Can't open files from network share

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I don’t run Fedora, so I can’t help with using that particular firewall client.

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It asks for the password for the samba share, so that is the password I am giving it.

It is getting quite annoying right now though, since I can’t open the folders I could earlier.

Fedora is not Arch? is it?

E:
Can’t post anymore today cause it is a new user. So hope you see this.
Thank you very much for your help. But I think I have to admit defeat. If something this simple is that hard, I will concede, Linux is just not for me.
But thanks for trying.

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I don’t really mind troubleshooting, on Windows and Mac I can nail the issue almost every time and I do it almost everyday. I work in IT-support, so it’s my job. But linux is just not speaking a language I can understand.

It never worked connecting to my network share. I installed Fedora 2 days ago, and it didn’t work from the start. I have tried earlier in the year and last year with both Kubuntu and Manjaro, but both have the exact same issue.
My router is prickly when it comes to changing settings for the SMB share, and an update it did at some point nearly bricked SMB entirely. ASUS usually deals with Windows customers, all their tools is also for Windows, so Linux was not likely considered to be used with it. I bet if I got a Synology instead, things would play at lot nicer.

E3:
@Duha It is very kind of you, thank you for your time. But you can hold off for now. My laptop is back on Windows. I need the network share to work for now. I might revisit Linux at some point in the future. I am not giving up, just re-charging for another round.
But thank you for your help! :+1:

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Fedora is not Arch, but the Arch Wiki is a wonderful resource that we all use, no matter what distro we run. :grinning:

There is literally nothing out there that can compare with the wealth of knowledge found in the Arch Wiki.

I do understand how annoying troubleshooting can be. You get better at it with time and experience.

How long ago did this work? What has changed since then?

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Ahh I see. I confused SMB (Windows server) with Samba ( Linux server) that you try to access using your Linux Client. Maybe there is a difference. (could still be a firewall issue)

That will take me a little bit more time to research. If I don’t forget I will try to spin up a windows VM and try myself.

Have a look at this for now:

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You can always spin up a Linux VM in Windows and test it till you get it working. Use that to learn with.

You can do this. :slightly_smiling_face:

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Then, you need the KWallet Handbook and, an ArchWiki article which explains what’s needed to have the Wallet automatically open at login – useful for e-Mail accounts, WLAN access and, access to Network Devices –
<https://docs.kde.org/stable5/en/kwalletmanager/kwallet5/index.html>
<https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/KDE_Wallet>

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If KDE Plasma → then KWallet → and, open KWallet at login.

  • It’s your choice in the KDE System Settings as to whether you leave KWallet open for the entire login session or, if it should be closed after a timeout …
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Nobody recommends openSUSE → it’s absolutely terrible → therefore nobody uses it → only the user community «myself included» …

The openSUSE documentation – maintained by SUSE employees …
Firewall – <https://doc.opensuse.org/documentation/leap/security/html/book-security/cha-security-firewall.html#sec-security-firewall-firewalld>
Firewall Command Line: <https://doc.opensuse.org/documentation/leap/security/html/book-security/cha-security-firewall.html#sec-security-firewall-firewalld-cmd>
For openSUSE users, there’s the administration Wizard – YaST – which provides a graphical interface supplied by the “firewalld” folks for Firewall configuration.

openSUSE Samba documentation – <https://doc.opensuse.org/documentation/leap/reference/html/book-reference/cha-samba.html>

The openSUSE documentation Portal: <https://doc.opensuse.org/>

And, the 2023 openSUSE Conference «the month of May this year»: <https://events.opensuse.org/conferences/oSC23>
<https://events.opensuse.org/>

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He’s using Fedora. I’m the one using Tumbleweed.

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You could take a look at openSUSE Leap – follow the instructions here: <https://doc.opensuse.org/documentation/leap/startup/html/book-startup/index.html>.

  • On supported hardware and an Ethernet cable connection, it simply installs and runs.

  • For the case of WLAN access and KDE Plasma, you’ll have to setup the KDE Wallet before you begin to configure the WLAN access point.
    Choose Blowfish encryption with your login password and leave the Wallet permanently open.
    For WLAN, the preferred management of the network connections is with Network Manager – the management of the WLAN connection is user oriented rather than system administrator oriented – documentation here: <https://doc.opensuse.org/documentation/leap/reference/html/book-reference/cha-nm.html>

  • Please be aware that, for the case of Network Manager, the administration of the Ethernet interface remains a system administrator issue …

Please be aware that, Linux is a UNIX®.
Meaning, it’s a multiple user system – not a single user Desktop system.

  • Which doesn’t mean to say that, most of us aren’t using Linux as single user Desktop systems … :upside_down_face:

The point is, it ain’t a simple single user system with a special administrator user –

  • The strong point of Linux is the UNIX® paradigm of “system users” and “human users” –
    System and Human users are strictly separated – especially from the point of view of System versus User privileges …

You’ve mentioned that, you’re an Apple Mac administrator –

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You might want to install kio-fuse to read files over smb://.

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hello , iam also having this issue accessing files from NAS via network share, when using for example program “mkusb” to create a bootable usb stick, it would open a dialogue and i select the .Iso on the network share via samba or afp in kubuntu 24.04; all seem fine, but in the end it complain of “access denied” and would have to copy iso over to local HDD to make it happen.

error goes like

ls -l  /run/user/1000/kio-fuse-baeBGx/smb/ricci@as6704t-78b3.local/Download/Transmission/complete/CentOS-8.4.2105-x86_64-dvd1/CentOS-8.4.2105-x86_64-dvd1.iso
ls: cannot access '/run/user/1000/kio-fuse-baeBGx/smb/ricci@as6704t-78b3.local/Download/Transmission/complete/CentOS-8.4.2105-x86_64-dvd1/CentOS-8.4.2105-x86_64-dvd1.iso': Permission denied
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