SOLVED CIFS - The service could not be started

[knisper64456]

Hi everyone! i am a total newbie with freenas. i managed to install it on a usb stick and start from it (wouldn't start from the usb3 port but perfectly fine from usb2).

i made 2 groups and 1 user (for now) and added the one hard drive i have right now via storage/ufs volume manager (legacy).

i started ssh and afp but cifs won't start. it just says " the service couldn't be started "...

it's all at default settings right now... (the cifs settings)...

i just reset everything to factory settings, still can't start it...

please help!

 

[Rand]

There are several open threads and ideas how to fix or search for possible reasons in this forum, what did the search say and how's your issue different ?;) (aka Use the search function please)

 

[knisper64456]

well most of the posts are about cifs not starting after crash, rebooting or upgrading to a new version of freenas.

mine isn't working right from the start.

i see that reinstalling or factory reset (i did that 4 times now) is a possible workaround for this, but afp is just working fine for me - everytime.

right now i stumbled upon another error - plugins won't install anymore. first they didn't even load up and no matter which one i try to install i get:
(just in case you are wondering, on my first attempt i installed the plex plug in and it was just installing fine.)

Request Method: POST
Request URL: http://192.168.0.16/plugins/plugin/...2671636c29017f2091857009be871cddd7aa89d6f2c1/
Software Version: FreeNAS-9.2.1.1-RELEASE-x64 (0da7233)
Exception Type: TypeError
Exception Value:
format requires a mapping
Exception Location: /usr/local/www/freenasUI/../freenasUI/plugins/plugin.py in download, line 122
Server time:
Sun, 23 Feb 2014 19:09:33 +0100

 

[Rand]

Ah i've got that error too, waiting for it to be fixed;)

You can follow the general lead and install 9.2.0 instead if you dont need the new features and dont have data to loose...

To check the Samba issue

run <testparm /etc/local/smb4.conf>
or get the location with
>find / -name "smb*.conf">

compare here http://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/cifs-wont-start.18746/#post-103373

 

[knisper64456]

funny enough cifs is now working, and i got the plug ins issue back on track as well...

i put network settings/global conifg/ nameserver 1 8.8.8.8 and nameserver 2 8.8.4.4.

couple of restarts and it worked. :)