OK.
I found another thread about samba here: I installed samba, but the samba.conf file does not exist - #14 by d-air1
I copied the contents of the SMB.CONF offered by: anon62796363
Of course I modified it to fit my use case.
NOW-I got RWX access to the media share form the server itself, my EOS desktop and my Windows 2016 server.
HOWEVER, I also have managed to share out my users home profile directory and I need to undo that…sigh.
This is the new smb.conf located in /etc/samba
# Global parameters
[global]
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 100
ntlm auth = ntlmv1-permitted
server role = standalone server
server string = Samba Server
workgroup = LOCAL.LAN
idmap config * : backend = tdb
hosts allow = 127. 192.168.0.
[homes]
browseable = No
comment = Home Directories
inherit acls = Yes
read only = No
valid users = %S %D%W%S
[printers]
browseable = No
comment = All Printers
path = /usr/spool/samba
printable = Yes
[MediaShare]
comment = Media Share
create mask = 0777
guest ok = Yes
path = /mnt/Media/
read only = No
valid users = myuser
and this is testparm output:
# Global parameters
[global]
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 100
ntlm auth = ntlmv1-permitted
server role = standalone server
server string = Samba Server
workgroup = LOCAL.LAN
idmap config * : backend = tdb
hosts allow = 127. 192.168.0.
[homes]
browseable = No
comment = Home Directories
inherit acls = Yes
read only = No
valid users = %S %D%W%S
[printers]
browseable = No
comment = All Printers
path = /usr/spool/samba
printable = Yes
[MediaShare]
comment = Media Share
create mask = 0777
guest ok = Yes
path = /mnt/Media/
read only = No
valid users = myuser