David, for additional context, here hs what the config file looks like, which is referenced on the smbd commmand line (as you see in Jiri's initial comment's ps dump) [global] private dir=/tmp/qemu-smb.NZ21XZ interfaces=127.0.0.1 bind interfaces only=yes pid directory=/tmp/qemu-smb.NZ21XZ lock directory=/tmp/qemu-smb.NZ21XZ state directory=/tmp/qemu-smb.NZ21XZ cache directory=/tmp/qemu-smb.NZ21XZ ncalrpc dir=/tmp/qemu-smb.NZ21XZ/ncalrpc log file=/tmp/qemu-smb.NZ21XZ/log.smbd smb passwd file=/tmp/qemu-smb.NZ21XZ/smbpasswd security = user map to guest = Bad User load printers = no printing = bsd disable spoolss = yes usershare max shares = 0 [qemu] path=/tmp/smb read only=no guest ok=yes force user=brogers