On Mon, 2015-03-16 at 09:59 +0100, Niki Kovacs wrote: > Hi, > > I'm currently fiddling with Samba, trying to make it work on CentOS 7. > Before that, I ran Samba successfully in a mixed environment with > Slackware64 14.1 on the server and Slackware/Windows Seven on the client > side. > > I have three sandbox machines running CentOS 7. One has a minimal > install with only the samba and samba-client packages. Just to be on the > safe side for fiddling, SELinux is disabled, there's no firewall, etc. > > I installed the 'samba' and 'samba-client' packages and edited a custom > /etc/samba/smb.conf like this: > > # /etc/samba/smb.conf > > [global] > workgroup = WORKGROUP > server string = Serveur de fichiers AMANDINE > netbios name = AMANDINE > dns proxy = yes > domain master = yes > log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m > max log size = 1000 > syslog = 2 > bind interfaces only = yes > interfaces = 192.168.2.0/24 localhost > hosts allow = 192.168.2. 127. > security = user > passdb backend = tdbsam > unix password sync = no > invalid users = root > encrypt passwords = yes > guest account=smbguest > map to guest = bad user > force group = users > create mode = 0660 > directory mode = 0770 > load printers = no > printing = bsd > printcap name = /dev/null > disable spoolss = yes > > [Public] > path = /srv/samba/public > comment = Partage Public > public = yes > only guest = yes > read only = no > > [Confidentiel] > path = /srv/samba/confidentiel > comment = Partage Confidentiel > read only = no > invalid users = root nobody smbguest > > > Note: I explicitly disabled printing because Samba apparently refused to > start, complaining about missing printers. And I did not forget to > create a handful of Samba users (smbguest as well as normal users). > > > On the server, I have this: > > > # smbclient -L localhost -N > Domain=[WORKGROUP] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 4.1.1] > > Sharename Type Comment > --------- ---- ------- > Public Disk Partage Public > Confidentiel Disk Partage Confidentiel > IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Serveur de fichiers AMANDINE) > Domain=[WORKGROUP] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 4.1.1] > > Server Comment > --------- ------- > AMANDINE Serveur de fichiers AMANDINE > NAS > > Workgroup Master > --------- ------- > WORKGROUP AMANDINE > > On the desktop clients (running CentOS 7 + GNOME), when I click on > "Explorer le réseau" (I think it is "Browse Network" in english), I > don't see any server appearing. The 'samba-client' package is installed > on the clients. > > Now I'm a bit clueless. Any suggestions on what to try next? > > Cheers, > > Niki Hello Niki, I replicated your settings on a CentOS 7 on a KVM, I did not see the samba server when I click on "Browse Network", however when I enter smb://<server_IP_address>/ I was able to see the shares. If Im not mistaken the 'nmb' service is responsible for browsing, therefore I stopped it and I was not longer able to see the shares from a windows or samba client. What is the output of: $ smbclient -L <samba_server_host-or-IP> -U <samba_user> from one of the samba clients?