[solved]CIFS seems not to work...

[imoas83]

Hello,
I'm a new user of alfresco, and I need him like a Document Management Software, with versioning and more…

I have installed it under debian etch (stable), and if I go to the address:

http://localhost:8080/alfresco

I can see the first page!!!

But if I try to access in:

\\localhost_a\alfresco (with smbclient, or with another PC with windws XP installed)

I can't see nothing..

What I have to do? I have to configure something more???

Thanks a lot!

PS I have tried to read other topics, but I haven't found nothing for solving my problem…

[imoas83]

..no one may help me?

It's very important for me to set-up this functionality..

Thanks to anyone who will help me!

[mikeh]

Did you check the Using the CIFS Server section of the README.txt?

You need to access Alfresco using the servername_A (or servernameA) rather than localhost. You can also click a "View in CIFS" link on and of the detail pages within the Web Client.


Thanks,
Mike

[imoas83]

Thanks for the relpy!

Yes, I have tried with pcedp02_A (pcedp02 is the hostname of the PC), and I have tried also to click on "View in CIFS", but I can't see nothing.

..what's the matter??

Thanks again…

[mikeh]

..what's the matter??

Difficult to say at this point. Things to try are:

- Have you got any firewall in place that might be blocking communications?

- Can you connect from the server machine to itself?

- Are there any errors or warnings in the log file that indicate CIFS hasn't started correctly?


Mike

[imoas83]

- Have you got any firewall in place that might be blocking communications?

No. I have no firewall configured (is a test machine: IPTables isn't blocking nothing);

- Can you connect from the server machine to itself?

Yes. For example, I have an apache web server installed, and it works fine! I have sshd up, and it works too.

- Are there any errors or warnings in the log file that indicate CIFS hasn't started correctly?

Where I may find the log file? (I'm completely new in Tomcat and Alfresco).

Thanks again for your time, and sorry for my poor english.

[imoas83]

Hi!
One problem is solved!! I have put this line:

<host name="${localname}_A" domain="lnf.infn.it"/>‍

at the end of file file-servers-custom.xml, before </alfresco-config>

. . .
  </config>
  <host name="${localname}_A" domain="lnf.infn.it"/>
</alfresco-config>
‍‍‍‍‍

And now the server Alfresco CIFS Server (Devlab04_a) is visible in "Network resource" in Windows XP of my client.
But when I try to connect to it, I get an error message like "You don't have necessary privileges to access this resource" (I have XP in italian, and my english is poor.. sorry for bad translation).
If, from the same PC (debian etch 4) where alfresco is on, i try to connect to it with smbclient, it ask me a password… I have tried to insert "admin", because I have not yet created other users, but the message that appears is:

devlab04:# smbclient \\\\devlab04_a\\alfresco
Password: admin
session setup failed: NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE
devlab04:# ‍‍‍‍

What I have to do? What is the password? Where can I find it? Thanks a lot!

[imoas83]

Ok,
if I try without inserting password, I can login from my smbclient

Anonymous login successful
Domain=[WIN] OS=[Java] Server=[Alfresco CIFS Server 3.5.1]‍‍

But How can I connect from windows client??

[mikeh]

You probably need to supply the "admin" username when using smbclient (-U admin), otherwise your current username will be used.

Thanks,
Mike

[imoas83]

yes,
from smbclient it works!!  

But, if I try from windows client, specifying admin user and password, i still cannot connect..
I'm in the same WorkGroup, but I cannot connect to it.. why?