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Problem to configure Samba Server

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I am having problems configuring Samba server in my Linux machine and I hope you can help me.

I already had this working very well for several year in the Linux box that died recently. In the past, I could connect to the samba server and it worked very well from Windows PC’s and Android devices. After getting a new box I installed a newer version of Debian (and I guess also new version of Samba).

Now I started with using the the same old smb.conf, but it didn’t work and I already spent many hour reading websites and trying many changes to the config file, but never being able to connect to the Samba server from other devices.

This is my current smb.conf …

root@jvf:/home/jvf# testparm
Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
Loaded services file OK.
Weak crypto is allowed
Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE

Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions

# Global parameters
[global]
bind interfaces only = Yes
client min protocol = NT1
dns proxy = No
interfaces = lo eth0
map to guest = Bad User
netbios name = SAMBA
security = USER
server min protocol = NT1
server string = Samba Server %v
wins support = Yes
idmap config * : backend = tdb

[homes]
browseable = No
comment = Home Directories
read only = No

[JVFshare]
comment = JVFshare
create mask = 0660
directory mask = 0770
force group = private
path = /home/vmjosep/MyData/JVFshare
read only = No
valid users = vmjosep
root@jvf:/home/jvf#

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In reply to Problem to configure Samba Server

I see the valid users to be vmjosep so how are you making sure your devices identify as said user?

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In reply to Problem to configure Samba Server

Step 1: Install Samba in Linux.
Step 2: Create and Configure Samba Shares.
Step 3: Accessing Samba Share from Windows.
Step 4: Secure Samba Share Directory.
Step 5: Accessing Samba Share from Linux Client.

Regards,
John

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