Windows 10 issues accessing Fedora Samba shares

This post was written by matt on March 11, 2017
Posted Under: Linux

This problem has frustrated me since mid-2016 after my first Windows-10 upgrade. The Windows-10 machine could not see or connect to my Linux shares no matter what I did. I ended up having to change several things before it finally worked.

Linux smb.conf:

  ntlm auth = no
  lanman auth = Yes
  client ntlmv2 auth = Yes    
  client lanman auth = Yes
  tls enabled = Yes


The last link in the chain for Windows-10 Pro was:

Click Start > All Programs > Accessories > Run and type secpol.msc in the Open box, and then click OK.
Click Local Policies > Security Options > Network Security: LAN Manager authentication level.
Click Send LM & NTLM – use NTLMv2 session security if negotiated.
Click Apply.

On Windows-10 Home:

1. Go to Run, Type Regedit and open this key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\
2. If it doesn’t exist, create a DWORD value named
LmCompatibilityLevel
3. Set the value to 5
4. Reboot

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