Questions tagged [smb]
Server Message Block (SMB) is an application-layer network protocol allowing access to shared files and shared printers over a network.
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Carbon Copy Cloner slow backups to Raspberry Pi NAS using SMB
I recently purchased Carbon Copy Cloner, and set it up to backup my Mac to an external SSD (Crucial X6, not especially high-performance). This works wonders, and I can finish an incremental backup in ~...
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All files in SMB share have executable bit when they shouldn't have
I have a samba share on a Linux machine SHARE. I then mounted SHARE on my MacOS computer on dir dir. However, when I list the files in dir, all files had the executable bit. If I mount SHARE on my ...
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smbd on macOS: Shares appear empty, only directories (no files)?
I hope to make samba.org's smbd run on my MBP (M1, 13.6.2) to provide shares to some VMs (qemu/ UTM) on and restricted to the same host. I succeeded in installing Samba via MacPorts and via homebrew, ...
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hdiutil: create failed - Operation timed out
I am trying to create a Backup.dmg disk image in a folder on an SMB file system.
Using Disk Utility
Using hdiutil
hdiutil create -size 4t -fs APFS -volname backup Backup.dmg
Both operations start, ...
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How to automount an smb server after connecting to a specific IP address with the OpenVPN Connect app?
I am running MacOS Monterey 12.7.1. I am connecting to a VPN server using the Openvpn Connect app (The official openvpn app for mac os). After accessing that server via OpenVPN Connect, I mount an SMB ...
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How to remove and restrict “Connect to server…”?
Using MDM, how can one remove and restrict “Connect to server…” including Command+K?
Want to make sure users cannot access local or remote servers.
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Why can I no longer open Synology shares on Sonoma? [duplicate]
Up until I upgraded from 12.x to 14.1 yesterday, I could do the following:
Open Finder
Cmd+K
Type in smb://IP-ADDRESS/SHARENAME
Enter the name/password at the prompt, and I will be able to access ...
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How to mount an smb share with `rwx` permission for all using `mount` command?
I am trying to mount two network smb shares so that all clients/users have rwx access. Network shares are on a Mac mini. Accessing from an iMac. Two shares are smb://192.168.5.1/PlexMedia_2 and smb://...
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Sonoma 14.0 can't connect to linux Samba server V.3
I have a long-running linux Samba server version V 4.3, and since upgrading a Mac to Sonoma I can't connect to it anymore.
mount_smbfs //user@server/share ./localmt
mount_smbfs: server rejected the ...
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Spotlight: "VolumeConfiguration.plist" missing. Is it required, and how to modify?
I am seeing inconsistency in how Spotlight is working on Shared Volumes and it appears the presence, or lack of, and the content of
/Volumes/GodzillaClone/.Spotlight-V100/VolumeConfiguration.plist
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OS Ventura v 13.0 SMB share credentials messed up?
I have a router which has a USB harddisk attached. This serves as a global storage and is accessible from smartphones and computers in our home network, either via LAN or Wifi.
As you might guess, the ...
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Unable to connect to SMB share on macOS Sonoma from Windows but from another Mac works
I'm having problems connecting to an SMB share on macOS Sonoma—I cannot authenticate from a Windows system or a Linux system—I just get a password error. I can only successfully connect to the SMB ...
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How to solve "The operation couldn’t be completed. Socket is not connected" on time machine
When I use the time machine in the new macOS Sonoma to connect to my smb device, something goes wrong.
It says "The operation couldn’t be completed. Socket is not connected"
But I directly ...
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Mac Studio and Macbook Pro keep losing connection to Synology NAS
I recently got a Mac Studio and also upgraded my old Synology box (10 year old DS413) to a DS1522+. We have used our Synology for Time Machine backups, and continue to do so, but are now seeing ...
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How to check SMB config on a Mac regarding connection to a FileServer
We are using FileServer at our company but as an IT Member, I also have another account with admin privileges on the FileServer.
The admin account I am using to connect to the remote desktop to use ...
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Word for Mac on NFS share thinks documents are read only
I have a strange issue with am Unraid server running NFS shares.
Facts:
Running a fresh install of Word on a fresh Mac on a fresh Unraid server
Documents are on an NFS4 network share
The share and ...
