Can Access SMB from WIndows, But Cannot from Linux

Newbie_from_NJ · October 31, 2017 at 2:59 AM

Hi,

Running LibreElec 8.2.0 on Asus Chromebox and can easily access all SMB folders from my Windows 10 machine. However, I cannot access LibreElec SMB folders using Linux Mint 18.2 x64.

Google searching led me to some people amending /etc/samba/samba.conf on Linux Mint to include below under [global]:

protocol = SMB2

I've done this (unless I did it wrong), but I still cannot access SMB folders.

Can someone please help me resolve this?

Newbie_from_NJ · October 31, 2017 at 3:09 AM

Here's what the samba.conf file currently reads:

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#======================= Global Settings =======================

[global]

## Browsing/Identification ###

# Change this to the workgroup/NT-domain name your Samba server will part of
   workgroup = WORKGROUP

# server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field
    server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)

# Windows Internet Name Serving Support Section:
# WINS Support - Tells the NMBD component of Samba to enable its WINS Server
#   wins support = no

# WINS Server - Tells the NMBD components of Samba to be a WINS Client
# Note: Samba can be either a WINS Server, or a WINS Client, but NOT both
;   wins server = w.x.y.z

# This will prevent nmbd to search for NetBIOS names through DNS.
   dns proxy = no

# This is the change I did that should allow you to connect to SMB shares using SMB2
   protocol = SMB2

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Newbie_from_NJ · October 31, 2017 at 3:31 AM

Running the following command allowed me to see the shares. Now, how do I access them in GUI?

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unknown@LinuxMint ~ $ smbclient -L 10.0.0.xx -m SMB2 -U libreelec
WARNING: The "syslog" option is deprecated
Enter libreelec's password: 
Domain=[LIBREELEC] OS=[] Server=[]

    Sharename       Type      Comment
    ---------       ----      -------
    Storage         Disk      
    Kodi            Disk      
    Update          Disk      
    Videos          Disk      
    Music           Disk      
    TV Shows        Disk      
    Recordings      Disk      
    Downloads       Disk      
    Pictures        Disk      
    Emulators       Disk      
    Configfiles     Disk      
    Userdata        Disk      
    Screenshots     Disk      
    Logfiles        Disk      
    Backup          Disk      
    Picons          Disk      
    IPC$            IPC       IPC Service (LibreELEC)
Domain=[LIBREELEC] OS=[] Server=[]

    Server               Comment
    ---------            -------

    Workgroup            Master
    ---------            -------
unknown@LinuxMint ~ $

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**chewitt** · November 1, 2017 at 10:26 AM Official Post

Samba versions before 4.7 default to making NT1 (SMB1) connections and since 8.1.0 our embedded Samba server only speaks SMB2+

Remove "protocol = SMB2" because this is a server configuration item that has no effect on smbclient. You need to set this instead:

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client min protocol = SMB2

This assumes the version of Samba installed on Mint is 4.1+ to support SMB2. It will also 'break' connectivity with anything else in your network that can only speak SMB1 as the client is now forced to SMB2 or higher.

This should not be required once the version of Samba installed in Mint is 4.7+