Problems i saw.

Create smbpasswd -a “macusernaam”. De macusernaam must also exist in passed, so use the same as your system credentials.

set in [global] security=user, this means that username/password is requirement by login.

test your config with command “testparms smb.conf”. This will check if you configured something wrong.

test you config with de built-in smbclient. smbclient -L netbiosname -U macusername.
username is only requirement when use security=user, and you create a existing user thats in passwd and smbpasswd. When netbiosname don’t work, use the IP of the servers. If you get connected your server is working. Maybe you can’t browse the folders on your sharen.

When i connect to dune i connect directly to the folder and it works for me.

name: “name how to display”
Type: SMB
Server: “IP of your SMB server, properly your macbook”
Map: “Shared folder you connect to”
User: “User thats in smbpasswd”
Password: “user password”

Only what not work for me was the automatic start while boot.

thx for de work instruction

I’m putting this comment here because this post is probably *THE* most linked post on Samba for Lion on the Internet. It sure is the one I used as a reference myself to give to dozens of friends until I decided to take it one step further and make it a fully-fledged tool and installer 🙂 (you can see where I was planning to do so on my comment from October above).

Also: To uninstall the macports packages mentioned above you can just run the “port” command with the “uninstall” option:

sudo port uninstall –follow-dependencies samba3

You can delete Xcode by deleting the /Developer folder in your hard drive’s disk (although I wouldn’t recommend either, if you don’t know what you’re doing).

and got this…..

Warning: /opt/local/etc/macports/sources.conf specifies invalid source ‘rsync:file:///opt/mports/trunk/dports [default]’, ignored.
Warning: No default port source specified in /opt/local/etc/macports/sources.conf, using last source as default
can’t read “sources”: no such variable
while executing
“lindex $sources end”
(procedure “mportinit” line 171)
invoked from within
“mportinit ui_options global_options global_variations”
Error: /opt/local/bin/port: Failed to initialize MacPorts, can’t read “sources”: no such variable

If you are like me you probably depended on Samba “SMB” to allow your Popcorn Hour to communicate to your Mac in order to stream your content. If you are reading this message your content is no longer working.

I made 2 short youtube videos for you to watch and get your content back online and working again.

Take some time and watch the video and post any questions you may have.

Part 1 http://youtu.be/O9RvZrCrg1Y

Part 2 http://youtu.be/9FOfeQdMqUY

Watch in Full Screen With 1080p Full Screen if you are having issues with see the font or terminal

Links and info you need

http://www.macports.org/install.php (Mac Ports Lion)
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/xcode/id448457090?mt=12 (X Code)

Install Notes And Locations

sudo port -d sync
sudo port install samba3
sudo mv /opt/local/etc/samba3/smb.sample.conf /opt/local/etc/samba3/smb.conf
sudo vi /opt/local/etc/samba3

# workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name, eg: MIDEARTH
workgroup = WORKGROUP

# server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field
server string = maggot

# Security mode. Defines in which mode Samba will operate. Possible
# values are share, user, server, domain and ads. Most people will want
# user level security. See the Samba-HOWTO-Collection for details.
security = user

[Storage]
comment = Storage
path = /Volumes/Storage
available = yes
guest ok = yes
create mask = 644
directory mask = 755
read only = no

cd ~
vi samba.sh
i
sudo /opt/local/sbin/smbd -D && sudo /opt/local/sbin/nmbd -D
:wq!
chmod 755 samba
./samba

sudo killall smbd (This will restart/kill the samba process)

sudo /opt/local/sbin/smbd -D && sudo /opt/local/sbin/nmbd -D
password
enter

So when I enter this into Terminal:
rob:/ rob$ smbclient -L rob1

It just says:
Connection to rob1 failed (Error NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME)

This is what testparm says:
rob:/ rob$ testparm
Load smb config files from /opt/local/etc/samba3//smb.conf
Processing section “[homes]”
Processing section “[Downloads]”
Loaded services file OK.
Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE
Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions

[global]
server string = rob1
log file = /usr/local/samba/var/log.%m
max log size = 50
printcap name = lpstat
dns proxy = No
hosts allow = 192.168.1., 192.168.2., 127.

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
read only = No

[Downloads]
comment = Downloads
path = /Users/rob/Downloads
valid users = rob
read only = No
create mask = 0644
guest ok = Yes

It doesn’t show up in testparm, but I also set up “security = user” and “guest account = nobody”. I also set up a Samba User called “rob” and enabled it.

What am I doing wrong? I have no clue, the firewall is also off … I will appreciate every hint.

Regards
rob

Unfortunately, after following the above and receiving no errors, I still get the “server unsupported” message when trying to connect to my NAS (through finder).

Has anyone got any suggestions that I could try other than reinstalling back to Snow Leopard?!