SMB External Storage problem

Nextcloud Version 12.0.4
Ubuntu 16.01.3
Apache 2.4.18
PHP 7.0.22

The issue I am facing is after I set up nextcloud with Active Directory and set up external storage to point to Windows Server 2012 R2 file server I get the folder showing in the nextcloud gui but there’s nothing actually inside the folder.

Output of the Nextcloud log:
Exception while scanning storage “smb::Weasel@fs1//fs//”: Icewind\SMB\Exception\NotFoundException: Invalid request for /Applications (NotFoundException)

Config.php output:
?php
$CONFIG = array (
‘instanceid’ => ‘instanceid’,
‘passwordsalt’ => ‘passwordsalt’,
‘secret’ => ‘secret’,
‘trusted_domains’ =>
array (
0 => ‘192.168.2.121’,
),
‘datadirectory’ => ‘/var/www/nextcloud/data’,
‘overwrite.cli.url’ => ‘http://192.168.2.136/nextcloud’,
‘dbtype’ => ‘mysql’,
‘version’ => ‘12.0.4.3’,
‘dbname’ => ‘Nextcloud’,
‘dbhost’ => ‘localhost’,
‘dbport’ => ‘’,
‘dbtableprefix’ => ‘oc_’,
‘mysql.utf8mb4’ => true,
‘dbuser’ => ‘oc_ncadmin’,
‘mysql.utf8mb4’ => true,
‘dbuser’ => ‘oc_ncadmin’,
‘dbpassword’ => ‘9bSPL2LaoAOijhQzj+vsbG9SHC4b4x’,
‘installed’ => true,
‘ldapIgnoreNamingRules’ => false,
‘ldapProviderFactory’ => ‘\OCA\User_LDAP\LDAPProviderFactory’,

Apache system log

[Fri Dec 15 06:25:01.303960 2017] [mpm_prefork:notice] [pid 1290] AH00163: Apache/2.4.18 (Ubuntu) configured – resuming normal operations
[Fri Dec 15 06:25:01.303979 2017] [core:notice] [pid 1290] AH00094: Command line: ‘/usr/sbin/apache2’
[Fri Dec 15 08:33:11.170451 2017] [authz_core:error] [pid 4684] [client 192.168.2.105:6578] AH01630: client denied by server configuration: /var/www/nextcloud/data/.ocdata
[Fri Dec 15 08:33:15.417893 2017] [authz_core:error] [pid 4682] [client 192.168.2.105:6576] AH01630: client denied by server configuration: /var/www/nextcloud/data/.ocdata
[Fri Dec 15 08:43:11.785015 2017] [authz_core:error] [pid 4004] [client 192.168.2.105:7879] AH01630: client denied by server configuration: /var/www/nextcloud/data/.ocdata
[Fri Dec 15 08:43:38.261077 2017] [authz_core:error] [pid 4005] [client 192.168.2.105:7929] AH01630: client denied by server configuration: /var/www/nextcloud/data/.ocdata
[Fri Dec 15 14:38:41.197823 2017] [mpm_prefork:notice] [pid 1290] AH00169: caught SIGTERM, shutting down
[Fri Dec 15 14:39:05.052086 2017] [mpm_prefork:notice] [pid 1289] AH00163: Apache/2.4.18 (Ubuntu) configured – resuming normal operations
[Fri Dec 15 14:39:05.055417 2017] [core:notice] [pid 1289] AH00094: Command line: ‘/usr/sbin/apache2’
[Fri Dec 15 14:56:54.862767 2017] [authz_core:error] [pid 1370] [client 192.168.2.105:55904] AH01630: client denied by server configuration: /var/www/nextcloud/data/.ocdata
[Fri Dec 15 14:57:04.805842 2017] [authz_core:error] [pid 1310] [client 192.168.2.105:55964] AH01630: client denied by server configuration: /var/www/nextcloud/data/.ocdata
[Fri Dec 15 15:23:33.653899 2017] [mpm_prefork:notice] [pid 1289] AH00169: caught SIGTERM, shutting down
[Mon Dec 18 10:44:34.284492 2017] [mpm_prefork:notice] [pid 1303] AH00163: Apache/2.4.18 (Ubuntu) configured – resuming normal operations
[Mon Dec 18 10:44:34.286401 2017] [core:notice] [pid 1303] AH00094: Command line: ‘/usr/sbin/apache2’
[Mon Dec 18 10:45:04.115094 2017] [authz_core:error] [pid 1559] [client 192.168.2.105:20170] AH01630: client denied by server configuration: /var/www/nextcloud/data/.ocdata
[Mon Dec 18 10:51:32.623261 2017] [authz_core:error] [pid 1559] [client 192.168.2.105:21019] AH01630: client denied by server configuration: /var/www/nextcloud/data/.ocdata
[Mon Dec 18 10:51:35.317872 2017] [authz_core:error] [pid 18237] [client 192.168.2.105:21015] AH01630: client denied by server configuration: /var/www/nextcloud/data/.ocdata

I followed some advice here, and it did work, but Im not sure if i should be able to share files from a public upload folder or not, or why the original folder wouldn’t allow me to move the files over.

The advice i followed was "
Manually disable locking state:

put ownCloud in maintenance mode: edit config/config.php and change this line:
‘maintenance’ => true,
Empty table oc_file_locks: Use tools such as phpmyadmin or connect directly to your database and run:
DELETE FROM oc_file_locks WHERE 1
disable maintenance mode (undo first step)." So thank you to Unable to delete Files/Folders

So I did all that but the problem still exists.
Any other steps I can try?

This is strange, I replied to I thought, another thread. not this one,

I don’t have any idea what to do with smb shares with nextcloud, I don’t know the syntax of the links or locations. I’m a noob. I thought I had replied in the thread where I got the information or at least on the thread where I posted my original lockup question. Sorry I can’t help too much.