After clean install windows 10 machine can't see SAMBA

svetter88 · May 10, 2016, 12:37am

I recently updated to Tumbleweed (clean install) leaving the home directory intact and checked on smb.conf and it appears to be the same. Good. However the Windows 10 machine can’t see the Linux machine’s SAMBA. I can ping the Linux machine from Windows 10. On the Linux machine and using the file manager everything seems fine. Any ideas?

malcolmlewis · May 10, 2016, 2:10am

Hi
Ports open in the firewall? Maybe the changes to version 4.4.2 of samba?

svetter88 · May 10, 2016, 5:35am

The client is at 3.1.16-1.2 and the server is at 3.1.14-1.2 (3.1.15-1.1).

svetter88 · May 10, 2016, 5:36am

As for the firewall I had it disabled for trying out.

crmrhm · May 10, 2016, 6:00am

You may need to do

sudo smbpasswd -a your_username

to add the samba user.
Howard

svetter88 · May 10, 2016, 6:39pm

Did that. Still can’t see the Linux machine from the Windows 10.

crmrhm · May 10, 2016, 7:52pm

How are you trying to see the Linux machine?
If I use Windows 10 File Explorer’s Network item, it lists only the local machine, not any Linux or Win10 machines in the Workgroup. If I put \192.168.1.Linux_machine_IPaddress_last3numbers in the address bar, it does correctly access the Linux box.
Howard