configure manually SMB in OS X Server 5.1.5 El Capitan

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configure manually SMB in OS X Server 5.1.5 El Capitan

I can't find smb.conf

Is it still possible to configure manually SMB?

I want edit parameters :

guest ok =

guest only =

browseable =

public =

valid users =

read only =

create mask =

directory mask =

How can I do?

Many thanks and best regards.

Mac Pro, OS X Server, El Capitan + app "OS X Server"

Posted on May 23, 2016 8:00 AM

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Answer 1

May 23, 2016 9:23 AM in response to amperfrombeinasco

The smb.con file dates back to when Apple still used the standard open-source SAMBA software. When Apple released Mac OS X Lion they switched to using their own smbx software instead of SAMBA. This was due to SAMBA switching to GNU 3.0 Licensing which Apple felt unable to comply with.

So /etc/smb.conf no longer exists at least on Macs.

The nearest equivalent for Apple's own proprietary smbx software would be either /etc/nsmb.conf or ~/Library/Preferences/nsmb.conf

The first is the global settings file for the entire computer, the second is stored in each users home directory.

Note: The contents of this file are totally different to what was in /etc/smb.conf

I recommend you run Terminal.app and type man nsmb.conf for information about this file.

While the above Unix man page shows very few options and none of the ones you list, it is possible some options are not documented.

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Answer 2

May 23, 2016 11:49 PM in response to John Lockwood

Dear John,

I don't find nsmb.conf!

It is not in /etc or in /Library/Preferences.

The Mac Pro has OS X 10.11.5 (15F34) and OS X Server 5.1.5.

File sharing is enabled for SMB and AFP.

Permissions of shared folders are "everyone can read and write".

I want free access from Windows, also for guest and without authentication.

For AFP is ok, but for Windows always ask user and password on pc client...

How can I modify this setting?

Many thanks.

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Answer 3

May 24, 2016 1:54 AM in response to amperfrombeinasco

I forgot to mention the file(s) do not exist as standard, you have to create them and enter whatever settings you want.

I personally get the impression that most if not all the settings you can do in nsmb.conf are really only relating to the Mac itself connecting to another different SMB server, for example this file and smb_neg are used to tell the Mac to connect to another SMB server using SMB1 or 2 or 3 instead of auto-negotiate.

With regards to enabling Guest access, the only option I see applies to both AFP and SMB, you do this as follows.

Launch Server.app
Click on File Sharing on the left
Make sure Settings tab is selected on the right
You should see all the existing Shares listed
Select the Share you want to modify
Then click on the Pencil icon at the bottom
You now get a new dialog box appearing and in this is an option to turn on Guest users access
Click on OK when finished
You may also need to click on the Edit Permission button on the same Settings screen
In this screen you can chose which users can access which the File Sharing service, if you restrict access to the File Sharing service then this would I feel implicitly disable Guest access

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