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

[Rodney W. Grimes]

> 
> 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?

I am not sure if this has changed but it use to be as documented:
https://www.ixsystems.com/documentation/freenas/9.10/services.html?highlight=workgroup#smb


> > 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...

That would be a good idea.

> >> 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.
> >
> 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...

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Rod Grimes                                                 rgrimes at freebsd.org