Windows 10: NAS users : Samba 4.12.2 fix for network browsing

Discus and support NAS users : Samba 4.12.2 fix for network browsing in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; Hi folks couldn't get SAMBA v4.11 working at all (4.10.X was OK) however provided you upgrade on your NAS systems to Samba 4.12.2 or later it is... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by jimbo45, May 9, 2020.

  1. jimbo45 Win User

    NAS users : Samba 4.12.2 fix for network browsing


    Hi folks

    couldn't get SAMBA v4.11 working at all (4.10.X was OK) however provided you upgrade on your NAS systems to Samba 4.12.2 or later it is working again --especially if you need to use / access older non Windows devices that still need SMB1

    in the [global] section of the smb.conf file ensure you have BOTH of these lines :

    [global]

    client min protocol = NT1
    server min protocol = NT1



    NAS users : Samba 4.12.2 fix for network browsing [​IMG]


    Cheers

    jimbo

    :)
     
    jimbo45, May 9, 2020
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  2. jimbo45 Win User

    Daisy chaining NAS / SAMBA shares across Network(s)


    Hi folks

    If you are messing around with say Linux / NAS servers on VMs or even a mix of real / virtual sometimes you want to connect one NAS share to another NAS server without messing around with config files etc. This daisy chains shares across entire networks including Windows machines.

    For windows it's easy enough --file explorer to search network drives and connect -

    For Linux you can issue a mount -t cifs command to mount the remote share -- don't use the -t smbfs any more it's obsolete if it even works at all.

    The bonkers thing about this is if the mount point is defined as a samba share on server 2 then the HDD from server 1 can be accessed by any system having access to server 2 even if they don't have access to server 1 i.e "Daisy chaining" samba shares. !!!!!

    This saves moving external HDD's around for example when testing servers etc. You'll get network speed of course but with a decent network should all be fine.

    so

    1) get IP address of remote server

    2) issue mount command like the screen shot

    3) enter password for the remote share at the prompt (shown in white here).

    Seasoned linux users won't have a problem but I know a lot of people on this board are experimenting with NAS type servers etc and this type of command isn't always easy to find in the documentation.


    NAS users : Samba 4.12.2 fix for network browsing [​IMG]


    Now on Windows you see my samba share HDD1 on server 2 is actually the content from SERVER 1 which doesn't have access (or vice versa) to the windows machine


    NAS users : Samba 4.12.2 fix for network browsing [​IMG]



    Cheers
    jimbo
     
    jimbo45, May 9, 2020
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  3. jimbo45 Win User
    SAMBA 4.11.x Bugs- shares not reachable inc Windows --fixes

    Hi folks

    3 Get arounds to the Samba V4.11.x version(s) not showing (or serving) shares.

    1) on "downgradeable" Linux / NAS systems downgrade 4 packages to samba 4.10.10-2, smbclient 4.10.10-2, libwbclient 4.10.10-2, ldb 1.5.6-2 (e.g samba,smbclient,libwbclient,ldb)

    2) when upgrading block upgrade to these packages

    3) on some systems undocumented (or hard to find) this could work --in the [global] section of smb.conf ( the configuration file) specify this : client min protocol = CORE --didn't work on my machine though.

    This exposes a risk but some older NAS and other non windows things still use SMB1

    I'm sure that because SAMBA is so widely used a proper fix will come out soon -- but given the COV-19 stuff who knows when teams working on these things are fully operational again.

    Working with downgraded Samba with newest kernel and rest of system :


    NAS users : Samba 4.12.2 fix for network browsing [​IMG]


    Cheers
    jimbo
     
    jimbo45, May 9, 2020
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  4. jimbo45 Win User

    NAS users : Samba 4.12.2 fix for network browsing

    BUG Samba 4.11 so wont see shares NAS / LINUX users

    Hi folks

    There's a / several bug(s) reported (and I can concur) with current release of Samba (4.11.x)

    This will also affect Windows users if they want to access NAS or Linux servers using SAMBA where SAMBA has been upgraded to Version 4.11.x. where x is 1,2,3 etc. Version 4.10 .10 is my last working version -- so advice don't upgrade SAMBA if poss to 4.11 especially if you have any devices still using SMBV1.

    This will affect using things like Amazon fire sticks for streaming stuff from Computers / NAS, Phones, Tablets to smart TV's etc

    I think a lot of this is also caused by the latest Windows "Security" fixes in Networking -- I LIKE security --but not at the expense of it hosing up the Network !!!! . You might find also latest version (fast release) of Windows running as a VM may have problems accessing a NAS / Linux server too with some versions of SAMBA.


    Direct connection via IP address still works but it's a pain though.

    Best solution --stick to SAMBA 4.10.x until bug(s) is / are fixed.

    @martyfelker -- downgrade SAMBA on ArchLinux / Manjaro easy enough --use /var/cache/pacman.pkg and then block that package from update until bug fixed.

    Use command (as root) # pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/package-old_version.pkg.tar.xz

    (Also same for SMBCLIENT if you installed that too or you'll get a library conflict !!).

    For people with other NAS / Linux systems - you'll have to refer to the documentation for that particular OS.


    Cheers
    jimbo
     
    jimbo45, May 9, 2020
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