Help request: Correctly setting up SMB server for Windows 10

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I’m currently trying to set up OSMC on a RBPi and would like to stream from Windows 10

Let me just say that I am aware that my problem is not new and that this is a similar thread to many others. But the others haven’t answered all the questions I have and I am still lost.

Steps I have taken:

*Shared the relevant folders and the drive (an external HDD in Win 10)

*Removed password sharing in Network Config (Win 10)

*Made sure my AV/Firewall isn’t being screwy - I’m using BitDefender

Problems I am having:

*Unable to browse SMB on OSMC - I know that there are problems with browsing on Win 10

*Unable to set up specific folders.

For example:

My PC name is ‘ASGARD’, the external HDD is the G: drive and the folder is called ‘TV’

Entering “smb://ASGARD/TV” into ‘Add Network Location…’ in OSMC yields ‘Connection time out’.
The same thing happens with “smb://ASGARD/G” or trying lower case etc
My workgroup is just called WORKGROUP

Through going into the various forums, I keep coming across the advice to use fstab or edit an .xml file. The issue with that is I don’t know how to properly format the fstab, and I’m also not sure what to put down for any SMB username and password - I am logged into Windows 10 using a ‘@live.co.uk’ account.

Can anyone offer some help? I’ve tried youtube tutorials too, but all those can simply browse for their folders of interest.

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Have you tried using fstab mounts?

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Password less access can be broken, suggest to create a local user to access the shares.

Use IP address instead of Computer Name, it’s more reliable

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Thanks, when you say:

suggest to create a local user to access the shares

Do you mean create a windows user profile on the PC?

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Yes, a user/password on the Windows Machine that you use to share

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I created a Windows user called ‘osmc’ with password ‘osmc’

Here is the full line I have entered into fstab:

//IP/G$/TV /mnt/TV cifs x-systemd.automount,noauto,rw,iocharset=utf8,username=osmc,password=osmc,uid=osmc,gid=osmc,file_mode=0770,dir_mode=0770 0 0

Running through:

sudo mount -a
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl restart remote-fs.target
cd /mnt/TV

I get the error:

-bash: cd: TV: No such device

Running the command:

osmc@osmc:~$ smbclient -L <IP address> -U osmc%osmc

Returns:

Connection to <IP address> failed (Error NT_STATUS_RESOURCE_NAME_NOT_FOUND)
NetBIOS over TCP disabled -- no workgroup available
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So you have entered the actual IP address of your Windows machine instead of <IP address>

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That’s right.

I have made sure the SMB Client is available in ‘Add Windows Features’. I have also checked to make sure NetBIOS is enabled and that the service is set to run automatically in ‘Services’.

At this point, I’m just ready to give up.

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Hi,

Error is referenced in the wiki:

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Tried this, didn’t work, sadly. Note that I am not using guest access, I am trying to access as a Windows user I created with Administrative rights named ‘osmc’

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Hi,

I was more referring to the vers=1.0 flag. Could you please you please provide debug logs showing your current configuration.

Thanks Tom.

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Hi, yes sorry, I am at work so will try get the logs up later.

I used the fstab call with with the vers=1.0 flag and without it. Both cases resulted in the same error, as above.

I’m reaching a point where googling my problem results in very old posts from around 2009. Nothing pertaining to Win 10 specifically. In addition, no one seems to have resolved the problem:

Connection to <IP address> failed (Error NT_STATUS_RESOURCE_NAME_NOT_FOUND)
NetBIOS over TCP disabled -- no workgroup available

All the threads I can find which discuss it die out with either no replies, or an incomplete solution which fails.

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Hi,

I don’t think its accepting your username, try:

smbclient -L <IP address> -U osmc

I think it will then prompt you for a password.

Thanks Tom.

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Hi,

Thanks, I tried that too last night. Same deal. Whether I include the password or not, I get the same error after any password prompt. I also tried specifying the workgroup name and also using the version flag in this call, those were the only flags that seemed relevant in this case. In addition, I tried to use //ASGARD/ instead of the device IP. Each time same error.

Essentially I get a list of the detected samba shares and then the same NT_STATUS_… error and a NetBIOS / no workgroup message.

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So you get the list of the shares? You didn’t mentioned that early!
Can you show us the full output instead of just bits and pieces?

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osmc@osmc:~$ smbclient -L <IP address>
Enter osmc's password:
OS=[Windows 10 Home 17134] Server=[Windows 10 Home 6.3]

    Sharename       Type      Comment
    ---------       ----      -------
    ADMIN$          Disk      Remote Admin
    C$              Disk      Default share
    D$              Disk      Default share
    G$              Disk      Default share
    H$              Disk      Default share
    IPC$            IPC       Remote IPC
Connection to <IP address> failed (Error NT_STATUS_RESOURCE_NAME_NOT_FOUND)
NetBIOS over TCP disabled -- no workgroup available
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Those are just the “system hidden shares”, there is no sign of a folder you have shared to the osmc user(osmc on windows box).

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Which is why I didn’t bother to post them in the first place, but the above person said to post the whole output. I’m trying a fresh install of OSMC and if it doesn’t work, I’ll just set up Emby

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Hi @Khal_Doggo,

I took your example and got it to work in my environment:

  1. You need to give sharing access to G$ AND directory TV for local user osmc within Win 10
  2. You need to change the fstab-line from //IP/G$/TV … to //IP/G/TV …since the sharing name for G$ is simply G for normal users. The concept to use concatenated sharing names is not clear to me but I simply document how it works. I would use //IP/TV ... instead which makes it much more simple.
  3. You need to specify the 3.0 cifs protocol in your /etc/fstab so let start the option list with vers=3.0,x-systemd.automount, …

So, here the example which works in my setup with Win 10:

//192.168.178.108/E/purgeme    /mnt/purgeme       cifs    defaults,vers=3.0,username=osmc,password=osmc,x-systemd.automount,noauto   0       0
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You are an absolute bro. I feel like I owe you about a dozen beers