[cifs-discuss] Issue configuring SMB

[Mark Shellenbaum]

Cuyler Dingwell wrote:
> I've tried to go step by step through the instructions online for OpenSolari 08.05 however for the life of me I can't seem to get SMB shares to work.
> 
> -bash-3.2# zfs set sharesmb=on tank
> cannot share 'tank': smb add share failed
> 

Do you have any error messages in /var/adm/syslog?

is the smbsrv kernel module loaded?  You can verify that with the 
following command

$ modinfo | grep smbsrv


> I tried creating a group for smb and adding the shares there however I still can't connect from any other machine (or locally through the file browser).
> 

You shouldn't need to do that.

> -bash-3.2# sharemgr show -vp
> default nfs=()
> notamac smb=()
> 	  backup=/backup
> 	  Videos=/tank/Videos
> zfs
>     zfs/tank nfs=(nosuid="true" anon="501") smb=() nfs:sys=(rw="*")
> 	  tank=/tank
> 
> A pretty standard installation (did it twice) with the smb packages installed.
> -bash-3.2# pkginfo | grep smb
> system      SUNWsmbau                        samba - A Windows SMB/CIFS fileserver for UNIX (Usr)
> system      SUNWsmbfskr                      SMB/CIFS File System client support (Kernel)
> system      SUNWsmbfsr                       SMB/CIFS File System client support (Root)
> system      SUNWsmbfsu                       SMB/CIFS File System client support (Usr)
> system      SUNWsmbskr                       SMB Server (Kernel)
> system      SUNWsmbsr                        SMB Server (Root)
> system      SUNWsmbsu                        SMB Server (Usr)
> 
> Also, pam.d has been updated accordingly.
> -bash-3.2# cat /etc/pam.conf | grep smb
> other	password required	pam_smb_passwd.so.1	nowarn
> 
> The service is there...
> -bash-3.2# svcs | grep smb
> online         22:04:06 svc:/network/smb/server:default
> 
> Ideas?
> 
> Right now I have nfs working but it's fairly slow (12->16 mb/s)  I've heard in some cases smb shares can be faster so I'd like to give it a shot.
> 
> Thanks!
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