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Can't create a Local Network Share

Asked by James Danko

I can not create a Local Network Share. This did work after installing Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. After numerious update it was noticed that a windows 10 unit nor a Ubuntu 12.04 LTS that both worked at one time.
o I can not open samba. It asks for my password and when entered no error appears no, app opens.
o Nether the windows unit nor the Ububtu laptop can access the Ubuntu 14.04 unit.
o Arp shows it is on the network. Pinging it, works.
o The 14.04 unit can access the 12.04 unit but trying to access the windows unit it asks for a login and password. It never asked that before.

I removed and reinstalled samba without any change in the symptoms?

With Samba removed, when I go to share a directory I get a error:
Samba's testparm returned error 1: Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
rlimit_max: increasing rlimit_max (1024) to minimum Windows limit (16384)
Error loading services.

This directory was previouslt shared and was working. I noticed the share was lost about the time it could not be seen when browsing the network.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

use:

sudo smbpasswd -a $USER

as given (no need to edit) and you can then authenticate to the share as your username using the password you specify.

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James Danko (j-danko) said : 		#2

o I re-installed Samba
o ran - sudo apt-get install samba samba-common system-config-samba
python-glade2 gksu
*as per instructions with no errors
o Entered: sudo smbpasswd -a $USER
WARNING: Ignoring invalid value 'share' for parameter 'security'
Can't load /etc/samba/smb.conf - run testparm to debug it
o ran "testparm".
  testparm
Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
rlimit_max: increasing rlimit_max (1024) to minimum Windows limit (16384)
WARNING: The "syslog only" option is deprecated
WARNING: Ignoring invalid value 'share' for parameter 'security'
Error loading services.
o No idea.
     o syslog only
     /etc/samba/samba.conf entry is:
* syslog only = no *

???
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On 05/03/2016 12:08 PM, actionparsnip wrote:
> Your question #293203 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/293203
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> use:
>
> sudo smbpasswd -a $USER
>
> as given (no need to edit) and you can then authenticate to the share as
> your username using the password you specify.
>

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James Danko (j-danko) said : 		#3

I reloaded a backup copy of /etc/samba/samba.conf
Now both the Ubuntu 12.04 and the windows 10 units can see the Ubuntu
14.04 unit while browsing...
The only thing is, that it asks for a login and password.
Would it be possible to obtain a clean version of this file... Jim

On 05/03/2016 01:27 PM, James Danko wrote:
> Your question #293203 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/293203
>
> Status: Answered => Open
>
> You are still having a problem:
> o I re-installed Samba
> o ran - sudo apt-get install samba samba-common system-config-samba
> python-glade2 gksu
> *as per instructions with no errors
> o Entered: sudo smbpasswd -a $USER
> WARNING: Ignoring invalid value 'share' for parameter 'security'
> Can't load /etc/samba/smb.conf - run testparm to debug it
> o ran "testparm".
> testparm
> Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
> rlimit_max: increasing rlimit_max (1024) to minimum Windows limit (16384)
> WARNING: The "syslog only" option is deprecated
> WARNING: Ignoring invalid value 'share' for parameter 'security'
> Error loading services.
> o No idea.
> o syslog only
> /etc/samba/samba.conf entry is:
> * syslog only = no *
>
> ???
> **
> On 05/03/2016 12:08 PM, actionparsnip wrote:
>> Your question #293203 on Ubuntu changed:
>> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/293203
>>
>> Status: Open => Answered
>>
>> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
>> use:
>>
>> sudo smbpasswd -a $USER
>>
>> as given (no need to edit) and you can then authenticate to the share as
>> your username using the password you specify.
>>

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#4

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