[Samba] Help with domain share 4.22.x

Rowland Penny rpenny at samba.org
Fri Sep 18 16:47:21 UTC 2026


On Fri, 18 Sep 2026 15:55:56 +0100
Rowland Penny via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 18 Sep 2026 10:43:01 -0300
> Bruno Kammers Ribeiro via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
> 
> > I have a Samba AD server and a Samba member server acting as a file
> > server.
> > 
> > It is working, but clients always have to type `DOMAIN\user` or
> > `user at DOMAIN` to access the share.
> > 
> > The Samba file server configuration already includes the directive
> > `winbind use default domain = yes`.
> > 
> > I would like to access the share using just the username, without
> > having to specify the domain.
> > 
> > The client machines are not part of the domain.
> > 
> > Is there a workaround for this?
> 
> Yes, join the machines to the domain.
> 
> Rowland
> 
> 

I am now beginning to wonder just how the 'fileserver' is set up, would
it be possible to see the smb.conf file from it ?

Rowland
 



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