samba - Aug 2016 - WindowsPE 10.0 -- Samba 4.4.5 connection problem

Hello,

we use WindowsPE and a Samba-Share to install Windows. First WindowsPE is booted
and then a network drive with Windows-install-files is mapped.

This worked fine with WindowsPE 5.0. But with WindowsPE 10.0 it fails.

The error is:

net use \\PC\test

System error 58 has occurred.
The specified server cannot perform the requested operation.

I used a simple Samba-Config for testing and get the following:

Samba		WindowsPE 5.0		WindowsPE 10.0
------------------------------------------------------
3.6.25		OK			OK
4.4.5		OK			Failed

The smb.conf file of all tests:

[global]
   workgroup = VMTST
   security = user
   encrypt passwords = yes
   passdb backend = smbpasswd
   unix charset = UTF-8

[test]
   comment = Test
   guest ok = yes
   path = /data/test

Any tips about that issue?

Best regards,
Ralf

On Mon, 8 Aug 2016 10:24:50 +0200
Ralf Aumüller <Ralf.Aumueller at informatik.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> we use WindowsPE and a Samba-Share to install Windows. First
> WindowsPE is booted and then a network drive with
> Windows-install-files is mapped.
> 
> This worked fine with WindowsPE 5.0. But with WindowsPE 10.0 it fails.
> 
> The error is:
> 
> net use \\PC\test
> 
> System error 58 has occurred.
> The specified server cannot perform the requested operation.
> 
> I used a simple Samba-Config for testing and get the following:
> 
> Samba		WindowsPE 5.0		WindowsPE 10.0
> ------------------------------------------------------
> 3.6.25		OK			OK
> 4.4.5		OK			Failed
> 
> The smb.conf file of all tests:
> 
> [global]
>    workgroup = VMTST
>    security = user
>    encrypt passwords = yes
>    passdb backend = smbpasswd
>    unix charset = UTF-8
> 
> [test]
>    comment = Test
>    guest ok = yes
>    path = /data/test
> 
> Any tips about that issue?
> 
> Best regards,
> Ralf
> 
I have never used used WindowsPE, but from what you posted, you just
want to connect anonymously to the Samba share.

Try changing the [global] part of your smb.conf to this:

 [global]
   workgroup = VMTST
   security = user
   map to guest = Bad User

With this, any user that isn't a Samba user on the Samba machine, will
be treated as a guest login.

Rowland

Hello Rowland,
> I have never used used WindowsPE, but from what you posted, you just
> want to connect anonymously to the Samba share.
Not really. Our Samba-production environment uses accounts. I just want to keep
the test Samba-cfg simple. (Even with Your change I can't connect. Same
error).

Best regards,
Ralf