Q: 10.7.4 has killed my SMB Shares
I updated a server to 10.7.4 this weekend based on the release notes:
- Address an issue that may prevent files from being saved to an SMB server.
Instead, now my Windows users can't connect at all.
I've manually restarted the SMB service
- sudo launchctl unload -F /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.smbd.plist
- sudo launchctl load -F /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.smbd.plist
I've removed all my shares and recreated them.
I've restarted the server.
I've gone to Storage in Server.app and propagated the permissions on folders.
So far, none of the previous fixes I've used in the past have worked.
Additionally, my local Administrator can see all the shares, but my Open Directory Users cannot.
Anyone else have this problem or fix it yet?
Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7.4), Server
Posted on May 14, 2012 8:36 AM
I was actually able to get SMB Shares to work again right before your post. I also tried in Terminal:
% sudo serveradmin stop smb
% sudo serveradmin start smb
With a 30 second wait in between. Didn't work.
What ended up working was going though every share and unchecking "Share with Windows clients (SMB)", waiting a bit, then rechecking it on one and testing that share. It worked. I then readded the rest of my SMB shares.
Absolutely ridiculous. 10.7 is garbage compared to it's predecessors. The only reason I thought to try the above is because I've spent entirely too many hours on these forums and the rest of the web trying to get simple things like Open Directory, Mail, and File Sharing to work 'out of the box' and I recalled seeing it somewhere.
Posted on May 14, 2012 1:12 PM