[Samba] Can't get Win7 to mount

Mike Brown brown at mrvideo.vidiot.com
Fri Feb 28 22:39:56 UTC 2025


Fedora 41
Samba 4.21.4

[global]
	workgroup = VIDIOT
	server string = Linux Samba Server
	hosts allow = 127. 192.168.1.
	security = user

	passdb backend = tdbsam

	printing = cups
	printcap name = cups
	load printers = yes
	cups options = raw

	# Install samba-usershares package for support
	#include = /etc/samba/usershares.conf

[homes]
	comment = Home Directories
	valid users = %S, %D%w%S
	browseable = No
	read only = No
	inherit acls = Yes

[usenet-new]
        comment = Linux usenet area
        path = /WebDisk/share_download/usenet
        browseable = yes 
        writeable = yes

[printers]
	comment = All Printers
	path = /var/tmp
	printable = Yes
	create mask = 0600
	browseable = No

[print$]
	comment = Printer Drivers
	path = /var/lib/samba/drivers
	write list = @printadmin root
	force group = @printadmin
	create mask = 0664
	directory mask = 0775

● smb.service - Samba SMB Daemon
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/smb.service; enabled; vendor preset: 
   Active: active (running) since Fri 2025-02-28 11:21:23 CST; 5h 13min ago
 Main PID: 943 (smbd)
   Status: "smbd: ready to serve connections..."
    Tasks: 5 (limit: 4915)
   CGroup: /system.slice/smb.service
           ├─  943 /usr/sbin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group
           ├─ 1092 /usr/sbin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group
           ├─ 1093 /usr/sbin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group
           ├─ 1103 /usr/sbin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group
           └─10107 /usr/sbin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group

Feb 28 11:21:22 mrvideo systemd[1]: Starting Samba SMB Daemon...
Feb 28 11:21:23 mrvideo systemd[1]: Started Samba SMB Daemon.
Feb 28 11:21:23 mrvideo smbd[943]: [2025/02/28 11:21:23.323565,  0] ../lib/util/
Feb 28 11:21:23 mrvideo smbd[943]:   STATUS=daemon 'smbd' finished starting up a
mrvideo.ZROOT <6> cat /NAS/Temp/Downloads/samba.txt 
● smb.service - Samba SMB Daemon
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/smb.service; enabled; preset: disa>
    Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/service.d
             └─10-timeout-abort.conf, 50-keep-warm.conf
     Active: active (running) since Fri 2025-02-28 16:36:13 CST; 2s ago
 Invocation: ba59f854812d4ad7b3e4936eb0b14ab3
       Docs: man:smbd(8)
             man:samba(7)
             man:smb.conf(5)
   Main PID: 33175 (smbd)
     Status: "smbd: ready to serve connections..."
      Tasks: 3 (limit: 76967)
     Memory: 7.5M (peak: 8.1M)
        CPU: 37ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/smb.service
             ├─33175 /usr/sbin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group
             ├─33178 /usr/sbin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group
             └─33179 /usr/sbin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group

Feb 28 16:36:12 mrvideo systemd[1]: Starting smb.service - Samba SMB Daemon...
Feb 28 16:36:13 mrvideo smbd[33175]: [2025/02/28 16:36:13.007217,  0] ../../sou>
Feb 28 16:36:13 mrvideo smbd[33175]:   smbd version 4.21.4 started.
Feb 28 16:36:13 mrvideo smbd[33175]:   Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba >
Feb 28 16:36:13 mrvideo systemd[1]: Started smb.service - Samba SMB Daemon.

The smbd under Fedora 27 (yes it is old) has no problem letting Win7 mount
stuff.

Any ideas on getting Win7 to mount from the newer Fedora?

Thanks.

MB
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