Hi! I upgraded our sambainstallation today since it got into problems with Windows ADS 2003. So I installed all suse rmps for 9.2 (samba 3.0.14) and tested with a few windows boxes and everything works perfektly. No more strange errormessages in the logs about not finding existing users. Now to the problem, when I came back to my own computer, MacOs X 10.4, i suddenly can't use any samba-shares. It even freeze finder when trying to connect. As far as I can se there is not mention of any problem is log.smbd or log.winbindd. Any ideas of what would cause this problem? Thanks in advance Roland Carlsson
When I upgraded to Tiger just the other day, my network settings showed that the Windows service was shut off. I think Tiger resets some of those things (all of those things?) to defaults. Now, I think this only applies to shares the Mac is serving, but it may also apply to accessing Windows shares. Go to System Preferences -> Sharing, and poke around in there. I forget exactly where the setting is, and I'm not in front of my Mac at the moment, but find the Windows service in there, and turn it on (it might also be under Firewall -- the default is to deny the protocol, so that would also kill Mac access to Windows shares). --Dragon Roland Carlsson wrote:>Hi! > >I upgraded our sambainstallation today since it got into problems with >Windows ADS 2003. > >So I installed all suse rmps for 9.2 (samba 3.0.14) and tested with a few >windows boxes and everything works perfektly. No more strange errormessages >in the logs about not finding existing users. > >Now to the problem, when I came back to my own computer, MacOs X 10.4, i >suddenly can't use any samba-shares. It even freeze finder when trying to >connect. As far as I can se there is not mention of any problem is log.smbd >or log.winbindd. > >Any ideas of what would cause this problem? > >Thanks in advance >Roland Carlsson > > > >
Roland Carlsson asked about the Samba client functionality breaking after the upgrade to 10.4, to which I reply: The 10.4 upgrade involved some significant changes to OS X (which I personally feel Apple hasn't explained enough). For example, many kernel APIs were changed, which broke most VPN client software. Do the server logs show anything about these failed connections? Have you checked the Mac's console log? Did the Samba _server's_ name or IP address change? Are there cached network connection preferences (for example, the list of "favorites" that you see when you press Command-K) or credentials somewhere on your Mac? Just thinking out loud, and planning for my own 10.4 upgrade! -wde -- Will Enestvedt UNIX System Administrator Johnson & Wales University -- Providence, RI