable = yes
   writable = yes
   create mask = 0660

The Windows host can ping and ssh to the Linux by hostname quadmon.  When trying
to map to \\quadmon\homes on Windows I get, "Windows cannot access
\\quadmon\homes.".  I've also tried using the IP. When I click on the browse
button in the 'Map Network Drive' dialog it does not see quadmon.  I do have
wsdd.py running on Linux which is supposed to facilitate discovery by Windows
computers. 

There are no messages on the Linux /var/log files related to this problem. 

As shown, I tried commenting out the [homes] share and replacing it with an
explict share to my home directory [mfoley]. I have [re]set the smbpasswd
password for mfoley. None of this is working. I always get the "Windows cannot
access ..." message.

Any idea what is going wrong here? Do I need something in PAM? Different
settings in /etc/samba/smb.conf?

Interestingly, on another LAN, with the Linux host being part of a Windows
Active Directory domain, I have no problem mapping drives from Windows.

Certainly many people have this working with Windows 11!

Thanks --Mark



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