[CentOS] Samba won't start on Centos 7.3.1611

[me at tdiehl.org]

On Mon, 9 Oct 2017, Alan McKay wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> I've been googling for an hour on this which seems to be awfully
> basic.  But I cannot find anything definitive.
>
> [root at centos-gig ~]# systemctl enable smb.service
> Failed to execute operation: Access denied
> [root at centos-gig ~]# setenforce 0
> [root at centos-gig ~]# systemctl enable smb.service
> Failed to execute operation: No such file or directory

Does /usr/lib/systemd/system/smb.service exist? It does not look like it
based on the error above.

Does "rpm -V samba" show anything useful?

>
> Have tried things like :
> chcon -t samba_share_t /home/amckay
>
> Also took the output from:
> getsebool -a | grep samba
>
> and set all them to "on"

The selinux stuff means nothing if you have selinux set to permissive.

>
> Stripped my config down to the most basic.
>
> What am I missing?
>
>
> # Global parameters
> [global]
> netbios name = centos
> security = USER
> idmap config * : backend = tdb

Is this a standalone server?

>
> [homes]
> comment = Home Directories
> browseable = No
> inherit acls = Yes
> read only = No
> valid users = %S %D%w%S

Does testparm show any errors?

HTH,

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Tom			me at tdiehl.org