Problems connecting to a Samba share from Windows or Linux; checklist

by Alan Williamson

Trying to connect to a samba share that looks correct, but keep getting 'Access Denied' error reports. There are a number of things you can check If after setting up a samba share it still doesn't connect then make sure you have done the following:

  • The directory in which you are sharing is owned by the samba user you have designated
  • The directory has the necessary read/write attributes setup on it depending on your wants
  • Make sure the user in which samba is trying to use is the one you expect by keeping an eye on the log file /var/log/samba/
  • If running SELinux, then make sure you designate that folder as safe for samba; 
    chcon -t samba_share_t -R /dir/to/share
  • Make sure the /etc/samba/smbusers is mapping to the right real Linux usernames


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