Samba sharing not working on Fedora KDE 40

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So here is what I did:

  1. I installed the samba-share plugin for dolphin and followed its on-screen instructions (like adding the user to the required group)
  2. I started the smb service
  3. I created a share for a folder in my home directory, with read/write access for the user

In Infocenter, the share appears on the samba-shares page.

But when I try to access the share from another device, it only displays the computer. When clicked, it immediately cancels loading it contents.

May this be related to the firewall configuration?

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sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=samba
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

If the issue persists, check the output:

systemctl status smb.service
journalctl --no-pager -b _AUDIT_TYPE_NAME=AVC
sudo testparm -s
sudo firewall-cmd --list-all
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Hi, i have a similar situation.
I did a fresh install of Fedora 40 KDE on a 40 GB partition.
Then i added the remaining disk space of the drive as an ntfs partition.
I mounted this partition under /mnt/DATA in the fstab which I can access.
Installed the smb service and the dolphin samba module.
Updated the smb.conf with that folder.
I followed mainly the smb share document from the fedora website.
Did firewall etc. related to that folder.
I can see the shared folder under network.
But when i click on it is asking for userlogin and password and none of my credentials are accepted.
Adding a group in the smb.conf didnt make a change to the situation.
Is there any hint what the right procedure would be to share a drive which is not placed in the home directory?
In this case under /mnt as an ntfs partition.

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Please start a new topic this is not the same issue as this topic covers.

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I added samba to the firewall exceptions, but the issue still persists.

The output of systemctl status smb.service:

● smb.service - Samba SMB Daemon
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/smb.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
    Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/service.d
             └─10-timeout-abort.conf
     Active: active (running) since Mon 2024-07-29 14:15:24 CEST; 1min 39s ago
       Docs: man:smbd(8)
             man:samba(7)
             man:smb.conf(5)
   Main PID: 1039 (smbd)
     Status: "smbd: ready to serve connections..."
      Tasks: 6 (limit: 9330)
     Memory: 43.0M (peak: 61.3M)
        CPU: 708ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/smb.service
             ├─1039 /usr/sbin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group
             ├─1129 /usr/sbin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group
             ├─1130 /usr/sbin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group
             ├─2405 /usr/libexec/samba/samba-dcerpcd --libexec-rpcds --ready-signal-fd=30 --np-helper --debuglevel=0
             ├─2580 /usr/libexec/samba/rpcd_classic --configfile=/etc/samba/smb.conf --worker-group=4 --worker-index=0 --debuglevel=0
             └─2582 /usr/libexec/samba/rpcd_winreg --configfile=/etc/samba/smb.conf --worker-group=7 --worker-index=5 --debuglevel=0

Jul 29 14:15:59 wz rpcd_lsad[2415]:   rpcd_lsad version 4.20.2 started.
Jul 29 14:15:59 wz rpcd_lsad[2415]:   Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2024
Jul 29 14:16:23 wz smbd[2578]: [2024/07/29 14:16:23.420065,  0] ../../source3/printing/printer_list.c:58(get_printer_list_db)
Jul 29 14:16:23 wz smbd[2578]:   get_printer_list_db: Failed to open printer_list.tdb
Jul 29 14:16:23 wz rpcd_classic[2580]: [2024/07/29 14:16:23.457641,  0] ../../source3/rpc_server/rpc_worker.c:1155(rpc_worker_main)
Jul 29 14:16:23 wz rpcd_classic[2580]:   rpcd_classic version 4.20.2 started.
Jul 29 14:16:23 wz rpcd_classic[2580]:   Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2024
Jul 29 14:16:23 wz rpcd_winreg[2582]: [2024/07/29 14:16:23.505781,  0] ../../source3/rpc_server/rpc_worker.c:1155(rpc_worker_main)
Jul 29 14:16:23 wz rpcd_winreg[2582]:   rpcd_winreg version 4.20.2 started.
Jul 29 14:16:23 wz rpcd_winreg[2582]:   Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2024

journalctl --no-pager -b _AUDIT_TYPE_NAME=AVC shows -- No entries --

The output of sudo testparm -s:

Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
Loaded services file OK.
Weak crypto is allowed by GnuTLS (e.g. NTLM as a compatibility fallback)

Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE

# Global parameters
[global]
        printcap name = cups
        security = USER
        usershare allow guests = Yes
        usershare max shares = 100
        workgroup = SAMBA
        idmap config * : backend = tdb
        cups options = raw
        include = /etc/samba/usershares.conf


[homes]
        browseable = No
        comment = Home Directories
        inherit acls = Yes
        read only = No
        valid users = %S %D%w%S


[printers]
        browseable = No
        comment = All Printers
        create mask = 0600
        path = /var/tmp
        printable = Yes


[print$]
        comment = Printer Drivers
        create mask = 0664
        directory mask = 0775
        force group = @printadmin
        path = /var/lib/samba/drivers
        write list = @printadmin root

The output of sudo firewall-cmd --list-all:

FedoraWorkstation (default, active)
  target: default
  ingress-priority: 0
  egress-priority: 0
  icmp-block-inversion: no
  interfaces: enp0s25
  sources:
  services: dhcpv6-client mdns samba samba-client ssh
  ports: 1025-65535/udp 1025-65535/tcp
  protocols:
  forward: yes
  masquerade: no
  forward-ports:
  source-ports:
  icmp-blocks:
  rich rules:
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