Can't browse SMB shares on Krypton version

Tyler · October 2, 2017 at 4:48 PM

I can't get my smb shares to show up on krypton (8.1.2), but i installed (Jarvis v7.0.3 MR) and i can access them fine.

What has changed and how do i fix it?

also possibly related i can't seem to access the LIBREELEC Folder on my windows pc on the jarvis release but can on krypton. It says:

"Windows cannot access \\LIBREELEC Check the spelling of the name."

"Otherwise, there might be a problem with your network. To try and identify and resolve network problems, click Diagnose."

Error code: 0x80070035

The network path was not found.

jsthomps · October 2, 2017 at 5:31 PM

I have the same problem after updating to LibreELEC 8.1.2, When I attempt to access SMB shares I get the attached error message. I have tried everything short of downgrading. Can anyone Help.

Thanks,

Scott

**Jocke.Sve** · October 2, 2017 at 5:52 PM

Did You read the !!! SAMBA / SMB CHANGES !!! On LE blog page?

Following that solves many issues related to SMB/CIFS...

Tyler · October 2, 2017 at 7:24 PM

Quote from Jocke.Sve

Did You read the !!! SAMBA / SMB CHANGES !!! On LE blog page?

Following that solves many issues related to SMB/CIFS...

i changed the minimum version to smb1 but it still does not work

but i disabled smb1 back during the wannacry ransomware thing so it shouldn't be using that anyway.

**Jocke.Sve** · October 2, 2017 at 7:29 PM

Did You try renaming/removing of samba.conf and adding Your shares to the new samba template including workgroup name?

That 'should' help...

Tyler · October 2, 2017 at 7:30 PM

Quote from Jocke.Sve

Did You try renaming/removing of samba.conf and adding Your shares to the new samba template including workgroup name?

That 'should' help...

I'm not sure what you mean by new samba template

**Jocke.Sve** · October 2, 2017 at 7:45 PM

There is a updated "samba.conf.sample" that should be used as base for samba.conf.

Rename existing samba.conf to samba.bak (or whatever else...)

Rename samba.conf.sample to samba.conf

Edit samba.conf, add Your shares, restart.

That should make it work...

**Jocke.Sve** · October 2, 2017 at 7:48 PM

Ignore what I wrote regarding workgroup...

Tyler · October 2, 2017 at 7:51 PM

Quote from Jocke.Sve

There is a updated "samba.conf.sample" that should be used as base for samba.conf.

Rename existing samba.conf to samba.bak (or whatever else...)

Rename samba.conf.sample to samba.conf

Edit samba.conf, add Your shares, restart.

That should make it work...

updated from what? I started with the latest version of libreelect, i didn't upgrade to it.

Also i just tried setting the max smb version allowed in services/settings/smb client to smb 1 and it saw the shares.

but then it asks for a username/password (which i don't have)

so why does it allow me to only see them when setting the max to smb1?

**Jocke.Sve** · October 2, 2017 at 7:56 PM

Ohhh... sry... Didn't see that You had a fresh install.

Tyler · October 2, 2017 at 8:33 PM

looking at the log after i added the path directly to sources.xml i get these errors

Code

 15:28:30.063 T:1944997888   DEBUG: CGUIMediaWindow::GetDirectory (smb://192.168.1.2/Movies/)
15:28:30.063 T:1944997888   DEBUG:   ParentPath = [sources://video/]
15:28:30.093 T:1857024928   ERROR: SMBDirectory->GetDirectory: Unable to open directory : 'smb://USERNAME@192.168.1.2/Movies'
                                            unix_err:'11' error : 'File exists'
15:28:31.612 T:1944997888   ERROR: GetDirectory - Error getting smb://192.168.1.2/Movies/
15:28:31.613 T:1944997888   ERROR: CGUIMediaWindow::GetDirectory(smb://192.168.1.2/Movies/) failed
15:28:31.614 T:1944997888   DEBUG: CGUIMediaWindow::GetDirectory (sources://video/)
15:28:31.614 T:1944997888   DEBUG:   ParentPath = []
15:28:33.880 T:1944997888   DEBUG: CGUIMediaWindow::GetDirectory (smb://TYLER-PC/Movies/)
15:28:33.880 T:1944997888   DEBUG:   ParentPath = [sources://video/]
15:28:33.909 T:1729098656   ERROR: SMBDirectory->GetDirectory: Unable to open directory : 'smb://USERNAME@TYLER-PC/Movies'
                                            unix_err:'11' error : 'File exists'
15:28:35.278 T:1944997888   ERROR: GetDirectory - Error getting smb://TYLER-PC/Movies/
15:28:35.280 T:1944997888   ERROR: CGUIMediaWindow::GetDirectory(smb://TYLER-PC/Movies/) failed
15:28:35.280 T:1944997888   DEBUG: CGUIMediaWindow::GetDirectory (sources://video/)

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i tried both ways.

jsthomps · October 3, 2017 at 12:05 AM

Quote from Jocke.Sve

Did You read the !!! SAMBA / SMB CHANGES !!! On LE blog page?

Following that solves many issues related to SMB/CIFS...

I changed the minimum version to smb1 and it worked in my case

Mario77 · October 3, 2017 at 12:19 AM

Quote from Tyler

updated from what? I started with the latest version of libreelect, i didn't upgrade to it.

Also i just tried setting the max smb version allowed in services/settings/smb client to smb 1 and it saw the shares.

but then it asks for a username/password (which i don't have)

so why does it allow me to only see them when setting the max to smb1?

If you r running windows 10 you might need to enable smb1 cifs shares from control panel...turn windows features on or off...otherwise create a new user on your pc and make it password protected

Tyler · October 3, 2017 at 1:03 AM

Quote from Mario77

If you r running windows 10 you might need to enable smb1 cifs shares from control panel...turn windows features on or off...otherwise create a new user on your pc and make it password protected

i'm using windows 7

Mario77 · October 4, 2017 at 12:12 AM

Quote from Tyler

i'm using windows 7

should be similar...try to make another account on your pc and make it password protected and access that from libreelec

Tyler · October 4, 2017 at 1:12 AM

Didn't really want to create an account specifically for this... but i think i found a workaround.

While looking into something else i found out that when i created a homegroup it actually has a username as an account called HomeGroupUser

which i can use for this, for the password i can use the one set for the homegroup in windows.

it also only works if the folder is shared with "Everyone" as well, if not gives the error:

ERROR: SMBDirectory->GetDirectory: Unable to open directory : 'smb://USERNAME:PASSWORD@192.168.1.2/test'

unix_err:'d' error : 'Permission denied'

i'm not sure why though.

and i still need to add the paths manually as kodi just doesn't see anything when browsing through the menu.

Mario77 · October 4, 2017 at 10:45 AM

Quote from Tyler

Didn't really want to create an account specifically for this... but i think i found a workaround.

While looking into something else i found out that when i created a homegroup it actually has a username as an account called HomeGroupUser

which i can use for this, for the password i can use the one set for the homegroup in windows.

it also only works if the folder is shared with "Everyone" as well, if not gives the error:

ERROR: SMBDirectory->GetDirectory: Unable to open directory : 'smb://USERNAME:PASSWORD@192.168.1.2/test'

unix_err:'d' error : 'Permission denied'

i'm not sure why though.

and i still need to add the paths manually as kodi just doesn't see anything when browsing through the menu.

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daherlihy · October 5, 2017 at 11:26 AM

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