samba again not working

[bellejt]

again same bug that samba is impossible to get working after update and restore on octagon SF8008.FTP is working.Removed samba and reinstalled but same problem : autostart is on but SAMBA not working.

[Willo3092]

Have you tried installing via putty?

opkg update

opkg install packagegroup-base-smbfs-server

[bellejt]

does not solve the problem .Why is it so hard to keep it working on updates without hassel ?

[ccs]

I've reflashed 6.1.003 a number times recently on 2 different boxes, restoring settings from 6.0.008 without any problems.

Try reflashing but don't restore anything. Get the network up and running, opkg update, and then try to start samba.

If it works, select and restore your setting/plugins from backupmanager.

[bellejt]

THX for reply but to much work.Samba is supplementairy because I can also transfer by FTP. Just always the same problem that samba does not work on update.Will try next time on update

[ccs]

Too much work?

If it never works on an update, do you ever get it working?

[bellejt]

updated the duo2 and there it was working without problems with a full restore .There was a problem on updating from a few images ago but seems not to have been solved. Should look to the procedure but think it was making backup and updating again

[adm]

does not solve the problem .Why is it so hard to keep it working on updates without hassel ?

I had problems getting Samba working again on version 6.0 (and in the past with a few couch upgrades) but this time around it was OK with with 6.1 on both of my boxes.

In the past what has mostly worked i(but not every time) is a couch update without a restore of settings and plugins. After getting your network up and running - starting SAMBA which will result in a download and a reboot of your box. Then restore settings from the backup manager.

If you go down this route perhaps check your menu ->timers -> power timers which sometimes can get duplicated if messing around to try and get something working (assuming that you actually use power timers)

[ccs]

The only 2 samba directories that should be in your settings/backupdirs are '/etc/samba/private' and '/etc/samba/smb-user.conf'

[bellejt]

just had the time and did everything as proposed but samba refuses to start.Pitty but will do everything with FTP

[ALIEN1X]

I had the same problem few days back but on a diffrent image, what I noticed is that during flashing one needs to select under NETWORK - DHCP and not interface, I found that worked beacuse previous to that I selected 'Interface' and from then onwards it went wrong. I could be wrong but it worked for me

[bellejt]

I only can use fixed IP on my network for security and other applications

[ccs]

Try reflashing 6.1.003 but don't restore anything. Get the network up and running, opkg update, and then try to start samba.

If it works, select and restore your setting/plugins from backupmanager.

Worked first time on my ET10K.

Uninstalling and re-installing came back after all the reboots as "stopped", but the green button set the service "running" again.

[ccs]

Using 7-Zip on a pc, I can view a settings backup without unpacking it. (Open archive.)

vix-rel-6.0.008-20220328-2015.tar.gz\vix-rel-6.0.008-20220328-2015.tar\tmp\ includes ExtrainstalledPlugins, which should contain just the following line in bold for Samba....

enigma2-plugin-extensions-sundtekcontrolcenter
packagegroup-base-nfs
enigma2-plugin-drivers-exfat
packagegroup-base-smbfs-server
run-postinsts

[bellejt]

compared the samba from duo2 with octagon and on octagon in smb-user.conf the following is missing :

[global]
# include = /etc/samba/distro/smb-secure.conf
disable netbios = No

Solution : init 4
Deleted all in dir samba and copied files from duo 2

Init 6

and samba is working normal after restart