CIFS Server not starting

[ds-crcpress]

I am having some trouble getting CIFS working.  I have Aflresco Community hosted on a FreeBSD system.  The following is my configuration:

<alfresco-config area="file-servers">
   <config evaluator="string-compare" condition="Filesystems" replace="true">
      <filesystems>
         <filesystem name="CIFS Server">
            <serverEnable enabled="true"/>
            <host name="${localname}A"/>
            <comment>Alfresco CIFS Server</comment>
            <broadcast>255.255.255.0</broadcast>
            <tcpipSMB platforms="linux,solaris,macosx"/>
            <netBIOSSMB platforms="linux,solaris,macosx"/>
            <hostAnnounce interval="5"/>
            <sessionDebug flags="Negotiate,Socket"/>
         </filesystem>
      </filesystems>
   </config>
</alfresco-config>
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Here is the stack trace on startup:

16:30:24,639 ERROR [server.repo.ContentDiskDriver] Error during create context
org.alfresco.filesys.server.core.DeviceContextException: Device missing init value: store
        at org.alfresco.filesys.smb.server.repo.ContentDiskDriver.createContext(ContentDiskDriver.java:328)
        at org.alfresco.filesys.server.config.ServerConfiguration.processFilesystemsConfig(ServerConfiguration.java:2086)
        at org.alfresco.filesys.server.config.ServerConfiguration.init(ServerConfiguration.java:611)
        at org.alfresco.filesys.server.config.ServerConfiguration.onBootstrap(ServerConfiguration.java:4122)
        at org.alfresco.util.AbstractLifecycleBean.onApplicationEvent(AbstractLifecycleBean.java:62)
        at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster$1.run(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:77)
        at org.springframework.core.task.SyncTaskExecutor.execute(SyncTaskExecutor.java:49)
        at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.multicastEvent(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:75)
        at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.publishEvent(AbstractApplicationContext.java:241)
        at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:349)
        at org.springframework.web.context.support.AbstractRefreshableWebApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractRefreshableWebApplicationContext.java:156)
        at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.createWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:246)
        at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:184)
        at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:49)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:3830)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4337)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:791)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:771)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:525)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:825)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWARs(HostConfig.java:714)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:490)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1138)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:311)
        at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:117)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1053)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:719)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1045)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:443)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:516)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:710)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:566)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:288)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:413)
16:30:24,642 ERROR [alfresco.smb.protocol] File server configuration error, null
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at org.alfresco.filesys.smb.server.repo.ContentDiskDriver.createContext(ContentDiskDriver.java:505)
        at org.alfresco.filesys.server.config.ServerConfiguration.processFilesystemsConfig(ServerConfiguration.java:2086)
        at org.alfresco.filesys.server.config.ServerConfiguration.init(ServerConfiguration.java:611)
        at org.alfresco.filesys.server.config.ServerConfiguration.onBootstrap(ServerConfiguration.java:4122)
        at org.alfresco.util.AbstractLifecycleBean.onApplicationEvent(AbstractLifecycleBean.java:62)
        at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster$1.run(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:77)
        at org.springframework.core.task.SyncTaskExecutor.execute(SyncTaskExecutor.java:49)
        at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.multicastEvent(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:75)
        at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.publishEvent(AbstractApplicationContext.java:241)
        at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:349)
        at org.springframework.web.context.support.AbstractRefreshableWebApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractRefreshableWebApplicationContext.java:156)
        at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.createWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:246)
        at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:184)
        at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:49)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:3830)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4337)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:791)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:771)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:525)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:825)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWARs(HostConfig.java:714)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:490)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1138)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:311)
        at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:117)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1053)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:719)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1045)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:443)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:516)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:710)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:566)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:288)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:413)
16:30:24,643 ERROR [alfresco.smb.protocol] CIFS and FTP servers not started due to filesystem initialization error
Exception in thread "SMB Server" java.lang.NullPointerException
        at org.alfresco.filesys.smb.server.SMBServer.run(SMBServer.java:425)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

I tried taking a look at the current HEAD of the Alfresco source code, but I don't even have org.alfresco.filesys.smb.server.SMBServer (although there is a SMBServer in the jlan project–but still not close enough).  I figure it is probably a configuration issue.

Anybody know of what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks,

David

[jottley]

You've got a lot mixed and matched here.

Take a look at the file-servers.xml file in tomcat/webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/classes/alfresco or file-servers-custom.xml in tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco/extension (make sure you make your changes in the extension directory – In fact you _should_ make your custom configuration changes in file-servers-custom.xml). Use those as you templates.  But basically you should have a section that defines the filesystems (ie what you want exposed from the repository) and another section that defines your CIFS server.

Example (not complete config element):

 <config evaluator="string-compare" condition="Filesystems">
          <filesystems>
                  
                 <!– Alfresco repository access shared filesystem –>
         <filesystem name="Alfresco">
            <store>workspace://SpacesStore</store>
            <rootPath>/app:company_home</rootPath>
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Example (not complete config element):

<config evaluator="string-compare" condition="CIFS Server">
          <serverEnable enabled="true"/>
      <host name="${localname}A"/>
      <comment>Alfresco CIFS Server</comment>

      <!– Set to the broadcast mask for the subnet –>
      <broadcast>255.255.255.255</broadcast>
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[ds-crcpress]

The first code that I posted was my shared/classes/alfresco/extension/file-servers-custom.xml contents.  When I choose replace="true" that only replaces the configuration that matches the name correct?  In other words, this won't neglect the default FTP Server, AVM server, and Filesystem configuration right?

To get this started I just copied the configuration from the webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/classes/alfresco/file-servers.xml file and customized it in the extension directory.

-David

[jottley]

Correct, replacing just the one section will not affect the other defaults. But what you have in there belongs in the CIFS Server config element, not in the Filesystems config element.

[ds-crcpress]

Ah, yes I just noticed that a few minutes ago when I compared the two files side by side and realized it was defined in the filesystems block.  ops:

Restarting now to test…

[ds-crcpress]

Okay, it seems to be working… sort of.

I try to connect via Windows Explorer to \\{ipofhost}\alfresco but every username/pass I type fails.  I defined the domain as ALFRESCO.  So when windows prompts me, I try ALFRESCO\{username} as well as just {username}, hostnameA\{username}, etc.  Nothing seems to work.

I tried accessing it from a machine in the same network location and no luck at all.  So I tried putting Alfresco in the same workgroup as the remote machine and its viewable (I can get a login prompt) but it still doesn't let me in.

Any idea?

Thanks,

David

[jottley]

Are you using an LDAP backend?

[ds-crcpress]

No LDAP, it is using the default authentication mechanism provided by Alfresco.

Thanks,

David

[jottley]

What version of Windows?

[ds-crcpress]

I am trying to access the share from a Windows XP Pro machine, and a Windows 2003 Terminal Server.  Alfresco itself is running on FreeBSD 6.3-STABLE.

-David