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upeace Author

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Can't connect via SMB

Prior to installing Lion, I would connect to our shared drives at work via SMB. Today, after installing Lion, I can't connect to my shared drives. The one SMB connection that works is to an FTP server. I connect via SMB to map the drive in my Finder rather than using an FTP program. This still works fine.

However, I can't connect to the shared drive for file sharing. In the Connect to Server box, I have "smb://PathToFiles" . Is smb:// the correct prefix to use now that Lion is funky with SMB support?

I'm sorry...I really don't know much about SMB connections, what kind of server it is that I'm trying to connect to, or much else. I know we run Windows Exchange, but I'm not sure if that's the server that hosts these shared drives...I just need to connect to get back to work. Any help would be AWESOME.

Posted on Jul 21, 2011 1:55 PM

132 replies

Aug 13, 2011 10:18 AM in response to jan78

Editing /etc/avahi/services/samba.service worked for me!

In the following XML, change the port from 139 to 445. Even fixed a SSO problem I was having with snow!

<service-group>

</service>

</service-group>

Skazzy

Level 1

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Aug 14, 2011 6:32 AM in response to hotrodmacman

hotrodmacman..can you PLEASE help me and tell me where I type these commands?? Just open terminal and type.....I'm not super terminal literate but I need a little guidance here..how to I do this?

thanks

Aug 14, 2011 7:26 AM in response to Skazzy

Skazzy,

In my case, the SMB share I am accessing is hosted by a Linux box. The changes must be made on the server hosting the share you wish to access. Here are the steps I took:

Using terminal, SSH into the Linux box.
Type (without the quotes): "sudo vi /etc/avahi/services/samba.service"
Arrow down until you get to the section of XML included in my post
Press the letter i to enter insert mode
Change <port>139</port> to <port>445</port>
Press Esc to return to command mode
Type :wq to write your changes and quit.
Restart the avahi service using whatever method your Linux distro supports
Exit the SSH session
Mount your SMB share in Finder as before.
Have a beer.

Skazzy

Level 1

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Aug 14, 2011 8:22 AM in response to hotrodmacman

Many thanks for your reply my friend...but what do we do if the server is a windows 2003 server?

wait on my beer?

Skazzy

Level 1

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Aug 15, 2011 12:43 AM in response to CJlomax

@CJlomax:

"...add the hostname and ip of my windows server to my Lion hosts file."

How do you do this? Can you walk me through it? Thanks!

CJlomax

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Aug 15, 2011 5:39 PM in response to Skazzy

Open terminal

sudo -s vi /etc/host

arrow down to the 127.0.0.1 line

use shift a to append to that line

hit return

type in your ip and hostname for the windows box (use tab not spaces)

hit escape and type wq! to save and exit.

ping the name you entered with the ip in the hosts file to check connectivity.

A quick update .. the smb is still broken ...also between to MacPro's I have to stop and start filesharing before they register.

Bummer! 😟

CJlomax

Skazzy

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Aug 16, 2011 12:38 AM in response to CJlomax

Ah!!! Seriously...is Apple aware of this???

BDAqua

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Aug 16, 2011 12:59 AM in response to Skazzy

Uhhh, does it affect iPhones? 😉

Aug 16, 2011 5:12 PM in response to Skazzy

Did 10.7.1 fix this issue??? I am updateing now

UPDATE: The ANSWER IS NO!!!

Skazzy

Level 1

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Aug 16, 2011 11:38 PM in response to Ryan Supeene

Nope...and nope.

ARRRHHH!!!

CJlomax

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Aug 19, 2011 8:23 PM in response to Skazzy

Try using cmd+k then enter smb://username:password@server ... username=username assigned for the share password is your share users password and servername is just as it states. It's a hit or miss YMMV but when it works it works well. It still needs to be fixed properly.

Cheers

CJlomax

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Aug 19, 2011 8:38 PM in response to CJlomax

For the adventurous you could try this:

http://www.johnlarge.co.uk/2011/07/19/osx-lion-samba-smb-shares-broken-xbmc-not- working/

Cheers,

CJlomax

sysmgr

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Aug 23, 2011 6:59 AM in response to upeace

If you connect via the command-K method, or via the command line 'mount' commands, the shares seem to work correctly when viewed on the command line...

Seems to suggest this is more a bug with Finder than with the samba client... Well, in my case anyway...

So if you are comfy usig the command line, you can mount the shares and then access them there easily 🙂

Best of luck

Skazzy

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Aug 23, 2011 7:44 AM in response to sysmgr

This doesn't work for me.

sysmgr

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Aug 23, 2011 9:37 PM in response to Skazzy

Bugger 😟

Weird that it's different per machine - I bought my wife a new MBP and immediately upgraded it to Lion, it can access the same shares mine cannot, fine...

Can't connect via SMB