topic CIFS on Windows 7 doesn't work in Alfresco Archive

CIFS on Windows 7 doesn't work

leonard — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 11:00:48 GMT

Hi Guysrecently i installed alfresco on my windows system and i installed alfresco version 4.xand i got some issue i try to find the best answer on the web but it doesn't work out toothe case is when i tried to map network using cifs it always asking username and passwordauthentication but return f

Re: CIFS on Windows 7 doesn't work

mrogers — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 11:13:00 GMT

Please note that Windows 7 is not a supported server platform.   It works but requires some kludges.    Howeverl all you should need to change in alfresco is "cifs.enabled"

Yes you missed that windows already has a cifs service of its own.    That's why you want cifs.serverName=alfrescoA   note the A at the end it is important.

You also need to force windows to use netbios.   I do that by putting a dummy entry in the "hosts" file.    You can also do it with firewall rules.

Re: CIFS on Windows 7 doesn't work

tearalong — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 04:51:59 GMT

Just to clarify what is meant by a "dummy entry" in the hosts file. it needs to be in the client computer.
I have an entry of 13.13.13.13 AlfrescoA in mine.

Re: CIFS on Windows 7 doesn't work

mrogers — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 08:07:25 GMT

Yes that's a dummy entry.

Re: CIFS on Windows 7 doesn't work

102020 — Mon, 03 Mar 2014 21:41:56 GMT

I know I keep posting this everywhere, and seriously, an Alfresco MOD needs to sticky this to save on so many repeat posts.
http://forums.alfresco.com/forum/installation-upgrades-configuration-integration/installation-upgrades/howto

Gives full instructions, including CIFS for windows 7. We've been running stable on the above doc that I created for nearly a year.

Re: CIFS on Windows 7 doesn't work

mrogers — Mon, 03 Mar 2014 21:48:29 GMT

Can I repeat what bisana said. It would be great if you could put your doc and knowledge into the wiki, that's the place for it rather than forums.