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Does SMB share work with Lion?
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But, now we can no longer use Windows shared folders, unless we use FTP, which is even more outdated.
Not only does SMB work, but now there is DFS support too!!
SMB3, which Boxee and XBMC rely on, is no longer on Lion.
You gotta manually install it, which is a pain, lots of Terminal codes.
Search "install samba 3 boxee" on google, probably top result.
You gotta manually install it, which is a pain, lots of Terminal codes.
Search "install samba 3 boxee" on google, probably top result.
They've got their own version of samba due to licensing constraints is what I've heard.
I've definitely connected to samba shares from Lion.
It's buggy though, but then I've always found Mac -> Windows connections via samba to be buggy.
I haven't had the samba shares show up in the shared list yet. I've been having to manually connect to them via the smb:// url. But I've had to do this many times with previous versions of OS X, so it's not like this is something amazingly new.
To suggest they've completely removed the only way to connect to windows shares is a bit silly though. I don't see how anyone could say that with a straight face.
I've definitely connected to samba shares from Lion.
It's buggy though, but then I've always found Mac -> Windows connections via samba to be buggy.
I haven't had the samba shares show up in the shared list yet. I've been having to manually connect to them via the smb:// url. But I've had to do this many times with previous versions of OS X, so it's not like this is something amazingly new.
To suggest they've completely removed the only way to connect to windows shares is a bit silly though. I don't see how anyone could say that with a straight face.
SMB issue
I am having problems that seem to be SMB related. After Lion installation, my scanner cannot "see" my Mac on the network. Worked fine with Snow Leopard.
I am having problems that seem to be SMB related. After Lion installation, my scanner cannot "see" my Mac on the network. Worked fine with Snow Leopard.
Works partially...
I can see SMB shares from Lion on Windows computer or iPhone (using NetPortal app).
I cannot see SMB shares on WDTVLive Player
I cannot open any SMB shares from Windows on the Lion
All of it worked in Snow Leopard.
If anyone has a solution or workaround, please post here.
I can see SMB shares from Lion on Windows computer or iPhone (using NetPortal app).
I cannot see SMB shares on WDTVLive Player
I cannot open any SMB shares from Windows on the Lion
All of it worked in Snow Leopard.
If anyone has a solution or workaround, please post here.
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My $.02...
When I upgraded my mac mini to Lion I could still access my Snow Leopard SMB shares on my iMac but when I upgraded my iMac to Lion I could no longer access the SMB shares from the mini anymore in Boxee. Turns out Lion uses a new version of SMB that the current version of Boxee doesn't understand yet. As a workaround I just mounted the shares on my mini into a local directory, e.g:
mount -t smbfs //<username:<pwd>@<imac_IP>/<smb_share> /<local_dir>
like:
mount -t smbfs //user1assword@192.168.1.1/share1 /local_mounts/movies1
then in boxee, I just add the local directory as a media source and boom...I'm back in business until Boxee adds support for this new version of SMB.
When I upgraded my mac mini to Lion I could still access my Snow Leopard SMB shares on my iMac but when I upgraded my iMac to Lion I could no longer access the SMB shares from the mini anymore in Boxee. Turns out Lion uses a new version of SMB that the current version of Boxee doesn't understand yet. As a workaround I just mounted the shares on my mini into a local directory, e.g:
mount -t smbfs //<username:<pwd>@<imac_IP>/<smb_share> /<local_dir>
like:
mount -t smbfs //user1
assword@192.168.1.1/share1 /local_mounts/movies1then in boxee, I just add the local directory as a media source and boom...I'm back in business until Boxee adds support for this new version of SMB.
My $.02...
When I upgraded my mac mini to Lion I could still access my Snow Leopard SMB shares on my iMac but when I upgraded my iMac to Lion I could no longer access the SMB shares from the mini anymore in Boxee. Turns out Lion uses a new version of SMB that the current version of Boxee doesn't understand yet. As a workaround I just mounted the shares on my mini into a local directory, e.g:
mount -t smbfs //<username:<pwd>@<imac_IP>/<smb_share> /<local_dir>
like:
mount -t smbfs //user1
then in boxee, I just add the local directory as a media source and boom...I'm back in business until Boxee adds support for this new version of SMB.
When I try doing this in Terminal it is giving me "usage" info on mount (it lists the various types of commands) as if what I'm typing in is unacceptable.
mount -t smbfs //"user":"password"@"192.168.1.1"/content/local_mounts/media
The above is what I put in with the exception that I altered the stuff above in quotes to be real stuff (i.e. instead of "user" I have wdtv, etc.)
No problems with SMB here - in fact it is more reliable than in SL and fewer massive delays loading folder contents. There is an amusing dialog that occasionally comes up saying it can't find the share, WHILE I am quite happily browsing it and -I- can find it. This has caused no ill effects thus far - touch aluminium.