CIFS troubleshooting

[paulhh]

If you cannot map a drive to the Alfresco CIFS server then it's likely a name lookup problem. Check whether you are using WINS or broadcast lookups on your LAN. If you're using broadcasts, is your network split into more than one subnet?  Did you change the broadcast mask setting in the file-servers.xml configuration file?  Do you use NetBIOS name scopes on your LAN? (nbtstat -n should show if a scope id is set).

If a PC cannot access the Alfresco CIFS server you could try adding an entry to the lmhosts file (in windows\system32\drivers\etc), there's usually a sample file in that folder, you may need to create the file. Then try and access the CIFS server using Start->Run and enter \\<Alfresco servername>.

You could also try doing some name lookups using nbtstat, again from any of the PCs that are having trouble accessing the server. If you try the following commands to see which are successful :-

  nbtstat -a <Alfresco server name>
  nbtstat -A <server ip address>
  nbtstat -a <Windows server name>

[xlapatsas]

@MarcTSG -
I have a similar setup (VM without DNS Server) and I took you comment to the /etc/hosts file with the entries below and it worked at once

127.0.0.1 localhost
192.168.123.1 alfresco alfresco_a‍‍

Thanks for the research.

Regards, Norgan

Norgan ,

are these changes applied to the hosts file of the pc where alfresco is installed or to the client pc?
is "alfresco" the name of the pc?

[chum]

Can anyone help me to set up alfresco authentication.
in my file-servers.xml i heve:

<authenticator type="alfresco"/>‍

but i can't login with my account record.

[hydro]

Can somebody do something about CIFS configuration?

Issues:

1) No step by step comprehensive guide on installation / configuration
2) No idea where documents uploaded are being stored on windows
3) CIFS folder does not seem to exist (even using v3.3) on windows
4) Have no idea where //workspacepaceStore is

Its getting me frustrated simply looking at the CIFS link that points to some un-existing place.

[jgvisual]

Hi,

I have two issues with my CIFS installation.  I am running Alfresco 3.3 on a CentOS Linux server.

1.) When I click on the _Alfresco shortcut from my client computer it takes me to the address http://www.localhost.localdomain:8080/alfresco/navigate/browse/workspace/SpacesStore/e3e55a87-d07c-4....  This is a dead link because http://www.localhost.localdomain should actually be the ip address of the server. This is also the problem when I use the _ShowDetails.exe.  It takes me again to the wrong web address.  I know the variable ${localname} is used to populate the information.  How do I change that variable so it is the ip address of my server?

2.) How do I change it so the _Alfresco shortcut and the _ShowDetails.exe use Share instead of the older Alfresco interface?

Thank you for your help in advance.

Jonathan

[ivan_hajdinjak]

Greetings,

i have a major problem with CIFS. I can't disable port 445 what ever I do, and CIFS isn't working. I have virtual Windows server 2008, i tried with regedit - TransportBindName, tried with firewall advanced settings, I turned off all file sharing on local network. When I run netstat -an i see port 0.0.0.0:445 always open. Please help, I've a deadline and I'm stuck here for 4 days

True regards, Ivan Hajdinjak

[benswitzer]

Hi Ivan,

See my post here: http://forums.alfresco.com/en/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=38706

Hope this helps.

Ben

[ivan_hajdinjak]

Thank you Ben for the reply.
I'm able to map the network drive on Alfresco server - Windows server 2008, but unable to access it from other computer (Win 7) in domain. It crushes at login credentials. Any suggesstion ?

Thanks

[benswitzer]

Assuming it has to do with how Windows 7 is attempting to authenticate with Alfresco.  Alfresco can only authenticate pass-thru CIFS connections via NTLM v.1.  By default, Windows 7 only uses NTLM v.2.

You'll have to make a change to the LAN Manager authentication level.  Here's how: http://forums.alfresco.com/en/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=24610#p80352.

[ivan_hajdinjak]

I did that but no difference. Still the user/pass box appears and message Access is denied.

[benswitzer]

My last suggestion would be to crank up the logging for CIFS and authentication and have a look at whats being reported.

Wish I could be of more assistance.