Hello everybody.
Where can I find information on how to access file shares on my network? Is there a file explorer for this in Haiku?
Thank you for the information for a newbie like me. Thanks
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Exactly. Thank you very much.
ok, I installed samba, created a public directory and configured it in smb.conf. it didn’t work. I also didn’t find smbclient to install on Haiku. What am I doing wrong?
I appreciate the help.
I haven’t fiddled much with samba and can’t say anything that would help you on that. To access shared files here I use either nexcloud-client or the recently updated Gerbera.
You have to install the package fusesmb_haiku, either via Haikudepot or on the commandline in Terminal with the command “pkgman install fusesmb_haiku”. After this is done you go to Preferences/Network (in the Deskbar, that’s the menu with the blue leaf on it). There’s a menu called “smb client” and a button to enable it. When this is done you get a shortcut on your desktop (it’s called something with SMB, I don’t remember exactly) and you can access your shares in Tracker (that’s Haiku’s file manager).
The fusesmb_haiku package only implements an old version of SMB so your success depends on what protocol version the server machine allows.
Good luck and feel free to ask if you run into problems.
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Ok, ok, I’ll try and post the result.
Thank you very much.
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Depending on your other shares/clients that might be an issue because modern windows admins like to disable legacy SMB as it has a lot of security issues. My work laptop will not connect to my Time Capsule because the SMB protocol it uses is too old for example. This is on a local network too, which is pretty annoying.
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I actually followed the steps indicated by BlueSky but I was unsuccessful.
I’ll give up. Thank you everyone for your collaboration.
Back to old school. Flash Drive.
Thanks.
Yes, I managed to find it, but it didn’t work even though I downgraded the protocol on the NAS.
Thanks.
FWIW, this never worked for me. I was only able to download stuff via the smbclienh ftp like interface, but no proper mounts
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I use it quite often, and generally it works quite well. The server I’m accessing is a Linux machine with Samba, which is set to allow SMB1 (it’s only on my home network and I need it to be accessible from an old Mac as well). And you need to be on the same network than the server machine, e.g. it doesn’t work from behind NAT, so you need bridged networking if you’re in a VM.
Another thing that could stand in your way is if you have something else running that uses userland_fs (sshfs for example)
I haven’t seen SMB work since the days of BeOS. I have never gotten it to work on Haiku. Worked like a charm on BeOS back in the old days.
I thank everyone for their collaboration. I’ll try again on the weekend. I will review the procedures.
I’ll let you know if I’m successful. Thanks.
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Another thing to check : since you said you “installed samba” , was it on the NAS ? Have you first checked if the shares are visible from other ( windows or linux ) machines ?
Thank you for your question.
Yes of course. I have a home network with Linux and Windows stations and they all exchange files via SMB. I configured the NAS to accept smb1 and it works perfectly with an old iPad (ios 9.3)
and all other devices, it only fails with HaikĂş.
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If your need is to access your NAS, the best way I’ve found so far is NFS via the mount_nfs command
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OK thanks.
we are progressing. I can now access another computer.
Like everything in life there is a learning curve. Thanks for your patience.
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What did you change to make it work? 
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