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08-03-2019, 10:29 AM

#16

PingAn

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Quote:

min protocol = SMB1

Thanks a lot. I did change and restarted smb. Can you see error below please?

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08-03-2019, 11:25 AM	#17
michaelk Moderator Registered: Aug 2002 Posts: 25,702 Rep:	I am not sure what the status code means. Look at /var/log/samba log files and the output of journalctl -xe

08-04-2019, 07:25 AM

#18

PingAn

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Rep:

Thanks.

Here are the errors

Quote:

[root@?-?-?-?-on-nets smb01]# systemctl status smb.service
● smb.service - Samba SMB Daemon
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/smb.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2019-08-04 19:43:18 HKT; 34min ago
Docs: man:smbd(8)
man:samba(7)
man:smb.conf(5)
Process: 1367 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group $SMBDOPTIONS (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Main PID: 1367 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Aug 04 19:43:16 ?-?-?-?-on-nets.com systemd[1]: Starting Samba SMB Daemon...
Aug 04 19:43:17 ?-?-?-?-on-nets.com systemd[1]: smb.service: main process exited, code=exited, sta...URE
Aug 04 19:43:18 ?-?-?-?-on-nets.com systemd[1]: Failed to start Samba SMB Daemon.
Aug 04 19:43:18 ?-?-?-?-on-nets.com systemd[1]: Unit smb.service entered failed state.
Aug 04 19:43:18 ?-?-?-?-on-nets.com systemd[1]: smb.service failed.
Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full.
[root@?-?-?-?-on-nets smb01]# systemctl -l restart smb
Job for smb.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status smb.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
[root@?-?-?-?-on-nets smb01]# journalctl -xe
Aug 04 20:12:54 ?-?-?-?-on-nets.com sshd[3702]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= ui
Aug 04 20:12:56 ?-?-?-?-on-nets.com sshd[3702]: Failed password for invalid user earl from 219.143.153.2
Aug 04 20:12:56 ?-?-?-?-on-nets.com sshd[3702]: Received disconnect from 219.143.153.229 port 58590:11:
Aug 04 20:12:56 ?-?-?-?-on-nets.com sshd[3702]: Disconnected from 219.143.153.229 port 58590 [preauth]
Aug 04 20:17:02 ?-?-?-?-on-nets.com dbus[774]: [system] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.problem
Aug 04 20:17:02 ?-?-?-?-on-nets.com dbus[774]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.
Aug 04 20:17:06 ?-?-?-?-on-nets.com gnome-shell[2653]: JS ERROR: Exception in callback for signal: posit
getCurrentRect@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/key
wrapper@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/_legacy
_onFocusPositionChanged@resource:///org/gnome/she
wrapper@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/_legacy
_emit@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/signals.j
_setCurrentWindow/this._currentWindowPositionId<@
Aug 04 20:17:16 ?-?-?-?-on-nets.com su[3819]: (to root) smb01 on pts/1
Aug 04 20:17:16 ?-?-?-?-on-nets.com su[3819]: pam_unix(su:session): session opened for user root by smb0
Aug 04 20:18:37 ?-?-?-?-on-nets.com polkitd[788]: Registered Authentication Agent for unix-process:3899:
Aug 04 20:18:37 ?-?-?-?-on-nets.com systemd[1]: Starting Samba SMB Daemon...
-- Subject: Unit smb.service has begun start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman.../systemd-devel
--
-- Unit smb.service has begun starting up.
Aug 04 20:18:37 ?-?-?-?-on-nets.com systemd[1]: smb.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/
Aug 04 20:18:37 ?-?-?-?-on-nets.com systemd[1]: Failed to start Samba SMB Daemon.
-- Subject: Unit smb.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman.../systemd-devel
--
-- Unit smb.service has failed.
--
-- The result is failed.
Aug 04 20:18:37 ?-?-?-?-on-nets.com systemd[1]: Unit smb.service entered failed state.
Aug 04 20:18:37 ?-?-?-?-on-nets.com systemd[1]: smb.service failed.
Aug 04 20:18:37 ?-?-?-?-on-nets.com polkitd[788]: Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-process:389
lines 2848-2881/2881 (END)

08-07-2019, 02:49 AM	#19
PingAn Member Registered: Jul 2019 Posts: 44 Original Poster Rep:	Dear all, Any other help?

