SMB Services wont run - Window 10 connections issue

[sdmcoupe]

For the longest time now I've been unable to get Windows 10 to access my Freenas server (FreeNAS-11.3-U4.1) in windows explorer. The network sees it there but will not connect to it. I've done everything I think i can do on the windows side to get this resolved. Smb1, tcip, etc... It just wont connect. I can, though, connect to the dashboard GUI.
I should note that i can connect no problem with a macbook. I can access folder/ files w/o issue using a macbook.

I headed over to my freenas settings via the dashboard and under services tried to turn on SMB. It wont let me. I get the "SMB service failed to start." Message. I assume this is related to the windows 10 connection issue but i really dont know for sure.

I'm sure in trying to understand Freenas and playing with it, I probably screwed some setting up.

Can anyone point me to possible fixes for the above?



Thanks

 

[Chris Moore]

What file sharing service are you using for the MacBook? It may be that the two are mutually exclusive.

 

[anodos]

If it's failing to start, you can try running the following command in the terminal (it's usually pretty good at telling you what's broken)

smbd -d 3 -i

 

[sdmcoupe]

AFP service.

The smbd command pointed to a specific user issue. I deleted that user and created a new one. I can now turn on the SMB service.
Heading back over to windows 10 under network in explorer, when i click on the nas server it asks for a user and password. it didnt do that before. Unfortunately, its not accepting the password and connecting. hmm..

 

[Chris Moore]

Heading back over to windows 10 under network in explorer, when i click on the nas server it asks for a user and password. it didnt do that before. Unfortunately, its not accepting the password and connecting. hmm..

I don't think it is safe to have the same data shared by two services. You might run into a situation where both computers are accessing the same file and it could have unpredictable results.

 

[sdmcoupe]

Got it. I shut off AFP.

 

[sdmcoupe]

the rest of the "error" messages from running the smbd command:

not sure what any of this means

 

[anodos]

the rest of the "error" messages from running the smbd command:
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not sure what any of this means

It means that you have an smbd process already running. If you still have smbd open in an interactive session, kill it with ctrl+c.