How to setup and use CIFS

[vincelaw]

Hi All,

Please pardon me for my ignorance about this.  I am new to it.  I couldnt' seem to able to get the CIFS to work. although I've followed the docs to set it up.  Alfresco was setup on a linux machine.

Here is my configuration for CIFS in the $ALFRESCO_HOME//tomcat/webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/classes/alfresco/file-servers.xml

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   <config evaluator="string-compare" condition="CIFS Server">
          <serverEnable enabled="true"/>
      <host name="alfresco_asc"/>
      <comment>Alfresco CIFS Server</comment>

      <!– Set to the broadcast mask for the subnet –>
      <broadcast>255.255.255.255</broadcast>

      <!– Use Java socket based NetBIOS over TCP/IP and native SMB on linux –>
      <tcpipSMB platforms="linux,solaris,macosx"/>
      <netBIOSSMB platforms="linux,solaris,macosx"/>

           <!– Can be mapped to non-privileged ports, then use firewall rules to forward
                    requests from the standard ports –>
          <!– –>
      <tcpipSMB port="1445" platforms="linux,solaris,macosx"/>
      <netBIOSSMB sessionPort="1139" namePort="1137" datagramPort="1138" platforms="linux,solaris,macosx"/>
          <!– –>

      <hostAnnounce interval="5"/>

      <!– Use Win32 NetBIOS interface on Windows –>
      <Win32NetBIOS/>
      <Win32Announce interval="5"/>

<!–
      <WINS>
         <primary>1.2.3.4</primary>
         <secondary>5.6.7.8</secondary>
      </WINS>
–>
      <sessionDebug flags="Negotiate,Socket"/>
   </config>

   <config evaluator="string-compare" condition="FTP Server">
          <serverEnable enabled="true"/>
<!–      <debug flags="File,Search,Error,Directory,Info,DataPort"/> –>
   </config>

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I also did the followings:

echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
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 REDIRECT –to-ports 1445
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp –dport 139 -j REDIRECT –to-ports 1139
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p udp –dport 137 -j REDIRECT –to-ports 1137
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p udp –dport 138 -j REDIRECT –to-ports 1138

Is my setup alright?
How to I check if CIFS is running?
How to I connect to it from a window client (xp)?

Thanks,
Vince

[bsawler]

I found this in the content community section of Alfresco.

Tip #12 – Configuring CIFS on Linux

Alfresco is unique among most ECM solutions as it includes a virtual fileserver (VFS) that provides direct access to the content repository via FTP, WebDAV, and SMB/CIFS (Microsoft�s Common Internet Filesystem). Linux users have come to know SMB and CIFS through the Samba project which provides an open source implementation of the SMB and CIFS protocol. As a cross-platform (Windows, Unix/Linux, Mac OS X) J2EE application that can be deployed to virtually any servlet engine such as Apache Tomcat, Alfresco employs a pure Java-based implementation of CIFS. This means that Samba is not required on the server that�s running Alfresco. More importantly, Alfresco�s built-in CIFS support lowers the ECM adoption barrier by permitting users to use the Windows Explorer (or the Finder on Macs) to easily connect to the repository and immediately benefit from the aforementioned advantages of a content repository.



Read the full walkthrough at:



http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/CIFS_linux