WHAT is using Sid? Your server, your client, what?
the server is the it that is referred to as it is the subject of the thread. for what it’s worth, both linux clients are also on sid
windows explorer - entered credentials and never asked for them again
finder - entered credentials and never asked for them again
thunar/nemo - after every login, it askes for the login credentials again even though i previously selected remember forever
And why in the world would you run a Samba server on a highly experimental OS?
it’s a media server. hardly the end of the world if something sid related.
but for the record i have been using sid for close on 15 years
What does your server installation look like (again--details!) and what do the client machine(s) look like, including what you installed to make them Samba clients?
https://wiki.debian.org/SambaServerSimple
Assuming I'm understanding you correctly that you are attempting to connect two different Linux machines as Samba clients to a Samba server running Sid
yes
that's not at all clear.
In my Linux Samba client machine I pass user and password info in the mount command, I use a GUI program to do the same in Android, and my server is now old-stable. IMHO using Sid to run any sort of server is simply asking for trouble.
i’ve been running the server for some time on sid so let’s get past that. i understand fully the risks that come with running sid. there must be something that is required in debian to keep this password saved.
and it seems to play nicely with windows and macos.
Desktop: A320M-A PRO MAX, AMD Ryzen 5 3600, GALAX GeForce RTX™ 2060 Super EX (1-Click OC) - Sid, Win10, Arch Linux, Gentoo, Solus
Laptop: hp 250 G8 i3 11th Gen - Sid
Kodi: AMD Athlon 5150 APU w/Radeon HD 8400 - Sid