[PLUG] Nautilus can't see freenas...

[Michael C Robinson]

Quoting Ben Koenig <techkoenig at gmail.com>:

> On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 4:32 AM Michael C Robinson <
> michael at robinson-west.com> wrote:
>
>> Quoting David <dafr+plug at dafr.us>:
>> > <-- removed smb.conf -->
>> This config is relevant I believe and shouldn't have been removed!
>>
>>
> No, it is not relevant. smb.conf is the configuration for the Samba daemon.
> It is only relevant on the host serving files, in your case this is
> Freenas, and the file is configured via the web interface.

Where does Nautilus get the workgroup to advertise itself as then?
Typically, you have to be in the same workgroup to see computers in that
workgroup, or am I missing something?  If not smb.conf, then what does
Nautilus use to configure itself as a cifs or smb client?
>
> You are using centos as the client, therefore, smb.conf is not useful.
> Client side configuration is handled by other software packages, you don't
> need samba. If you are running the SMB daemon on centos as well, this could
> throw another workgroup into the mix and confuse Nautilus. You should make
> sure samba is not running on centos since you say that this box is the
> client. You essentially have 2 servers on the same network, and it picks
> the wrong one ;-)
>
I will have to see about removing samba server on the CentOS 7 box...
>
>> I'm running into a lot of you have to set the workgroup to WORKGROUP
>> nonsense online, my workgroup is
>> roch.robinson-west.com.  What does Nautilus use on the backend to be
>> able to browse a Windows Network?
>>
>>
>
> As for your workgroup, that is windows terminology. There is a more
> advanced explanation, but in short the workgroup (set by default to
> "WORKGROUP") is a feature of Windows domain networks to allow computers to
> be grouped on a given network segment.
> I very much doubt that 'roch.robinson-west.com' is your workgroup. It's
> usually just a 1 word name, and doesn't necessarily need to match your
> FQDN. SMB login credentials look like this:
>
> \\SERVERNAME\PATH\TO\SHARE\
> WORKGROUP\USERNAME
> PASSWORD
>
> When workgroup is unspecified, it will default to what you were told by
> online nonsense. Since so many devices use WORKGROUP as the default, a good
> way to get everything working is use it unless you specifically need
> otherwise.
>
> I think you might need to go back to your smb share on freenas and make
> sure it is configured properly. based on what you've said so far you added
> all your configs to centos, which isn't actually going to do what you want.
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What in CentOS causes Nautilus to expect WORKGROUP as the workgroup?   
Shouldn't
this be configurable?  I don't know where in FreeNAS 11.2 U6 where the  
workgroup is set
let alone what it is set to...