Tag: samba
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How to auto mount samba or cifs shares in OS X Mavericks
After mounting your shares using Command+K in Finder, go to: Settings -> Users and Groups -> Click on the lock to allow changes Select “Login items” at the top, click on the plus symbol, then find your server on the left pane: Click on the samba/CIFS share you wish to automount, then…
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Debian 7 (Wheezy) – no smbpasswd command
If you have installed samba/cifs-utils/etc. and are trying to set your users up on a Debian 7 system, you might be surprised to find that the smbpasswd command seems to be missing. It’s actually part of the samba-common-bin package, which you can install via: sudo apt-get install samba-common-bin …and you should have…
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Ubuntu: How to check the samba version
To check the version of Samba that you are running, use the smbstatus command. The first line is the version, which should look something like: Samba version 3.6.3 If you want to see just the version without the rest of the smbstatus information, you can run: smbstatus –version Much less…
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Samba log showing error: failed to retrieve printer list
If you’re using Ubuntu and seeing the following error in your Samba log: Failed to retrieve printer list: NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL If you are a home user and using samba purely for file sharing from a server or NAS you’re probably not interested in sharing printers through it. If so, you can prevent this…