Samba4 is version 4 of Samba, the Linux implementation of the SMB/CIFS protocols. It is the first version of Samba with full Active Directory support, allowing a Linux server to become an Active Directory Domain Controller.
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Domain misconfiguration when loggging in to Samba 4.5 AD DC
I have set up a Samba 4.5 as a Domain Controller, I have added to AD a Windows 10 computer and a Windows 7 computer and a user and I can login from the windows computer. Relevant info:
My domain is samdom.example.com
The netbios name is SAMDOM
The…

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Samba server: file limit exceeded when creating folder
I have set up a Samba server to share a USB drive on my network.
I can see the drive, I can edit/delete every file, but I cannot create any because I get a file size too large for the destination file system. Also on the server, I can create a file…

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Samba Unable to access drives other than root
Good Evening,
I am a relatively new Linux admin and have set up a file sharing network across our computers at home. I am in the process of moving all things hosted to a box running Centos 7 from a Win10 box which will turn back into a normal…

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Cannot access Samba share on Fedora 29 using the same configuration as CentOS 7
When trying to setup a Samba share on Fedora 29, I found that it was inaccessible over the network. Upon further inspection, I also found that it was inaccessible from the local machine as well.
I've been working on this for a couple of hours and…

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Centos7 Samba can't write subdirectories via GVFS
I have a really strange problem with Samba running on Centos 7. I have some anonymous shares that are writeable by everyone. Usually I access these shares from a) windows pc's that are being repaired, and b) linux pc's that are mounting them via…

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Why can users delete files on Samba share when they apparently don't have permission to do so?
I'm trying to wrap my head around file permissions on a Samba share and the following puzzles me why both user1 and user2 can delete each others files even though they don't seem to have the permission to do so. This is what those files look like on…

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Sharing mounted CIFS filesystem with samba to macOS users
I have a CIFS filesystem which I am trying to share over samba with macOS users. I can't directly connect to the original samba share which I'm mounting as the CIFS fs on the server as I have to change samba configs and I don't have access to the…

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I can not compile samba
I can not compile samba,I make the command "./configure" and it returns this error "Samba AD DC and --enable-selftest requires lmdb 0.9.16 or later"

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Permissions error on Samba
I have a Samba server with multiples folders, but when user try to create a folder or a file the group permissions are only set to "r" (read), I'm doing something wrong?
My Samba version is 4.3.11-Ubuntu
This is the smb.conf
[COMPANY]
browsable…
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Samba DC with additional DNS server (not same server)
I need to add a Samba DC to an existing network AND existing DNS Server.
My environment:
DNS Server with Bind9 (9.10)
new Samba DC installed with samba-tool and internal DNS Server
a bunch of servers where the DNS server is the Bind DNS server
Now…

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Samba4 creates files as executable when parent directory has any default POSIX ACL
I have a Samba 4.5.12 file server running on Debian Stretch with a file share configured as follows:
[test]
path = /srv/test
read only = no
Inside that share there's a directory: /srv/test/directory. Using Windows client I then create a…

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Samba4 in AD Domain: getent shows only local accounts
I had my samba domain member working a few days ago, but now it stopped serving domain users. Some of the steps I already tried: clear caches, rejoin domain, reboot, pam-auth-update, with and without "winbind use default domain = yes" and some…

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Samba 4 joined to AD: can access to shares using FQDN but not using IP or aliases
I installed a new Openmediavault 4 server which I joined to my Active Directory managed by two Samba 4 Domain Controllers.
Specifications:
Active Directory domain MY.AD.DOMAIN managed by two Samba 4 domain controllers (server-z1.my.ad.domain…

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Samba4 join NT_STATUS_CONNECTION_REFUSED error
I have a Centos 7.2 server running Samba 4.6.13 as an active directory domain controller. I am trying to join a new Fedora 27 server running Samba 4.7.5 to the domain. The domain command will not connect to the other server.
I have firewall…

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Is Samba 4 a good alternative to FreeIPA?
Our goal is to set up one file server / print server on a small LAN. To solve file permissions issues and access issues we have encountered, we believe a type of LDAP solution should be part of this. Two of the solutions we are considering…

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