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CIFS in 1.4.0 and debugging mysteries

simon — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 11:22:49 GMT

Alfresco,I'm upgrading from 1.3.2 Enterprise to 1.4.0 Enterprise on a RedHat 4 Enterprise Linux server. I choose for the full package so a complete new Tomcat installation (not only deploying the new WAR file). CIFS worked fine in 1.3.2 in our setup where we used passthru with Active Directory.Now,

Re: CIFS in 1.4.0 and debugging mysteries

gary_spencer — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:57:08 GMT

Hi,

Do you have an alfresco/extension/file-servers-custom.xml file ?. Could you email me your alfresco.log file.

Thanks

Gary

Re: CIFS in 1.4.0 and debugging mysteries

lme — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 09:30:33 GMT

Hi,

I have the same problem here after a migration from Alfresco 1.3.1E to 1.4.0E.

Simon or Gary, did you find a solution ?

Laurent

Re: CIFS in 1.4.0 and debugging mysteries

lme — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:03:59 GMT

Here is a solution that worked for me.

Now, I use NTLM authentication insteed of the passthru authentication.

- Alfresco 1.4.0E (upgraded from Alfresco 1.3.1E) on a Debian/Sarge
- Samba 3.0.14a from Debian/Sarge
- Alfresco and Samba share the same LDAP backend
- Alfresco and Samba are on different hosts

- tomcat/webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/classes/alfresco/file-servers.xml :

no modification

- tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco/extension/ntlm-authentication-context.xml :

<beans>
    <bean id="authenticationDao" class="org.alfresco.repo.security.authentication.ntlm.NullMutableAuthenticationDao" />
    <bean id="authenticationComponentImpl" class="org.alfresco.repo.security.authentication.ntlm.NTLMAuthenticationComponentImpl">
        <property name="servers">
            <value>samba-server.domain.tld</value>
        </property>
        <property name="personService">
            <ref bean="personService" />
        </property>
        <property name="nodeService">
            <ref bean="nodeService" />
        </property>
        <property name="guestAccess">
            <value>false</value>
        </property>
    </bean>
</beans>
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- tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco/extension/file-servers-custom.xml :

<alfresco-config area="file-servers">

   <config evaluator="string-compare" condition="CIFS Server">
      <host name="${localname}_A" domain="DOMAIN"/>
      <broadcast>192.168.1.255</broadcast>
   </config>

   <config evaluator="string-compare" condition="Filesystems" replace="true">
      <filesystems>
         <filesystem name="Alfresco">
            <store>workspace://SpacesStore</store>
            <rootPath>/app:company_home</rootPath>
            <offlineFiles/>
         </filesystem>
      </filesystems>
   </config>

</alfresco-config>
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Re: CIFS in 1.4.0 and debugging mysteries

simon — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 16:03:45 GMT

@ Ime: Thanks for the reply. Glad you solved it but NTLM is a no go for us. I need the passthru authentication.

@ Gary: Did you get the log file I sent you on 2006.12.19?

Re: CIFS in 1.4.0 and debugging mysteries

pparkinson — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 22:56:40 GMT

Hey Simon,

Did you find a solution for this problem? I get the same error under the same circumstances.

Re: CIFS in 1.4.0 and debugging mysteries

gary_spencer — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 23:28:22 GMT

Hi,

There have been a few updates to the passthru authenticator in the latest code to fix these problems.

Cheers

Gary

Re: CIFS in 1.4.0 and debugging mysteries

pparkinson — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 14:43:00 GMT

Hi Gary,

We're attempting to upgrade to 1.4.1. and I'm using the 1.4.1 jboss bundle Alfresco provides. You mentioned latest code I thought 1.4.1 was the latest released code? Are you speaking of unreleased code? If so, how can I resolve the problem now so that I can finish our upgrade?

Re: CIFS in 1.4.0 and debugging mysteries

pparkinson — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 16:01:30 GMT

Thanks Gary and Simon the fix worked!