08-07-2019, 02:53 AM	#20
pan64 LQ Addict Registered: Mar 2012 Location: Hungary Distribution: debian/ubuntu/suse ... Posts: 21,848 Rep:	Dear PingAn, see post #17. Your daemon could not be started and the reason was most probably written into the log.

08-12-2019, 04:18 AM

#21

PingAn

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Can you advise regarding the file below (from /var/log/samba/old)?

Quote:

[2019/08/02 07:30:27.694922, 0] ../lib/param/loadparm.c:1862(lpcfg_do_service_parameter)
Global parameter unix charset found in service section!
[2019/08/02 07:30:27.700453, 0] ../lib/param/loadparm.c:1862(lpcfg_do_service_parameter)
Global parameter dos charset found in service section!
[2019/08/02 07:30:27.700604, 0] ../lib/param/loadparm.c:1862(lpcfg_do_service_parameter)
Global parameter security found in service section!
[2019/08/02 07:30:27.700697, 0] ../lib/param/loadparm.c:1862(lpcfg_do_service_parameter)
Global parameter passdb backend found in service section!
[2019/08/02 07:30:27.703602, 0] ../lib/param/loadparm.c:1862(lpcfg_do_service_parameter)
Global parameter map to guest found in service section!
[2019/08/02 07:30:27.727358, 0] ../lib/param/loadparm.c:1621(set_variable_helper)
set_variable_helper(yes# writable): value is not boolean!
[2019/08/02 17:31:15.235783, 0] ../lib/param/loadparm.c:784(lpcfg_map_parameter)
Unknown parameter encountered: "min procotol"
[2019/08/02 17:31:15.246022, 0] ../lib/param/loadparm.c:1811(lpcfg_do_global_parameter)
Ignoring unknown parameter "min procotol"
[2019/08/02 17:31:15.257405, 0] ../lib/param/loadparm.c:1621(set_variable_helper)
set_variable_helper(yes# writable): value is not boolean!
[2019/08/03 11:13:16.423808, 0] ../lib/param/loadparm.c:784(lpcfg_map_parameter)
Unknown parameter encountered: "min procotol"
[2019/08/03 11:13:16.442694, 0] ../lib/param/loadparm.c:1811(lpcfg_do_global_parameter)
Ignoring unknown parameter "min procotol"
[2019/08/03 11:13:16.451769, 0] ../lib/param/loadparm.c:1621(set_variable_helper)
set_variable_helper(yes# writable): value is not boolean!
[2019/08/03 11:19:43.333441, 0] ../lib/param/loadparm.c:784(lpcfg_map_parameter)
Unknown parameter encountered: "min procotol"
[2019/08/03 11:19:43.333791, 0] ../lib/param/loadparm.c:1811(lpcfg_do_global_parameter)
Ignoring unknown parameter "min procotol"
[2019/08/03 11:19:43.334826, 0] ../lib/param/loadparm.c:1621(set_variable_helper)
set_variable_helper(yes# writable): value is not boolean!
[2019/08/03 11:50:06.980245, 0] ../lib/param/loadparm.c:784(lpcfg_map_parameter)
Unknown parameter encountered: "min procotol"
[2019/08/03 11:50:06.990647, 0] ../lib/param/loadparm.c:1811(lpcfg_do_global_parameter)
Ignoring unknown parameter "min procotol"
[2019/08/03 11:50:06.992345, 0] ../lib/param/loadparm.c:1621(set_variable_helper)
set_variable_helper(yes# writable): value is not boolean!
[2019/08/03 12:32:18.895433, 0] ../lib/param/loadparm.c:784(lpcfg_map_parameter)
Unknown parameter encountered: "min procotol"
[2019/08/03 12:32:18.895719, 0] ../lib/param/loadparm.c:1811(lpcfg_do_global_parameter)
Ignoring unknown parameter "min procotol"
[2019/08/03 12:32:18.896629, 0] ../lib/param/loadparm.c:1621(set_variable_helper)
set_variable_helper(yes# writable): value is not boolean!
[2019/08/03 12:38:29.590202, 0] ../lib/param/loadparm.c:784(lpcfg_map_parameter)
Unknown parameter encountered: "min procotol"
[2019/08/03 12:38:29.590484, 0] ../lib/param/loadparm.c:1811(lpcfg_do_global_parameter)
Ignoring unknown parameter "min procotol"
[2019/08/03 12:38:29.591303, 0] ../lib/param/loadparm.c:1621(set_variable_helper)
set_variable_helper(yes# writable): value is not boolean!
[2019/08/03 17:40:27.320513, 0] ../lib/param/loadparm.c:784(lpcfg_map_parameter)
Unknown parameter encountered: "min procotol"
[2019/08/03 17:40:27.333378, 0] ../lib/param/loadparm.c:1811(lpcfg_do_global_parameter)
Ignoring unknown parameter "min procotol"
[2019/08/03 17:40:27.340462, 0] ../lib/param/loadparm.c:1621(set_variable_helper)
set_variable_helper(yes# writable): value is not boolean!
[2019/08/03 21:35:07.710413, 0] ../lib/param/loadparm.c:784(lpcfg_map_parameter)
Unknown parameter encountered: "min procotol"
[2019/08/03 21:35:07.728954, 0] ../lib/param/loadparm.c:1811(lpcfg_do_global_parameter)
Ignoring unknown parameter "min procotol"
[2019/08/03 21:35:07.729806, 0] ../lib/param/loadparm.c:1621(set_variable_helper)
set_variable_helper(yes# writable): value is not boolean!
[2019/08/03 21:39:12.284287, 0] ../lib/param/loadparm.c:784(lpcfg_map_parameter)
Unknown parameter encountered: "min procotol"
[2019/08/03 21:39:12.284538, 0] ../lib/param/loadparm.c:1811(lpcfg_do_global_parameter)
Ignoring unknown parameter "min procotol"
[2019/08/03 21:39:12.285390, 0] ../lib/param/loadparm.c:1621(set_variable_helper)
set_variable_helper(yes# writable): value is not boolean!
[2019/08/03 21:39:42.954037, 0] ../lib/param/loadparm.c:784(lpcfg_map_parameter)
Unknown parameter encountered: "min procotol"
[2019/08/03 21:39:42.954329, 0] ../lib/param/loadparm.c:1811(lpcfg_do_global_parameter)
Ignoring unknown parameter "min procotol"
[2019/08/03 21:39:42.960804, 0] ../lib/param/loadparm.c:1621(set_variable_helper)
set_variable_helper(yes# writable): value is not boolean!
[2019/08/03 23:13:53.674957, 0] ../lib/param/loadparm.c:784(lpcfg_map_parameter)
Unknown parameter encountered: "min procotol"
[2019/08/03 23:13:53.683312, 0] ../lib/param/loadparm.c:1811(lpcfg_do_global_parameter)
Ignoring unknown parameter "min procotol"
[2019/08/03 23:13:53.684928, 0] ../lib/param/loadparm.c:1621(set_variable_helper)
set_variable_helper(yes# writable): value is not boolean!

