Samba problem with 10May16 release

[mattmiller]

I did an apt-get dist-upgrade as per blog instructions but now my Samba install doesn't work

A bit of googling suggests that this might be a month old Debian issue that has now been fixed.

has it not been fixed in Raspbian or do I have a different problem

i.e Is anyone running latest image able to use Samba?

Matthew

[mattmiller]

So - this is just unique to me?

All you other Samba-isters are fine with new image/upgrade?

Matthew

[Dis93]

Sorry, mine just continued to work after the upgrade.
Maybe post your smb.conf file here?

[mattmiller]

I can't because I can't access the file on my Pi from my PC because Samba is broke for me

I'll go and see what other methods there are to trasnfer it

The errror I'm gettting is

sudo service smbd restart
gives

Job for smbd.service failed. See 'systemctl status smbd.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details.

[mattmiller]

Here it is

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#======================= Global Settings =======================
[global]
workgroup = WORKGROUP
wide links = yes
unix extensions = no
dns proxy = no
#### Debugging/Accounting ####
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 1000
syslog = 0
panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
####### Authentication #######
security = user
map to guest = pi
#======================= Share Definitions =======================
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = yes
guest ok = yes
read only = no
create mask = 0775
directory mask = 0775
writeable = yes
guest account = pi
[root]
comment = Admin Config Share
path = /
browseable = yes
force user = root
force group = root
admin users = pi
writeable = yes
read only = no
guest ok = yes
create mask = 0777
directory mask = 0777

[mattmiller]

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systemctl status smbd.service

gives

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\u25cf smbd.service - LSB: start Samba SMB/CIFS daemon (smbd)
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/smbd)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2016-05-15 13:59:20 BST; 5min ago
  Process: 31614 ExecStop=/etc/init.d/smbd stop (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
  Process: 27608 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/smbd start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
pi@pi16gbsam ~ $ \u25cf smbd.service - LSB: start Samba SMB/CIFS daemon (smbd)
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
pi@pi16gbsam ~ $    Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/smbd)
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
pi@pi16gbsam ~ $    Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2016-05-15 13:59:20 BST; 4min 4s ago
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
pi@pi16gbsam ~ $   Process: 31614 ExecStop=/etc/init.d/smbd stop (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
pi@pi16gbsam ~ $   Process: 27608 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/smbd start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE

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journalctl -xn

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No journal files were found.

[DirkS]

Use 'sudo' with the systemctl and journalctl commands.
It should give more information.

[mattmiller]

I've played around with my smb.conf file (and rebooted several times just to apease the gremlins inside the machine) and I now seem to be back up and running

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#======================= Global Settings =======================
[global]
workgroup = WORKGROUP
wide links = yes
unix extensions = no
dns proxy = no
#### Debugging/Accounting ####
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 1000
syslog = 0
panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
####### Authentication #######
security = user
map to guest = Bad User
guest account = pi
#======================= Share Definitions =======================
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = yes
guest ok = yes
read only = no
create mask = 0775
directory mask = 0775
writeable = yes
[root]
comment = Admin Config Share
path = /
browseable = yes
force user = root
force group = root
admin users = pi
writeable = yes
read only = no
guest ok = yes
create mask = 0777
directory mask = 0777

So I can now enjoy all the new goodies without losing out on a old one
Matthew