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I have a directory on my Ubuntu 14 box that I'd like to connect to via my Windows 10 box. I've created a new Samba user, set the new user's password, and verified that the new user has the proper permissions for the directory. When I try map to this drive in Windows Explorer, however, I get an "Access is denied" error. I'd like to use the specific linux user 'music' only - I don't want to make this directory accessible to everyone/guests. 'music' needs to have both read and write access.

I'm using the username music@192.168.1.6 (LAN IP address is static) with the correct Samba password (verified with smbclient).

What do I need to do differently?

Here's the excerpt from my log.elwah file (elwah is the name of my Win10 box):

[2016/01/23 17:59:00.839965,  0] ../source3/smbd/uid.c:153(check_user_share_access)
  user music connection to Music denied due to share security descriptor.

And here is my smb.conf file:

[global]
   workgroup = WORKGROUP
   server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)
   wins support = yes
   dns proxy = no
   encrypt passwords = yes
   log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
   max log size = 1000
   syslog = 0
   panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d

   server role = standalone server
   passdb backend = tdbsam
   obey pam restrictions = yes
   unix password sync = yes
   passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
   passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
   pam password change = yes
   map to guest = bad user
   usershare allow guests = no

   ntlm auth = no
   lanman auth = no
   client ntlmv2 auth = yes

[Music]
   comment = My shared music folder
   path = /mnt/largemarge/music/
   valid users = music
   read only = no
   guest ok = no
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I was able to setup a like configuration with my host, and when I went to access the share through the network browser of Windows 10, it prompted me for my username and password. It only opened up when I gave it the correct information.

Looking at what you have compared to my setup, the following lines I have added to my [global] section of my /etc/samba/smb.conf file:

[global]
usershare owner only = false
unix extensions = no
follow symlinks = yes
wide links = yes

You can also try installing Samba Server Configuration that is a GUI control of your Samba settings by typing in the following:

sudo apt-get install gksu system-config-samba

The gksu is used to launch the Samba Server Configuration application with sudo access.

Hope this helps!

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