Struggled with this for a while. Doing all sorts of changes to the smb.conf file. Finally came across the following command on the internet to disable samba from selinux….
As root run…
setsebool -P smbd_disable_trans 1 I saw an error doing this, but a restart of samba saw success! Yay! Here is my very simple smb.conf for reference. [global] workgroup = mshome server string = Fairmaiden Samba Server log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log max log size = 50 dns proxy = no username map = /etc/samba/smbusers guest ok = yes [printers] comment = All Printers path = /usr/spool/samba browseable = no printable = yes [backups] comment = Backups path = /backups writeable = yes browseable = yes guest ok = yes [music] comment = Music path = /music writeable = no browseable = yes guest ok = yes