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My samba server stop working the other day and which left me stump and unable to connect.

[oracle@beast /]$  smbclient -L //sracanov-au3/My.Contents
Password:
Domain=[SRACANOV-AU3] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.33-3.39.el5_8]

        Sharename       Type      Comment
        ---------       ----      -------
        My.Contents     Disk      My Files
        IPC$            IPC       IPC Service (Samba Server Version 3.0.33-3.39.el5_8)
        oracle          Disk      Home Directories
Domain=[SRACANOV-AU3] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.33-3.39.el5_8]

        Server               Comment
        ---------            -------

        Workgroup            Master
        ---------            -------
        AU-ORACLE            EDJONES
[oracle@beast /]$ smbclient //sracanov-au3/My.Contents -Uoracle%password
Domain=[SRACANOV-AU3] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.33-3.39.el5_8]
smb: \> dir
NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED listing \*

                58681 blocks of size 16777216. 33764 blocks available
smb: \>

After thoroughly checking the configuration files again and user details I was still in the same place. I eventually found the issue was in SELinux, and once I'd disable it, it worked again.

[root@sracanov-au3 My.Contents]# setsebool -P smbd_disable_trans 1
[root@sracanov-au3 My.Contents]# service smb restart
Shutting down SMB services:                                [  OK  ]
Shutting down NMB services:                                [  OK  ]
Starting SMB services:                                     [  OK  ]
Starting NMB services:                                     [  OK  ]
[root@sracanov-au3 My.Contents]#

[oracle@beast /]$ smbclient //sracanov-au3/My.Contents -Uoracle%password
Domain=[SRACANOV-AU3] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.33-3.39.el5_8]
smb: \> dir
  .                                   D        0  Fri Apr 13 12:36:46 2012
  ..                                  D        0  Thu Apr 12 10:09:40 2012
  My.Software                         D        0  Tue May  1 10:46:18 2012
  My.Projects                         D        0  Fri Apr 13 11:35:45 2012
  My.Technical.Docs                   D        0  Fri Apr 13 12:36:44 2012
  My.Registry                         D        0  Fri Apr 13 11:23:37 2012
  My.VMWare.Images                    D        0  Thu Apr 12 11:00:59 2012
  My.Thunderbird                      D        0  Fri Apr 13 11:22:39 2012
  My.Music                            D        0  Fri Apr 13 11:35:58 2012
  My.Bookmarks                        D        0  Fri Apr 13 12:36:46 2012
  My.Docs                             D        0  Fri Apr 13 10:30:31 2012
  My.Pictures                         D        0  Fri Apr 13 12:36:45 2012
  My.Backups                          D        0  Tue May  1 15:59:25 2012

                58681 blocks of size 16777216. 33764 blocks available
smb: \>