08-21-2019, 08:52 PM	#22
PingAn Member Registered: Jul 2019 Posts: 44 Original Poster Rep:	Dear all, Any other help?

08-21-2019, 09:42 PM

#23

michaelk

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Posts: 25,702

Rep:

You never fixed my spelling error

min procotol = SMB1

should be

min protocol = SMB1

Quote:

[Share]# any name you like
path = /home/share# shared directory
writable = yes# writable
guest ok = yes# guest allowed
guest only = yes# guest only
create mode = 0777# fully accessed file
directory mode = 0777# fully accessed directory

Remove the comments on each line (#...)

08-22-2019, 04:26 AM

#24

PingAn

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Registered: Jul 2019

Posts: 44

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Rep:

Where did you see the wrong spelling (in which file)?

Here is my smb.conf

Quote:

[global]
workgroup = SAMBA
security = user
passdb backend = tdbsam
printing = cups
printcap name = cups
load printers = yes
cups options = raw
min protocol = SMB1
# security = smb01
inherit acls = Yes
unix charset = UTF-8
dos charset = CP932
hosts allow = ?.？.?.?
map to guest = Bad User
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
valid users = %S, %D%w%S
browseable = No
read only = No
[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/tmp
printable = Yes
create mask = 0600
browseable = No

[print$]
comment = Printer Drivers
path = /var/lib/samba/drivers
write list = @printadmin root
force group = @printadmin
create mask = 0664
directory mask = 0775
[Share]# any name you like
path = /home/share# shared directory
writable = yes# writable
guest ok = yes# guest allowed
guest only = yes# guest only
create mode = 0777# fully accessed file
directory mode = 0777# fully accessed directory

08-22-2019, 04:55 AM	#25
michaelk Moderator Registered: Aug 2002 Posts: 25,702 Rep:	Ok that error was fixed. Now remove the comments as indicated in my previous post.

