SMB Shares Issue - How I solved my problems

[espacioami]

i did with sucess with boxee box 1.2 and Mac Os X Lion 10.7.
No samba password need it and it is not need restart samba every time you restart your mac.

1. install Xcode from appstore (free)
2. install macports for Lion
https://distfiles.macports.org/MacPo...-10.7-Lion.dmg
3. install samba3

Via terminal:

sudo su
port -d sync
port install samba3

4. configure samba3

cp /opt/local/etc/samba3/smb.conf.sample /opt/local/etc/samba3/smb.conf
vi /opt/local/etc/samba3/smb.conf

and add this line for no password access

security = share

after in the share section (in this example i share my movies directory)

[thenameyouwant]
comment = your share name as you want
path = /Users/yourmacusername/Movies
available = yes
browseable = yes
guest ok = yes
create mask = 644
directory mask = 755
read only = no

save and exit (:wq)

vi /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.samba.smbd.plist

and paste this lines.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>org.samba.smbd</string>
<key>OnDemand</key>
<false/>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/opt/local/sbin/smbd</string>
<string>-F</string>
</array>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
<key>ServiceDescription</key>
<string>samba</string>
</dict>
</plist>

save and exit (:wq)

vi /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.samba.nmbd.plist
and paste this lines.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>org.samba.nmbd</string>
<key>OnDemand</key>
<false/>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/opt/local/sbin/nmbd</string>
<string>-F</string>
</array>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
<key>ServiceDescription</key>
<string>netbios</string>
</dict>
</plist>

save and exit (:wq)

- stop the lion samba if case in share options in system preferences.

Finally in terminal:

launchctl stop com.apple.netbiosd
launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.netbiosd.plist
launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.samba.smbd.plist
launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.samba.nmbd.plist


it is not necessary restart samba every time you restart your mac but if you need it:

/opt/local/sbin/smbd -D && sudo /opt/local/sbin/nmbd -D

[henrikyo]

so this is the step required to get smb shares working with boxee box if you have osx.

this is just ridiculous, this product have become more and more broken after each update. don't understand why i keep trying to fix it.

[espacioami]

so this is the step required to get smb shares working with boxee box if you have osx.

this is just ridiculous, this product have become more and more broken after each update. don't understand why i keep trying to fix it.

yes it is ridiculous i´m fed up for waiting and waiting... and this is ok to get smb shares on Mac OS X 10.7. In this moment it´s playing Blade Runner Three restart and shutdowns and everything ok!!

[Rhoq]

so this is the step required to get smb shares working with boxee box if you have osx.

this is just ridiculous, this product have become more and more broken after each update. don't understand why i keep trying to fix it.

Can't blame the Boxee team because Apple made major changes to OS X with the release of Lion. If you want working SMB, don't upgrade to Lion.

With SMB, I can access the HDD attached to me Boxee Box just fine, but can't access shares from the Mac to the BB. AFP seems to work for me in Lion.

[sacman11]

If for what ever reason your SMB share issue pops up and you are getting the message "Can't Play or Find selected media source" error than try this.

*Note I am running Windows 7 Home Premium updated to Service pack 2 or whatever the latest is*

If the SMB fails on Boxee try the following:

1. unplug your boxee box
2. Goto your computer and remove all shares from your network
3. Restart your computer
4. Add back all your shares to the network
(I do this by going to windows explorer selecting the folder I want shared right click, choose share --> advanced sharing ---> check off Share this folder ---> give it a custom name if you like or use the default ---> click APPLY at the bottom.
5. Once you have added all your shares back on your computer, restart the computer again. Once it starts up login in.
6. Go back to your Boxee Box, plug it back in, boot it up... The network SMB should be remapped and good to play movies again.

** important, if you changed any of the network path names, you will need to go into setup of the boxee box, remove the old paths and add in the new ones.

Hope this helps, it appears to have worked for me.

Thanks

[FivemagicS]

I would also like to add, that if you share a folder, or drive in windows 7, it isn't necessarily shared. If you have your video or audio files added to your windows media library, it will also require you to share your libraries. This may help someone.

[morningtide13]

How is this not fixed yet? Wow.

I just lost my shares for the 4th time since I purchased the box only 2 months ago. All the previous fixes aren't resolving the issue.

So, so frustrating!!!

[yoos]

How is this not fixed yet? Wow.

I just lost my shares for the 4th time since I purchased the box only 2 months ago. All the previous fixes aren't resolving the issue.

So, so frustrating!!!

I've lost my shares more than 4 times in less than a week! I'm a very new boxee person... I love the thing when it works.... I may get very frustrated if it doesn't become stable. I so want this thing to be ready for prime time as it has so much potential. I hope the stability and more easy setup happens.

[yoos]

So for the past 24 hours my smb share seems to have remained. I'm using the newest beta with my share on win vista. The seemingly stableness happened after I entered my shares by entering my share IP directly instead of simply selecting the smb computer name and so on. We'll see if it lasts, but it's lasted the longest without losing the smb share so far this way since I've had this thing for a week.

[yoos]

I forgot to mention that I did get a popup box (I think twice so far.. hopefully no more) asking me for the user/pwd also, after I already setup the shares and also put the default user/pwd in the smb settings.