The new machine is running Mageia7. It has a static IP address on the network. It can see the Mageia5 shares, as well as the shares on the Windows machines. It can get to the internet without a problem. I have explicitly made sure that SMB shares and autodiscovery are allowed through the firewall. I have also tested the below with the firewall completely off - with no change noticeable.
When I try to setup samba sharing on the new machine, everything looks correct in the control center, but the new machine can't see the shares, and neither can the other machines. I've been tooling about with my original smb.conf to bring it up to spec with the "user" security level, since share has been deprecated. The point is to have all of the shares accessible to anyone who plugs into the given network without needing username or password, like the old server, since that's the point of this internal network and this server. Easy access to for those on the specific in home network. Based on my prior settings, I only have 2 samba users - nobody and warlock, with nobody set as the guest account. Neither has a discrete samba password set.
I have tried to set up the new smb.conf mostly the same as my prior one, but with guest access enabled. But so far, no luck. It's clear I'm missing something, but I can't see the error compared to the examples, man pages, or my experiences prior. Here's the current smb.conf for review. Any insights would be most appreciated.
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[global]
workgroup = Haven
server string = The New Server
printcap name = cups
load printers = yes
printcap cache time = 60
printing = cups
cups options = raw
guest account = nobody
map to guest = bad user
security = user
netbios name = Andromeda
restrict anonymous = no
[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
browseable = no
guest ok = no
writable = no
printable = yes
[Docs]
path = /home/warlock/Docs
comment = My Documents
browseable = yes
public = yes
writable = yes
create mask = 7777
directory mask = 7777
read list = nobody
write list = nobody
admin users = nobody
valid users = nobody
inherit permissions = yes
hide dot files = yes
force create mode = warlock
force group = warlock
read only = no
guest ok = yes
guest only = yes
[Downloads]
path = /home/warlock/Downloads
comment = Download & General Transfer
browseable = yes
public = yes
writable = yes
create mask = 7777
directory mask = 7777
read list = nobody
write list = nobody
admin users = nobody
valid users = nobody
inherit permissions = yes
hide dot files = yes
force create mode = warlock
force group = warlock
read only = no
guest ok = yes
guest only = yes
[Gaming_Video]
path = /home/warlock/Gaming_Video
comment = Video Game Backups
browseable = yes
public = yes
writable = yes
create mask = 7777
directory mask = 7777
read list = nobody
write list = nobody
admin users = nobody
valid users = nobody
inherit permissions = yes
hide dot files = yes
force create mode = warlock
force group = warlock
read only = no
guest ok = yes
guest only = yes
[Tabletop_Gaming]
path = /home/warlock/Tabletop_Gaming
comment = RPGs, Board, War and Other
browseable = yes
public = yes
writable = yes
create mask = 7777
directory mask = 7777
read list = nobody
write list = nobody
admin users = nobody
valid users = nobody
inherit permissions = yes
hide dot files = yes
force create mode = warlock
force group = warlock
read only = no
guest ok = yes
guest only = yes
[Tech]
path = /home/warlock/Tech
comment = Tech Program Backups
browseable = yes
public = yes
writable = yes
create mask = 7777
directory mask = 7777
read list = nobody
write list = nobody
admin users = nobody
valid users = nobody
inherit permissions = yes
hide dot files = yes
force create mode = warlock
force group = warlock
read only = no
guest ok = yes
guest only = yes
[Visual]
path = /home/warlock/Visual
comment = Pics, Photos, and Videos
browseable = yes
public = yes
writable = yes
create mask = 7777
directory mask = 7777
read list = nobody
write list = nobody
admin users = nobody
valid users = nobody
inherit permissions = yes
hide dot files = yes
force create mode = warlock
force group = warlock
read only = no
guest ok = yes
guest only = yes
[Audio]
path = /home/warlock/Audio
comment = Music & Sounds
browseable = yes
public = yes
writable = yes
create mask = 7777
directory mask = 7777
read list = nobody
write list = nobody
admin users = nobody
valid users = nobody
inherit permissions = yes
hide dot files = yes
force create mode = warlock
force group = warlock
read only = no
guest ok = yes
guest only = yes