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   From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 12/03/2023 07:06, Paul wrote:   
   > On 3/10/2023 9:39 PM, Paul wrote:   
   >> On 3/10/2023 2:25 PM, pinnerite wrote:   
   >>> For many years I have had to retain two Windows virtual machines,   
   >>> running on a Linux host and VirtualBox.   
   >>>   
   >>> I need Windows XP for a large home-grown 16 bit programe and for a   
   >>> programme that drives a Fujitsu cut-sheet feeder-scanner.   
   >>>   
   >>> Windows 10 is for professional software not available on any other   
   >>> platform.   
   >>>   
   >>> The data files are all on Linux partitions and accessed from Windows   
   >>> using samba.   
   >>>   
   >>> I have to use the lowest security protocol for Windows to access the   
   >>> data.   
   >>>   
   >>> Today, I discovered that from both Windows I could not longer access   
   >>> the data.   
   >>>   
   >>> Eventually I powered down and then up again using a drive last cloned   
   >>> in December 2022.   
   >>>   
   >>> Everything worked perfectly.   
   >>>   
   >>> So it seems an update has clobbered my machine.   
   >>>   
   >>> Has anyone else using samba suffered from this problem?   
   >>>   
   >>> TIA, Alan   
   >>   
   >> There is SMB1, SMB2, SMB3.   
   >   
   > it took me quite a while to tip my Linux drive upright again.   
   > (A restore from backup didn't quite do what it was supposed to do.)   
   >   
   > I did a do-partial-upgrade on a 20.04.3 to 20.04.5 and   
   > the 4.15 SAMBA came in. Initially, nothing worked.   
   >   
   > I added these to smb.conf, as an experiment.   
   >   
   > server min protocol = NT1   
   > client min protocol = NT1   
   > client lanman auth = yes   
   > ntlm auth = yes   
   >   
   > and EVERYTHING worked after that. My test share ("server test") on   
   > Ubuntu 20.04.5 worked (it was set up a while back), as well as the   
   > client worked with a Windows 11 that had SMBV1 turned on in Windows   
   > Features.   
   >   
   >     Paul   
   I remember having too do similar back in the day when I still used samba.   
      
   But I don't use it any more, not even for my windows VM.   
      
   You don't need it to access a local hard drive under virtual box. And my   
   NFS mounted server partitions appear as 'local drives' to windows.   
      
      
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