Debugging CIFS / samba on Windows - Teh Forum

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href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41764.1">1–10</a><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41764.11">11–20</a><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41764.21">21–30</a>…<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41764.51">51–52</a></div> <div id="page_content"> <h3 class="thread_title"><a href="index.php?webtag=DEFAULT&amp;msg=41764.13">Debugging CIFS / samba on Windows</a> </h3> <div id="messages" data-navigation="41764_13_52_10"> <a name="a41764_13"></a><div class="message" id="message_41764_13"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time">18 Jun 2016 22:44</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">13 of 52</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41764.13">41764.13</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I setup a WebDAV share and can access that from Windows, though it needs to be mapped to a drive letter and seems ridiculously slow - simply opening a text file can take a couple of seconds. <span class="emoticon e_unsure" title=":/"><span class="e__">:/</span></span> <p>Accessing NFS shares on Windows seems like a minefield, and there's an iSCSI option but that seems to have so much configuration... <span class="emoticon e_horror" title=":&"><span class="e__">:&</span></span> </p><p>So if I can't figure out WTF is stopping CIFS connecting then that leaves me with FTP. <span class="emoticon e_cry" title=":'("><span class="e__">:'(</span></span></p></div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41764.13&return_msg=41764.13" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41764.13"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41764_14"></a><div class="message" id="message_41764_14"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">19 Jun 2016 00:01</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 19 Jun 2016 00:01"></span></span> <span class="message_count">14 of 52</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41764.14">41764.14</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41764.13#a41764_13" target="_self">41764.13</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Have you tried accessing it from a different Windows pc?</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41764.14&return_msg=41764.13" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41764.14"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41764_15"></a><div class="message" id="message_41764_15"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time">19 Jun 2016 00:27</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 19 Jun 2016 13:45"></span></span> <span class="message_count">15 of 52</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41764.15">41764.15</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41764.13#a41764_14" target="_self">41764.14</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I was accessing it from this Windows PC one a month ago, and it was working perfectly. <p>Regrettably I don't know of any protocols that possess the appropriate temporal aspect to let me record all the settings and changes made before things got screwed up.</p></div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41764.15&return_msg=41764.13" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41764.15"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41764_16"></a><div class="message" id="message_41764_16"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: graphitone<span class="message_time">19 Jun 2016 06:29</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 19 Jun 2016 11:15"></span></span> <span class="message_count">16 of 52</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41764.16">41764.16</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41764.12">41764.12</a></div> <div class="message_body"> You've got an apipa on the Ethernet connection and a class b subnet, I take it you're using the wireless to connect from the windows machine to the network, it shouldn't make a difference but have you tried disabling the Ethernet adapter?</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41764.16&return_msg=41764.13" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41764.16"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41764_17"></a><div class="message" id="message_41764_17"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time">19 Jun 2016 11:31</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: graphitone <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 19 Jun 2016 12:39"></span></span> <span class="message_count">17 of 52</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41764.17">41764.17</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41764.13#a41764_16" target="_self">41764.16</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Nope, the wireless connection goes to the Internet. <p>The NAS is connected via Ethernet to the same switch as the Windows machine. (The NAS doesn't connect to wifi.)</p></div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41764.17&return_msg=41764.13" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41764.17"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41764_18"></a><div class="message" id="message_41764_18"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">19 Jun 2016 13:47</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 19 Jun 2016 13:55"></span></span> <span class="message_count">18 of 52</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41764.18">41764.18</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41764.13#a41764_15" target="_self">41764.15</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Can you restore from backup to when it was working?</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41764.18&return_msg=41764.13" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41764.18"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41764_19"></a><div class="message" id="message_41764_19"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time">19 Jun 2016 14:00</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 19 Jun 2016 15:00"></span></span> <span class="message_count">19 of 52</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41764.19">41764.19</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41764.13#a41764_18" target="_self">41764.18</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Only if you can supply me with a time machine so I can go back and create a restore point...</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41764.19&return_msg=41764.13" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41764.19"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41764_20"></a><div class="message" id="message_41764_20"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: ANT_THOMAS<span class="message_time">19 Jun 2016 14:21</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 19 Jun 2016 15:42"></span></span> <span class="message_count">20 of 52</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41764.20">41764.20</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41764.13#a41764_19" target="_self">41764.19</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Turned off system restore? <br /> <br /> Definitely don't have access to another windows system just to try? </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41764.20&return_msg=41764.13" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41764.20"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41764_21"></a><div class="message" id="message_41764_21"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">19 Jun 2016 15:02</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 19 Jun 2016 15:42"></span></span> <span class="message_count">21 of 52</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41764.21">41764.21</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41764.13#a41764_19" target="_self">41764.19</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Pretty sure Ant can build you one with a rasberry pi.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41764.21&return_msg=41764.13" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41764.21"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41764_22"></a><div class="message" id="message_41764_22"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time">19 Jun 2016 15:57</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ANT_THOMAS <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 19 Jun 2016 16:02"></span></span> <span class="message_count">22 of 52</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41764.22">41764.22</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41764.13#a41764_20" target="_self">41764.20</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Nope, but there's only one restore point - created automatically on Friday evening - so that doesn't help. (Ticked the "Show more" checkbox and nothing else appears. Damned thing.) <p>I have no other active Windows boxes, and I'm not faffing around finding and swapping the harddrive I took out of my netbook since I'm approximately 5000% certain the NAS is correctly configured and the issue is with this Windows instance.</p></div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41764.22&return_msg=41764.13" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41764.22"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="message_page_footer"> <ul> <li class="right_col"><form accept-charset="utf-8" method="get" action="lmessages.php" target="_self"><input type="hidden" name="webtag" id="webtag" class="bhinputtext" value="DEFAULT" dir="ltr" /><input type="hidden" name="msg" id="msg" class="bhinputtext" value="41764.23" dir="ltr" /><input type="submit" name="submit" id="keep_reading" value="Keep reading…" class="button" /></form></li> </ul> </div> </div> </body>