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Has something changed in Ventura/recent version of MacOS with respect to ssh tunnels? Can't tunnel VNC nor SMB despite SSH working as expected
I connect ssh like this:
% ssh -L 1445:127.0.0.1:445 -L 15900:127.0.0.1:5900 -p 2216 -v myhost
Excerpt from the verbose log when connecting:
debug1: Local connections to LOCALHOST:1445 forwarded to ...
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Issues connecting to Samba share via netbios name
I was wondering if anybody have experienced anything similar to the following
I got a Linux server, creatively named "server". I run Samba on it, and for years, things have been smooth ...
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difficulties with file metadata (mode, modtime) on NAS under SMB
I just got a new NAS (Synology DS923+), and my Mac was able to see it and write data to it right away. The Mac is running Ventura 13.0.
I do most of my work from the command line in a Terminal window....
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SMB Server on Ubuntu is transferring to and from my Mac really slowly
I have an iMac from mid-2011 with Ubuntu 23.04 on it, with an SMB server set up on it. When I connect to this server via my MacBook Pro (running macOS Monterey) in Finder, it's extremely slow to copy ...
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Mac no longer connects to samba drive after samba is reinstalled
I have a ubuntu server running locally with samba. It was corrupted during the Ubuntu upgrade and I just reinstall ubuntu on it and call it a day.
On my Mac Mini, it appears it no longer connects to ...
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Setting up file sharing with Mac for VLC streaming
I am trying to set up streaming from my Mac running on Ventura on the VLC app on a Google TV stick. I followed the instructions to set up smb file sharing from here from the user iPatch: Streaming ...
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Which users should I connect as when backing up multiple hosts to a shared drive?
Alice and Bob both have MacBooks. There's an always-on mac mini with a 5TB external drive they want to use for Time Machine backups. Bob signs in to the Mac Mini and plugs in the 5TB drive, and ...
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Possible method to mount a Linux SMB share on macOS Ventura before user login
I am trying to mount a Linux SMB share onto a macOS machine running Ventura 13.4. I must have the share mounted after the macOS machine bootup is completed, but before any possible user has logged ...
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Time Machine fails to delete older backups on a network-attached volume
I have a TrueNAS server set to expose an SMB share (configured with the multi-user Time Machine template) and (now) ACLs allowing all actions (including read/write/modify/delete) on that volume for ...
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Apple accessing Samba Share on Linux The operation can't be completed because the original item can't be found
I'm trying to connect to samba shares on a debian machine in the same network from a Mac running Ventura 13.4.1. It all works perfectly fine if I do CMD+K, and input the credentials there (like smb://...
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Connecting to SMB server from WAN not working
I have a new Mac set up as a home server. I can use the Finder's Go | Connect to Server... from local Macs to connect with smb://my-new-server.local, but can't connect from outside my LAN. I've tried ...
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How to mount a SMB volume owned by root as r/w and visible in the Finder on the Mac?
Before you tell me all the security implications I am well aware and this is for convenience testing. I have a server running smbd on Debian 11 and it is configured correctly such that I can mount and ...
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Ill effects from vetoing .DS_Store files on an SMB server?
I am in an environment where I have a Samba file server accessed by multiple users on both managed and unmanaged Macs.
I've noticed that performance in the Finder gets pretty terrible in folders with ...
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What's the easiest way to automatically connect to a SMB/AFP share on login?
Back in 2020, when I updated my 2017 iMac to Catalina, I found that the Samba shares on an old Linux box (the same one that was our original automated backup controller) wouldn't mount because ...
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How to copy files from a Mac in "Disk Sharing" mode to another Mac? [duplicate]
I have a borked Macbook Pro running apple silicon, and to recover files from it I've shared Macintosh HD in "Shared Disk" mode via startup options and connected it to a working mac with a ...
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Is there any way to stop Ventura from endlessly loading while typing in a directory?
On MacOS Ventura, when you type a path into Finder using Shift+Cmd+G, or alternately, when you type a path into a "Save As" dialog, if that path leads to an SMB share, the UI will lock up ...
