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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ZFS on linux with centos 7.2 sync reads slow to crawl when executing sync writes
We are running ZFS on linux with centos 7.2. The array has 26 6tb Seagate sas drives in a mirrored configuration and then stripped across the mirrors to form our pool. 128gb arc, 480GB l2arc PCI flash card. Slog is supplied by a sata ssd. We are…

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smbclient: Connection to localhost failed (Error NT_STATUS_CONNECTION_REFUSED)
until yesterday I had a functioning Active Directory Primary Domain Controller running on a raspberry pi. Now it seems I cannot get the 'samba' service to listen at all. This is since performing an upgrade.
root@r2d2:/etc# /etc/init.d/samba…

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wbinfo -u does not show AD users (is empty)
We have a problem on a Ubuntu Server 14.04 (fileserver) connected to AD on a Windows Server 2008 R2 using Samba (version 4.3.8)/WinBind and Kerberos. The problem is that users do not have writing permissions in their personal folders.
We also noted…

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connect to smb share with root access
Ok, I have smb configured on my Centos 6.7 environment, I have added the user root with smbpasswd -a and when I browse to the share from my windows box I connect with the samba root user I created a password for, but I don't have linux root…

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Allow self password change using LDAP(s) with Samba4
I am trying to create a webapp to allow users to change their own passwords in Samba4 (perhaps, also in AD), using LDAP(s). But when I try to modify the user password using this code:
dn: ........
changetype: modify
replace: unicodePwd
unicodePwd:…

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Samba 4.1 process_usershare_file: stat of /var/lib/samba/usershares/share failed. even though user can list that folder and stat file
I've got two identical users, one can access the share while the others not able to. The share's name is storage_photos, it's located in the folder /storage/photos/.
$ getfacl /storage/photos
getfacl: Removing leading '/' from absolute path names
#…

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Samba 4.1.17-Debian Access denied to fileshare
I freshly installed Debian 8 (Jessie) on a virtual machine. I installed the Samba 4.1.17 server with the intention to have shared folders on my network. I didn't change anything to the configuration, except that the following lines have been added…

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Mounting encrypted Samba share (linux server/client)
I'm trying to set up encrypted samba access. In order to achieve that I've added 2 lines to [global] scope in smb.conf:
server signing = mandatory
smb encrypt = mandatory
But unfortunately I can't mount samba shares now anywhere. I've tried with…

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smbd processes in uninterruptable sleep
I have fileserver running FreeBSD 10.1. The server's storage consists of two HDDs in a mirrored ZFS pool.
This server is running Samba 4.1, as domain member. The domain controller is running on another server (Windows Server 2012). I use winbind for…

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Samba AD DC beginner questions(add user differences, user rights)
I have a Samba AD DC I'm setting up, and I have a bunch of smallish questions.
Adding users: It looks like there are three ways:
samba-tool user add USERNAME
pdbedit -a USERNAME
smbpasswd -a USERNAME
or, do some fancy things to link samba users and…

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Windows 7 extremely slow with samba 4
I'm experiencing extremely slow performance when trying to copy files from and to a samba 4 share. I'm using Debian and the Samba 4 SerNet packages and everything is up to date on the client as well as on the server. The connection is made through…

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passwordless AD domain join
I remember back in the olden days of Windows NT you could create "blank" computer accounts so that anyone could join a computer of that name to the domain.
I would like to do the same thing with Active Directory. Specifically:
create a "blank"…

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samba4 dc "network location cannot be reached"
to clear the air
centos 6.4? (maybe 6.3) as the server, running samba 4.0.10, trying to add a windows 7 client that has connectivity to the server.
this is what windows shouts as me as it mocks my dependence on network infrastructure.
"the network…
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samba4 domain member server: users can't see share list, instead they are prompted for a samba password
We need to figure out why windows domain users are being prompted for a password when accessing samba server. They can see the server under Microsoft Windows Network, but they can not see the share list because when they click on the server's name,…

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Error starting Samba NetBIOS Name Services (nmb) on CentOS 6
I am trying to start the nmb service. It leaves this in the log file and exists:
[2013/05/08 14:06:23, 0] ../source3/nmbd/nmbd.c:883(main)
nmbd version 4.0.0rc4 started.
Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2012
[2013/05/08…

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