"security=user" is default in the config.
You are sure samba runs? Check the output of "/etc/init.d/samba.sh restart". You didn't restore your smb.conf from OpenPLi 4 (which is not compatible with OpenPLi 6)?
I don't have any issue here:
[wanwizard@catwoman] $ sudo mount -t cifs //172.16.1.49/Harddisk /mnt -o user=root
Password for root@//172.16.1.49/root: ********
[wanwizard@catwoman] $ mount | grep /mnt
//172.16.1.49/Harddisk on /mnt type cifs (rw,relatime,vers=default,cache=strict,username=root,domain=,uid=0,noforceuid,gid=0,noforcegid,addr=172.16.1.49,file_mode=0755,dir_mode=0755,soft,nounix,serverino,mapposix,rsize=1048576,wsize=1048576,echo_interval=60,actimeo=1,user=root)
[wanwizard@catwoman] $
This is 6.2-rc. but that shouldn't matter, it has the same samba version and default config.
Currently in use: VU+ Duo 4K (2xFBC S2), VU+ Solo 4K (1xFBC S2), uClan Usytm 4K Ultimate (S2+T2), Octagon SF8008 (S2+T2), Zgemma H9.2H (S2+T2)
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