SMB issues. Can't uncheck user accounts under SMB.

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SMB issues. Can't uncheck user accounts under SMB.

I have some NTFS drives connected to my mac that I used to share using SMB to other computers at home. After upgrading to Lion, I could no longer access my NTFS shares even with SMB. Had some problems with SMB not accepting my passwords but even when it worked I couldn't access my NTFS shares like before, only HFS shares.

Also under Share files and folders using SMB I can no longer uncheck any user accounts even after entering the right passwords. I try to uncheck a user account and it asks me for the password, after that the box get instantly checked back. It works fine on my other macbook, also upgraded to Lion.

Is there any pref or any file I can delete to "reset" Samba on Lion and clear the settings or any other fix to that problem?

Thanks

Posted on Jul 21, 2011 11:44 PM

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Answer 1

Jul 22, 2011 8:06 AM in response to zonly1

I have the exact same issue.

Someone please help!

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Answer 2

lshin037

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Jul 22, 2011 8:48 AM in response to zonly1

I have the same issue too. Lion has been great so far with exception of this issue.

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Essayons

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Jul 24, 2011 4:27 PM in response to zonly1

Same issue with me as well. And my HP Officejet 8500 won't scan-to-folder properly anymore (requires SMB and that appears to be broken).

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Jul 25, 2011 9:07 AM in response to Essayons

Same exact issue with the same HP 8500 wireless printer-scanner. No more access to scan-to-folder. All options and preferences seems okay. Connecting to the same shared folder from another Mac works, but not from the HP Unit.. 😠. Very bad.

Any help?

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Answer 5

Jul 25, 2011 9:11 AM in response to zonly1

As for unchecking usernames on the SMB options panel: noticed that but it's just a refresh bug. Just uncheck the name, enter password and click OK to close the panel. If you re-open it user should be properly turned off.

L.

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Essayons

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Jul 25, 2011 6:07 PM in response to thelazydesigner

I tried this both by just closing the panel and also closing system preferences. Both times it kept my checkmark despite my click-n-password...perhaps we have different underlying problems, which implies that Lion has a whole lot of loose ends...

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Jul 27, 2011 5:13 PM in response to zonly1

exactly the same problem here too! cannot uncheck the user name to stop user area sharing with smb. just automatically re-ticks! definitely needs fixing

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Governa

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Aug 1, 2011 2:01 PM in response to zonly1

For those of you trying to access SMB shares, I found a free and easy solution.

Since a lot of people report they are able to access their NAS using apps other than the Finder itself, I decided to look for a free Lion-compatible File Manager to use instead of Finder.

I have found muCommander ( http://www.mucommander.com/ ) and indeed it works fine. All I did was click on the button highlighted bellow, go to "bonjour services" and select my NAS. It prompted me for my username and password and voilá, it works fine.

I keep Finder for everyday use and just load muCommander when I want to access the NAS. At least now I don't have to start my WinXP VM anymore just to access it.

Hope it helps you all.

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Answer 9

Oct 6, 2011 1:33 PM in response to zonly1

I have the same inability to uncheck user accounts. Feels like something under the hood is broken.

Either way, I found a fix that works for Windows machines which don't allow you to connect to the Mac shares:

Registry editing for LAN manager authentication level (in Home edition this can be configured through registry)

How to do it:
1. Open registry editor ( Start search – regedit)
2. Browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
3. Create a new DWORD value with the following properties:

NAME: LmCompatibilityLevel
VALUE: 1

4. Restart your PC and try the connection again

I can't take the credit here... it was a comment posted in THIS thread:

http://www.windowsreference.com/windows-7/unable-to-access-network-share-on-maco s-x-from-windows-7/

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Answer 10

Oct 6, 2011 2:09 PM in response to zonly1

This is another symptom as with this post:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3211072

The only thing we've been able to achieve so far is that it seems to work fine/normally for new accounts that have been created *after* the upgrade to Lion.

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