Neth
Dabbler
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- Oct 8, 2015
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Hi!
As the title suggests, I'm having problems with my CIFS shares.
It's the same problem for the 2 folders i have shared via CIFS. The confusing thing is, I set the server up a couple of days ago and the CIFS share have been working fine all the time. After moving all data i wanted to the CIFS shares I started looking at running the Crashplan plugin. I got that to work as well, but wanted to see if it was possible to connect a USB disk to the server and choose that as a backup destination in Crashplan. Something I later learned is not possible. Anyhow, I connected the USB drive and it appeared under FreeNAS storage section. I then setup a volume for it.... and this is where my problems begin.
At this point I lost access to the CIFS shares. I had them mounted in Win7 Pro, but got different error messages when trying to reach them. I also tried to browse the folders via server ip, but they didn't come up.
I then restarted the server, but it didn't boot. So after a couple of minutes I had to make a hard reset and unplug the USB disk. The server then booted normally, however I could still not access the CIFS shares. It suddenly asked for usr/pw. I checked the settings for the share, and guest access was enabled - same as before. As far as I could tell nothing had changed for either the volume nore the share, but it behaved differently.
I tried to disable guest access and restart the CIFS service - it asked for usr/pw.
I tried to enable guest access and restart the CIFS service- it asked for usr/pw.
I tried to provide a usr/pw - I could access the folder.
I have gone through all settings for the volume, the CIFS share, and general CIFS service settings with no luck.
I've restarted the service aswell as the server several times but the problem remains.
I also tried to follow this guide ( https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/cifs-windows-sharing-guide.20948/ ), but I get stuck on step 4 where I am supposed to set Authentication Model = Local User and Guest Account = Guest. I can not find any setting for Authentication Model and when i set the Guest account to Guest, the CIFS service won't start any more. I get an error message saying the service could not be started.
Any ideas what could be wrong?
As the title suggests, I'm having problems with my CIFS shares.
It's the same problem for the 2 folders i have shared via CIFS. The confusing thing is, I set the server up a couple of days ago and the CIFS share have been working fine all the time. After moving all data i wanted to the CIFS shares I started looking at running the Crashplan plugin. I got that to work as well, but wanted to see if it was possible to connect a USB disk to the server and choose that as a backup destination in Crashplan. Something I later learned is not possible. Anyhow, I connected the USB drive and it appeared under FreeNAS storage section. I then setup a volume for it.... and this is where my problems begin.
At this point I lost access to the CIFS shares. I had them mounted in Win7 Pro, but got different error messages when trying to reach them. I also tried to browse the folders via server ip, but they didn't come up.
I then restarted the server, but it didn't boot. So after a couple of minutes I had to make a hard reset and unplug the USB disk. The server then booted normally, however I could still not access the CIFS shares. It suddenly asked for usr/pw. I checked the settings for the share, and guest access was enabled - same as before. As far as I could tell nothing had changed for either the volume nore the share, but it behaved differently.
I tried to disable guest access and restart the CIFS service - it asked for usr/pw.
I tried to enable guest access and restart the CIFS service- it asked for usr/pw.
I tried to provide a usr/pw - I could access the folder.
I have gone through all settings for the volume, the CIFS share, and general CIFS service settings with no luck.
I've restarted the service aswell as the server several times but the problem remains.
I also tried to follow this guide ( https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/cifs-windows-sharing-guide.20948/ ), but I get stuck on step 4 where I am supposed to set Authentication Model = Local User and Guest Account = Guest. I can not find any setting for Authentication Model and when i set the Guest account to Guest, the CIFS service won't start any more. I get an error message saying the service could not be started.
Any ideas what could be wrong?