08-22-2019, 09:20 PM

#26

PingAn

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Rep:

I've removed all comments within smb.conf file but I've still got the following

Quote:

[root@?-?-?-?-on-nets smb01]# systemctl start smb
Job for smb.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status smb.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
[root@?-?-?-?-on-nets smb01]# systemctl status smb.service
● smb.service - Samba SMB Daemon
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/smb.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2019-08-23 10:16:11 HKT; 23s ago
Docs: man:smbd(8)
man:samba(7)
man:smb.conf(5)
Process: 4345 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group $SMBDOPTIONS (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Main PID: 4345 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Aug 23 10:16:11 ?-?-?-?-on-nets.com systemd[1]: Starting Samba SMB Daemon...
Aug 23 10:16:11 ?-?-?-?-on-nets.com systemd[1]: smb.service: main process exited, code=exited, stat...URE
Aug 23 10:16:11 ?-?-?-?-on-nets.com systemd[1]: Failed to start Samba SMB Daemon.
Aug 23 10:16:11 ?-?-?-?-on-nets.com systemd[1]: Unit smb.service entered failed state.
Aug 23 10:16:11 ?-?-?-?-on-nets.com systemd[1]: smb.service failed.
Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full.
[root@?-?-?-?-on-nets smb01]# journalctl -xe
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman.../systemd-devel
--
-- Unit nmb.service has begun starting up.
Aug 23 10:16:06 ?-?-?-?-on-nets.com systemd[1]: nmb.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/F
Aug 23 10:16:06 ?-?-?-?-on-nets.com systemd[1]: Failed to start Samba NMB Daemon.
-- Subject: Unit nmb.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman.../systemd-devel
--
-- Unit nmb.service has failed.
--
-- The result is failed.
Aug 23 10:16:06 ?-?-?-?-on-nets.com systemd[1]: Unit nmb.service entered failed state.
Aug 23 10:16:06 ?-?-?-?-on-nets.com systemd[1]: nmb.service failed.
Aug 23 10:16:06 ?-?-?-?-on-nets.com polkitd[796]: Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-process:4317
Aug 23 10:16:11 ?-?-?-?-on-nets.com polkitd[796]: Registered Authentication Agent for unix-process:4339:3
Aug 23 10:16:11 ?-?-?-?-on-nets.com systemd[1]: Starting Samba SMB Daemon...
-- Subject: Unit smb.service has begun start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman.../systemd-devel
--
-- Unit smb.service has begun starting up.
Aug 23 10:16:11 ?-?-?-?-on-nets.com systemd[1]: smb.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/F
Aug 23 10:16:11 ?-?-?-?-on-nets.com systemd[1]: Failed to start Samba SMB Daemon.
-- Subject: Unit smb.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman.../systemd-devel
--
-- Unit smb.service has failed.
--
-- The result is failed.
Aug 23 10:16:11 ?-?-?-?-on-nets.com systemd[1]: Unit smb.service entered failed state.
Aug 23 10:16:11 ?-?-?-?-on-nets.com systemd[1]: smb.service failed.
Aug 23 10:16:11 ?-?-?-?-on-nets.com polkitd[796]: Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-process:4339
lines 2904-2937/2937 (END)

08-22-2019, 10:12 PM	#27
michaelk Moderator Registered: Aug 2002 Posts: 25,702 Rep:	Check the logs.

08-24-2019, 08:17 AM	#28
PingAn Member Registered: Jul 2019 Posts: 44 Original Poster Rep:	Sorry, which log file do you mean?

08-24-2019, 08:55 AM	#29
michaelk Moderator Registered: Aug 2002 Posts: 25,702 Rep:	/var/log/samba

08-24-2019, 10:02 AM

#30

PingAn

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Registered: Jul 2019

Posts: 44

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Rep:

Sorry to that log file is empty.

Quote:

[root@?-?-?-?-on-nets samba]# ls -l
total 0
drwx------. 4 root root 30 Jul 10 14:14 cores
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 0 Aug 12 10:25 log.nmbd
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 0 Aug 12 10:25 log.smbd
drwx------. 2 root root 156 Aug 12 17:33 old

Last edited by PingAn; 08-24-2019 at 10:22 AM.

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