Comments on: Network shares http://programmerthoughts.com Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:59:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Ryan http://programmerthoughts.com/file-server/network-shares/#comment-72 Ryan Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:04:28 +0000 http://johnandkaren.com/blog/?page_id=218#comment-72 Why not install OpenDS or OpenLDAP in a Solaris Zone? It's pretty straightforward and as I recall with my Mac it is pretty easy to configure the Mac to use the OpenLDAP/OpenDS server for authentication. Why not install OpenDS or OpenLDAP in a Solaris Zone? It’s pretty straightforward and as I recall with my Mac it is pretty easy to configure the Mac to use the OpenLDAP/OpenDS server for authentication.

]]> By: Bruce http://programmerthoughts.com/file-server/network-shares/#comment-71 Bruce Mon, 04 May 2009 21:06:35 +0000 http://johnandkaren.com/blog/?page_id=218#comment-71 I got it working again too, but don't exactly know how! Hopefully this problem gets fixed in the 2009.06 release. Anyway; I get it now on the permissions. With CIFS you effectively have a parallel permissions model. I got it working again too, but don’t exactly know how! Hopefully this problem gets fixed in the 2009.06 release.

Anyway; I get it now on the permissions. With CIFS you effectively have a parallel permissions model.

]]> By: John http://programmerthoughts.com/file-server/network-shares/#comment-70 John Mon, 04 May 2009 02:05:22 +0000 http://johnandkaren.com/blog/?page_id=218#comment-70 <a href="#comment-300" rel="nofollow">@Bruce</a> We had a bad storm come through last night, and I lost power. I noticed today that, like you, the smb server was not running. I did manage to get it running though. I hope my methods work for you. # svcadm disable network/smb/server # rem_drv smbsrv Invalid argument Cannot remove major number binding for 260 # add_drv smbsrv # svcadm enable -r network/smb/server # svcs | grep smb online 20:59:18 svc:/network/smb/server:default # Although I don't think it was key to my success, earlier I did reimport the server manifest (svccfg import /var/svc/manifest/network/smb/server.xml). @Bruce
We had a bad storm come through last night, and I lost power. I noticed today that, like you, the smb server was not running. I did manage to get it running though. I hope my methods work for you.

# svcadm disable network/smb/server
# rem_drv smbsrv
Invalid argument
Cannot remove major number binding for 260
# add_drv smbsrv
# svcadm enable -r network/smb/server
# svcs | grep smb
online 20:59:18 svc:/network/smb/server:default
#

Although I don’t think it was key to my success, earlier I did reimport the server manifest (svccfg import /var/svc/manifest/network/smb/server.xml).

]]> By: John http://programmerthoughts.com/file-server/network-shares/#comment-69 John Sun, 03 May 2009 18:59:51 +0000 http://johnandkaren.com/blog/?page_id=218#comment-69 <a href="#comment-298" rel="nofollow">@Bruce</a> I'm glad you got CIFS running. There is no technical reason I used different user names on the file server (different from the Macs). Although I could have used the same names, I chose new ones for the following reasons: 1) I already had an admin user account on the file server with the same name as on one of the Macs. 2) I wanted a non-admin user accounts on the file server. 3) With specific remote users and a remote group on the file server, it's easy to keep track of who does what on the file server, and it's easy to handle the future cases of new computers or users connecting to the file server. All that being said, if I were using the file server to share user accounts (which I am not), then, of course, I would use the same user names. @Bruce
I’m glad you got CIFS running. There is no technical reason I used different user names on the file server (different from the Macs). Although I could have used the same names, I chose new ones for the following reasons:
1) I already had an admin user account on the file server with the same name as on one of the Macs.
2) I wanted a non-admin user accounts on the file server.
3) With specific remote users and a remote group on the file server, it’s easy to keep track of who does what on the file server, and it’s easy to handle the future cases of new computers or users connecting to the file server.

All that being said, if I were using the file server to share user accounts (which I am not), then, of course, I would use the same user names.

]]> By: Bruce http://programmerthoughts.com/file-server/network-shares/#comment-68 Bruce Sun, 03 May 2009 18:58:22 +0000 http://johnandkaren.com/blog/?page_id=218#comment-68 One more weird thing: I had to reboot. I now can't restart the cifs server, even with the "turning the client on first" trick. Sigh ... One more weird thing: I had to reboot. I now can’t restart the cifs server, even with the “turning the client on first” trick. Sigh …

]]> By: Bruce http://programmerthoughts.com/file-server/network-shares/#comment-67 Bruce Sun, 03 May 2009 12:41:06 +0000 http://johnandkaren.com/blog/?page_id=218#comment-67 Hmm, that might be confusing: I meant "using the same user names/groups on both the Macs and the server". Hmm, that might be confusing: I meant “using the same user names/groups on both the Macs and the server”.

]]> By: Bruce http://programmerthoughts.com/file-server/network-shares/#comment-66 Bruce Sun, 03 May 2009 12:04:02 +0000 http://johnandkaren.com/blog/?page_id=218#comment-66 It took me awhile, but I finally got cifs running. Another question, as I'm stuck on connecting: why did you create *_remote users and the "remote" group? Did using your Mac user names/groups not work? It took me awhile, but I finally got cifs running.

Another question, as I’m stuck on connecting: why did you create *_remote users and the “remote” group? Did using your Mac user names/groups not work?

]]> By: John http://programmerthoughts.com/file-server/network-shares/#comment-65 John Sat, 02 May 2009 22:48:32 +0000 http://johnandkaren.com/blog/?page_id=218#comment-65 Yes, I'm running 2008.11. I had some problems getting it running myself. However, I started the client service, and the server then started with no problems. Then I turned off the client, and I haven't had any problems (but I haven't restarted yet). I have found a whole lot of helpful info all over the Internet and especially at <a href="http://sigtar.com/" rel="nofollow">sigtar.com</a>. Yes, I’m running 2008.11. I had some problems getting it running myself. However, I started the client service, and the server then started with no problems. Then I turned off the client, and I haven’t had any problems (but I haven’t restarted yet).

I have found a whole lot of helpful info all over the Internet and especially at sigtar.com.

]]> By: Bruce http://programmerthoughts.com/file-server/network-shares/#comment-64 Bruce Sat, 02 May 2009 20:22:20 +0000 http://johnandkaren.com/blog/?page_id=218#comment-64 Thanks for this John; really helpful! Quick question: what version of OpenSolaris are you running? 2008.11? Am having some problems getting cifs running that I suspect is a consequence of running a recent build. Thanks for this John; really helpful!

Quick question: what version of OpenSolaris are you running? 2008.11? Am having some problems getting cifs running that I suspect is a consequence of running a recent build.

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