Troubles installing Samba Centos 8
by wboshinski from LinuxQuestions.org on (#4YHE4)
Having Troubles install samba
Installed samba via
"Package Dependencies Required to Build Samba" from Samba wiki
everything was going well until restart.
sudo systemctl restart {smb,nmb}
Job for smb.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status smb.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
[root@localhost samba]# journalctl -xe
Jan 27 22:05:22 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Started Samba NMB Daemon.
-- Subject: Unit nmb.service has finished start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: https://access.redhat.com/support
--
-- Unit nmb.service has finished starting up.
--
-- The start-up result is RESULT.
Jan 27 22:05:22 localhost.localdomain nmbd[25579]: [2020/01/27 22:05:22.996499, 0] ../../lib/u>
Jan 27 22:05:22 localhost.localdomain nmbd[25579]: daemon_ready: daemon 'nmbd' finished start>
Jan 27 22:05:23 localhost.localdomain smbd[25577]: [2020/01/27 22:05:23.016907, 0] ../../lib/p>
Jan 27 22:05:23 localhost.localdomain smbd[25577]: set_variable_helper(yes #ok = no): value i>
Jan 27 22:05:23 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: smb.service: Main process exited, code=exited>
Jan 27 22:05:23 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: smb.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jan 27 22:05:23 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Failed to start Samba SMB Daemon.
-- Subject: Unit smb.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: https://access.redhat.com/support
--
-- Unit smb.service has failed.
--
-- The result is RESULT.
Then smb.conf file is:
# See smb.conf.example for a more detailed config file or
# read the smb.conf manpage.
# Run 'testparm' to verify the config is correct after
# you modified it.
[global]
workgroup = SAMBA #363OSR
security = user
#map to guest = Bad User
passdb backend = tdbsam
printing = cups
printcap name = cups
load printers = yes
cups options = raw
map to guest = bad user
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
valid users = %S, %D%w%S
browseable = No
read only = No
inherit acls = Yes
[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/tmp
printable = Yes
create mask = 0600
browseable = No
[print$]
comment = Printer Drivers
path = /var/lib/samba/drivers
write list = @printadmin root
force group = @printadmin
create mask = 0664
directory mask = 0775
[myshare]
path = /var/shares/myshare
comment = Sample Share
writable = yes
[NetApps]
path = /data/network-applications
writeable = yes
browseable = yes
valid users = administrator
[linuxconfig]
path = /mnt/shared
guest only = yes #ok = no
# writeable = no
[users]
path = /samba/users
browseable = yes
read only = no
force create mode = 0660
force directory mode = 2770
valid users = @sambashare @sadmin
[bill]
path = /samba/bill
browseable = yes
read only = no
force create mode = 0660
force directory mode = 2770
valid users = bill @sadmin
Not sure what's going on as I'm new and still figuring it out
thank you


Installed samba via
"Package Dependencies Required to Build Samba" from Samba wiki
everything was going well until restart.
sudo systemctl restart {smb,nmb}
Job for smb.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status smb.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
[root@localhost samba]# journalctl -xe
Jan 27 22:05:22 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Started Samba NMB Daemon.
-- Subject: Unit nmb.service has finished start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: https://access.redhat.com/support
--
-- Unit nmb.service has finished starting up.
--
-- The start-up result is RESULT.
Jan 27 22:05:22 localhost.localdomain nmbd[25579]: [2020/01/27 22:05:22.996499, 0] ../../lib/u>
Jan 27 22:05:22 localhost.localdomain nmbd[25579]: daemon_ready: daemon 'nmbd' finished start>
Jan 27 22:05:23 localhost.localdomain smbd[25577]: [2020/01/27 22:05:23.016907, 0] ../../lib/p>
Jan 27 22:05:23 localhost.localdomain smbd[25577]: set_variable_helper(yes #ok = no): value i>
Jan 27 22:05:23 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: smb.service: Main process exited, code=exited>
Jan 27 22:05:23 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: smb.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jan 27 22:05:23 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Failed to start Samba SMB Daemon.
-- Subject: Unit smb.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: https://access.redhat.com/support
--
-- Unit smb.service has failed.
--
-- The result is RESULT.
Then smb.conf file is:
# See smb.conf.example for a more detailed config file or
# read the smb.conf manpage.
# Run 'testparm' to verify the config is correct after
# you modified it.
[global]
workgroup = SAMBA #363OSR
security = user
#map to guest = Bad User
passdb backend = tdbsam
printing = cups
printcap name = cups
load printers = yes
cups options = raw
map to guest = bad user
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
valid users = %S, %D%w%S
browseable = No
read only = No
inherit acls = Yes
[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/tmp
printable = Yes
create mask = 0600
browseable = No
[print$]
comment = Printer Drivers
path = /var/lib/samba/drivers
write list = @printadmin root
force group = @printadmin
create mask = 0664
directory mask = 0775
[myshare]
path = /var/shares/myshare
comment = Sample Share
writable = yes
[NetApps]
path = /data/network-applications
writeable = yes
browseable = yes
valid users = administrator
[linuxconfig]
path = /mnt/shared
guest only = yes #ok = no
# writeable = no
[users]
path = /samba/users
browseable = yes
read only = no
force create mode = 0660
force directory mode = 2770
valid users = @sambashare @sadmin
[bill]
path = /samba/bill
browseable = yes
read only = no
force create mode = 0660
force directory mode = 2770
valid users = bill @sadmin
Not sure what's going on as I'm new and still figuring it out
thank you