topic CIFS Configuration on Ubuntu in Alfresco Archive

CIFS Configuration on Ubuntu

mautidavis — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 12:02:43 GMT

Dear all,I'm trying to configure CIFS on Ubuntu Linux 12.04 but it seems like it is not working. What might be the problem?I have installed PostgreSQL as the database and enabled CIFS in alfresco-global.properties. When I try to access alfresco repository from windows by running \\[Alfresco server I

Re: CIFS Configuration on Ubuntu

mautidavis — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 06:01:16 GMT

Dear all,

I opened port 139 and 445 and now I can reach my Alfresco server but when I type \\[AlfrescoServerIPAddress] I get a blank window - it connects but does not list any folder. When I type \\[AlfrescoServerIPAddress]\alfresco I get a message that the path cannot be found. I'm trying to connect from Windows and the Alfresco server is running on a Ubuntu Linux.

Do I need to change the cifs.urlfile.prefix=http://${localname}/alfresco/ to something like: cifs.urlfile.prefix=\\${localname}\alfresco\ in alfresco properties file?

Your guidance will be appreciated.

BTW, I can access the folders when I type: http://AlfrescoServerIP:8080/alfresco/webdav on a browser.

The error message on alfresco.log file is:

11:05:53,231 ERROR [org.alfresco.fileserver] [SMB] Server error : org.alfresco.jlan.server.config.InvalidConfigurationException: Error initializing TCP-IP SMB session handler, Permission denied
11:05:53,261 INFO [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Starting 'imap' subsystem, ID: [imap, default]
11:05:53,277 ERROR [org.alfresco.fileserver] Error from JLAN
org.alfresco.jlan.server.config.InvalidConfigurationException: Error initializing TCP-IP SMB session handler, Permission denied
   at org.alfresco.jlan.smb.server.nio.NIOCifsConnectionsHandler.initializeHandler(NIOCifsConnectionsHandler.java:259)
   at org.alfresco.jlan.smb.server.SMBServer.run(SMBServer.java:475)
   at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)

Any ideas on this issue?

Regards,
Davis Onsakia

Re: CIFS Configuration on Ubuntu

bisana — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 06:50:34 GMT

you need to redirect the port settings


modprobe iptable_nat
iptables -F
iptables -t nat -F
iptables -P INPUT ACCEPT
iptables -P FORWARD ACCEPT
iptables -P OUTPUT ACCEPT
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp –dport 445 -j DNAT –to-destination :1445
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp –dport 445 -j DNAT –to-destination :1445
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp –dport 137:139 -j DNAT –to-destination :1137-1139
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p udp –dport 137:139 -j DNAT –to-destination :1137-1139
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From
http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/File_Server_Configuration

Re: CIFS Configuration on Ubuntu

mautidavis — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 08:32:24 GMT

Dear bisana,

The suggested commands have completely messed up my Alfresco installation! How can I go back to the way things were, basically undo the effects of those commands? I cannot now even access the login page despite Alfresco having started successfully.

Regards,
Davis

Re: CIFS Configuration on Ubuntu

bisana — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 08:35:22 GMT

sudo iptables -F

Re: CIFS Configuration on Ubuntu

mautidavis — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 11:31:55 GMT

Have just run that command and it seems it is working okay save for the fact that I cannot now access Alfresco over the network - I cannot access Alfresco Share or Explorer using the server name or IP address on a broswser from another computer. I can access Share or Explorer on the Alfresco server alone. What can I do to access Alfresco on another computer?

Thanks in advance.

Re: CIFS Configuration on Ubuntu

mautidavis — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 12:40:23 GMT

I have managed to sort out the issue of Alfresco not being accessible from another computer.

Now to my initial problem: how can I access the Alfresco repository from a Windows computer? \\AlfrescoServerIP just displays a blank page and \\AlfrescoServerIP\alfresco indicates that the path is not found. Any ideas to solve this problem are most welcome.

Re: CIFS Configuration on Ubuntu

mrogers — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 13:44:16 GMT

I presume you have sorted out binding the alfresco and share host to the loopback address.

Your setting for cifs.serverName does not look correct.
cifs.serverName=****.***.****.***
It should be a name for NetBios not an IP address. By default it would be {Servername}A

Are you using port forwarding or not?

If you are using your settings below then you will need to run alfresco as root.
cifs.tcpipSMB.port=445
cifs.netBIOSSMB.sessionPort=139
cifs.netBIOSSMB.namePort=137
cifs.netBIOSSMB.datagramPort=138

Re: CIFS Configuration on Ubuntu

mautidavis — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:13:43 GMT

Dear Mrogers,

Thanks for your guidance.

I've changed the cifs.serverName settings and restarted Alfresco (and the server itself) but still I cannot access the alfresco folder over the network.

I'm logged in as root and hence starting alfresco as root. I'm not using port forwarding (it messed my application when I tried it).

One thing I want to know: since I can access the Alfresco folder over the network using Samba, which specific folder can I map so that scanned documents can directly be delivered to a specific folder in the document library of a specific site in Alfresco?

Your guidance is always appreciated.

Regards,
Davis Onsakia

Re: CIFS Configuration on Ubuntu

bisana — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 03:49:53 GMT

Hi Davis
Did you said you are going to configure SAMBA instance to share Alfresco folder, I dont think it is a good idea
If you check the IPTABLES command , it shows that SAMBA ports are redirected.
Thanks

Re: CIFS Configuration on Ubuntu

uthen — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 09:29:38 GMT

I used 4.0.e and just install without modify alfresco-global.properties.

it work.

Re: CIFS Configuration on Ubuntu

mautidavis — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 12:20:04 GMT

Dear Uthen,

Did CIFS work without changing anything on alfresco-global.properties file?

Please share.

Regards,
Davis