SMB destination fails on Linux; browser shows empty folders
Backups to SMB shares fail from Linux and the destination browser shows folders as empty or refuses to open them.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
4 public reports · first reported 6 July 2026 · last reported 11 July 2026
What's going wrong
Several users backing up to network shares found that Linux machines could not connect to SMB destinations, while Windows machines to the same shares worked.
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