[OpenIndiana-discuss] DNS Alias issue for CIFS - network path not found on Win7

[DormitionSkete@hotmail.com]

On Feb 28, 2013, at 6:55 AM, Edward Ned Harvey (openindiana) wrote:

>> From: Sebastian Gabler [mailto:sequoiamobil at gmx.net]
>> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 6:03 AM
>> 
>> The solution offered by Oracle is a
>> workaround that was implemented in Oracle's own branch.
>> Is that workaround also available in any OI or any other community-based
>> Solaris distro?
> 
> I have not been satisfied with the features or reliability of the kernel cifs server.  I've made a habit of disabling it, and installing samba instead.
> 
> I forget which is which, but look at the following services:
> svc:/network/smb/server:default
> svc:/network/samba:default
> svc:/system/idmap:default
> svc:/network/smb/client:default
> 
> Unfortunately, there is no default smb.conf, so I recommend getting one from a linux system (or using swat, which again unfortunately won't run on solaris, so do it on linux).  And also unfortunately, by default, I believe nmbd isn't included in the service, so google around a little bit.  I believe I saw a good how-to on cuddletech.
> 

If you go this route, this might help:

http://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/Samba+File+Sharing+with+NMBD+Improvement