Another Super Frustrated Windows 10 User Not Able to Transfer Files Via Samba Share

1984

Raspberry Pi 4
Standard issue Pi 4 power supply(first party)
RetroPie v4.8 Released March 14, 2022
retropie-buster-4.8-rpi4_400.img(prebuilt)
No USB devices
8bitdo SN30 pro+
"Windows cannot access \RETROPIE"
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Double click on the "RETROPIE" item under network in Windows Explorer

mitu

@1984 Which Windows edition are you using - Home/Professional/Enterprise/Education/etc. ?

1984

@ExarKunIv

This is actually Windows 10 Lite from Ghost Spectre.

My wife has a fool version of Windows 11 on her laptop.
I'll try it from there and report back just in case my version of Windows is missing something critical.

stoney66

@1984 also you could ssh into your PI and run tcpdump to even see if your windows machine is attempting to connect, pending tcpdump is installed.

e.g.

sudo tcpdump -nni any port 445

Also you should check if 445 is even listening on the PI itself

netstat -an | grep 445

1984

@stoney66

pi@retropie:~ $ sudo tcpdump -nni any port 445
sudo: tcpdump: command not found
pi@retropie:~ $ netstat -an | grep 445
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:445 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp6 0 0 :::445 :::* LISTEN

STREAM CONNECTED 16445

pi@retropie:~ $

stoney66

@1984 ok at least the service shows as listening. You would have to install tcpdump it looks like. sudo apt-get install tcpdump

Trainman52

I've also noticed that the samba access disappeared with the new version of Retropie. My workaround is is click on "This PC" in Windows Explorer and then select "Map a Network Drive" from the ribbon menu. The path is \ip of retropie]ROMS. So far it has worked flawlessly.

stoney66

@1984 Did you happen to see this thread?

https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/29661/samba-shares-stopped-working-after-recent-windows-10-update/24

I know it doesn't help, but I fired up my windows10 system and it worked fine. I am running windows 10 home.

Darksavior

@1984 Altered versions of Windows usually remove too much stuff for my tastes. Reproduce the problem on an unmodified version.

cdaters

I don't mean to come across disparagingly or anything. Are you sure your Pi is connected to the network?

Did you pull down any Windows updates lately? I know that Windows 10 has issues connecting to NASs that aren't on the same level of SMB. Microsoft has turned off SMB 1.0 some updates ago because they don't trust you to be secure in your networking. Check your SMB settings and enable 1.0 if that is turned off...

mitu

@cdaters said in Another Super Frustrated Windows 10 User Not Able to Transfer Files Via Samba Share:

Check your SMB settings and enable 1.0 if that is turned off...

@1984 said they already enabled it.

navi87

Ive been using samba on windows 10 for years without issues.

Also, if you have installed a firewall on your pi recently, that could be blocking. i think port 445 is for samba. have a google, u can find it out easily.

I would also double check the service status of smbd on your pi via command line, maybe the service cant start?

Maybe check from another device to see if you can access it. Because at the moment you have no idea if the issue is with windows or with your samba service.

Orrrr.....access your pi via Firezilla on windows using SSH to transfer your files.