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macOS Ventura "Too many open files" [duplicate]
I am trying to run several Docker containers on my new M2 Mac Mini, but I keep running into issues passing my SMB network drive through to the containers. I am able to add the path to the container ...
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ACL for File Sharing (SMB) is changing ACL of the folder itself
When I set ACL with the permissions for the folder in File Sharing (System Settings > General > Sharing > File Sharing > info) the same ACL and permissions are set for the folder itself on ...
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zsh: bus error with git on SMB volume
I regularly work with git on an SMB mounted share on my MacBook. Recently I get this error every time I try to run certain git commands: zsh: bus error git status. The same error happens with log, ...
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Sharing permissions and umask not applied to files created within shared folder
I have a Brother printer which is able to save scans to a Samba v1 share. I have configured a shared only user named "brother" in macOS (Ventura latest release) and have setup everything in ...
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Sharing External Drive with Windows with no Security on OSX Ventura
I have a Mac Mini M1 (2020) that I do some backup development on, but like it for the low power draw since it's ARM. I have an external RAID Device via USB that has 5 drives (exFAT) in it that I want ...
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SMB folder won't connect after Monterey upgrade
PROBLEM...
After upgrading to Monterey from Big Sur, my 2019 Intel Macbook Pro won't connect to an SMB share on my FujiXerox RIP (FXServer).
Nothing else has changed since running Big Sur on the same ...
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samba.org install on Monterey serving files with Active Directory binding
My basic requirement is to use a macOS Monterey machine as a server (without running macOS Server, which is deprecated) to host SMB shares while using Active Directory as my network accounts source (...
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Basic File Sharing from Mac to Mac not working when connecting as guest - "Connection Failed"
Update 2/9/2023:
It seems to be a macOS Ventura issue. A similar problem can be found here:
Apple Community: Cannot Connect to macOS Ventura on LAN
AppleInsider: Bug in macOS Ventura is breaking some ...
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"error -5014" when mounting a SMB network volume
When I mount a remote SMB volume with macOS's file sharing feature like as:
osascript -e 'mount volume "smb://USER@MACOS_SERVER/VOLNAME"
but it fails with Error -5014.
What I tried were:
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Finder won't remember the view settings for smb folders
macOS 13.1 (22C65)
My default settings for all Finder folders that I already set
list view
group by kind
sort by name
I have the Synology NAS, and it mounted to Finder via SMB like smb://synologynas
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Macos not searching Ubuntu file share
I have a ubuntu server 22.04 setup and it is sharing files using samba.
The mac computer can connect to it and use the files just fine. My problem comes in when i try and search for a file or folder ...
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Icon for SMB Volume, but not NFS?
I have a few NAS/UNRAID servers that I connected to from my macOS (Ventura) client over SMB, but I'm currently swapping over to NFS. From the command line, things are fine and work as expected.
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Is it possible to safely put a Mac Photos.app library on a NAS?
A few months back, I moved my ~500GB Photos (the default macOS app) library over to my Synology NAS (DS920+ running 7.1 or whatever is latest as of late 2022). It appeared that all was fine, but I ...
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Disable SSH at public, leave on at home
I have SSH (remote login), VNC (screen sharing), and SMB (file sharing) all enabled via the sharing menu in settings. I need these at home. When I go to somewhere & connect to public wifi, these ...
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How to name or alias shares in macOS file servers on macOS 12+?
I have a number of SMB shares from a macOS host (server) that tend to have very generic names for normal folders such as Downloads or other such folders. I need to be able to identify these on the ...
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iOS Files.app vs. Samba again: "attribute not found"
I don't use the Files.app often, but, when I do, there is usually some problem to deal with first.
My server runs Samba (4.13.17) with the following settings in the [global] section:
[global]
client ...
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samba-dot-org-smbd does not start on MacOS Monterey 12.5
I've installed the samba via brew and it appears to not start successfully on MacOS Monterey 12.5.
I would like to emphasis, this is question is about the smbd daemon from samba.org and therefore not ...
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Smb issues with Mac 12.5 Monterey
I have an Linux VM running Openmediavault on a separate machine which has a usb3 external drive plugged in. I use this for file shares and time machine backups. It has worked perfectly for years. ...
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