> > Quoting Ben Koenig <[email protected]>: > > > On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 4:32 AM Michael C Robinson < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Quoting David <[email protected]>: > >> > <-- removed smb.conf --> > >> This config is relevant I believe and shouldn't have been removed! > >> > >> > > No, it is not relevant. smb.conf is the configuration for the Samba daemon. > > It is only relevant on the host serving files, in your case this is > > Freenas, and the file is configured via the web interface. > > Where does Nautilus get the workgroup to advertise itself as then? > Typically, you have to be in the same workgroup to see computers in that > workgroup, or am I missing something? If not smb.conf, then what does > Nautilus use to configure itself as a cifs or smb client?
I am not sure if this has changed but it use to be as documented: https://www.ixsystems.com/documentation/freenas/9.10/services.html?highlight=workgroup#smb > > You are using centos as the client, therefore, smb.conf is not useful. > > Client side configuration is handled by other software packages, you don't > > need samba. If you are running the SMB daemon on centos as well, this could > > throw another workgroup into the mix and confuse Nautilus. You should make > > sure samba is not running on centos since you say that this box is the > > client. You essentially have 2 servers on the same network, and it picks > > the wrong one ;-) > > > I will have to see about removing samba server on the CentOS 7 box... That would be a good idea. > >> I'm running into a lot of you have to set the workgroup to WORKGROUP > >> nonsense online, my workgroup is > >> roch.robinson-west.com. What does Nautilus use on the backend to be > >> able to browse a Windows Network? > >> > >> > > > > As for your workgroup, that is windows terminology. There is a more > > advanced explanation, but in short the workgroup (set by default to > > "WORKGROUP") is a feature of Windows domain networks to allow computers to > > be grouped on a given network segment. > > I very much doubt that 'roch.robinson-west.com' is your workgroup. It's > > usually just a 1 word name, and doesn't necessarily need to match your > > FQDN. SMB login credentials look like this: > > > > \\SERVERNAME\PATH\TO\SHARE\ > > WORKGROUP\USERNAME > > PASSWORD > > > > When workgroup is unspecified, it will default to what you were told by > > online nonsense. Since so many devices use WORKGROUP as the default, a good > > way to get everything working is use it unless you specifically need > > otherwise. > > > > I think you might need to go back to your smb share on freenas and make > > sure it is configured properly. based on what you've said so far you added > > all your configs to centos, which isn't actually going to do what you want. > > > What in CentOS causes Nautilus to expect WORKGROUP as the workgroup? > Shouldn't > this be configurable? I don't know where in FreeNAS 11.2 U6 where the > workgroup is set > let alone what it is set to... -- Rod Grimes [email protected] _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
