Maybe making some progress.... error from net is now:
cli_rpc_pipe_open_noauth: rpc_pipe_bind for pipe samr failed with error NT_STATUS_IO_TIMEOUT
Corresponding server log is:
[2024/02/10 17:13:02.532000, 10, pid=50843, effective(109, 514), real(0, 0), class=smb2] ../../source3/smbd/smb2_ioctl_named_pipe.c:168(smbd_smb2_ioctl_pipe_read_done)
smbd_smb2_ioctl_pipe_read_done: np_read_recv nread = -1 is_data_outstanding = 0, status = NT_STATUS_CONNECTION_DISCONNECTED
[2024/02/10 17:13:02.536000, 10, pid=50843, effective(109, 514), real(0, 0), class=smb2] ../../source3/smbd/smb2_ioctl.c:314(smbd_smb2_request_ioctl_done)
smbd_smb2_request_ioctl_done: smbd_smb2_ioctl_recv returned 4280 status NT_STATUS_CONNECTION_DISCONNECTED
[2024/02/10 17:13:02.536000, 3, pid=50843, effective(109, 514), real(0, 0), class=smb2] ../../source3/smbd/smb2_server.c:4033(smbd_smb2_request_error_ex)
smbd_smb2_request_error_ex: smbd_smb2_request_error_ex: idx[1] status[NT_STATUS_CONNECTION_DISCONNECTED] || at ../../source3/smbd/smb2_ioctl.c:353
[2024/02/10 17:13:02.536000, 10, pid=50843, effective(109, 514), real(0, 0), class=smb2] ../../source3/smbd/smb2_server.c:3918(smbd_smb2_request_done_ex)
smbd_smb2_request_done_ex: mid [5] idx[1] status[NT_STATUS_CONNECTION_DISCONNECTED] body[8] dyn[yes:1] at ../../source3/smbd/smb2_server.c:4084