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Re: OS/2 and FreeBSD

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On 03/05/14 02:21 pm, I wrote:

>>> I had three OS/2 machines (actually eComstation 2.1) transferring files
>>> to and from a FreeNAS machine (FreeBSD-based). Then FreeNAS got updated,
>>> including an update to Samba.
>>>
>>> Now only one of the OS/2 machines still works with the FreeNAS machine.
>>> The other two can "see" the FreeNAS machine when I execute
>>>
>>> net view
>>>
>>> but
>>>
>>> net view \\<machine name>
>>>
>>> results in an "access denied" error message.
>>>
>>> I don't recall setting up the machine that can still access the FreeNAS
>>> machine any differently from the others, and I have not found any
>>> differences in any of the networking-related files I've looked at so
>>> far, but I do notice that when that one machine boots up, there is a
>>> briefly displayed "splash screen" with a reference to IBM networking or
>>> IBM LAN that I do not see on the other machines.
>>>
>>> Where might the problem lie?
>>
>> Any chance that the NAS machine now is asking for an account and password
>> before it will let these machines access the files?
>>
>> Perhaps the new version defaults to refusing access to any guest or
>> public
>> user.
>
> Thanks for the suggestion, but it's not that. After deleting and
> recreating some accounts and (CIFS/"Windows") shares on the FreeNAS
> machine, I now have the situation where
>
> net view
>
> does *not* show the FreeNAS machine when executed from any of the OS/2
> machines, but
>
> net view \\freenas
>
> shows, or does not show, that machine's resources -- depending on which
> user I log on as: two of the originals (myself and my wife) do not work,
> but another one does. And if I create new accounts on the OS/2 machines,
>
> net view \\freenas
>
> works.
>
> I even booted into a "maintenance configuration" that is an uncustomized
> eCS 2.1 German, still with thee default userID and password of BENUTZER
> and KENNWORT, respectively, and was able to access the resources on the
> FreeNAS machine. (FreeNAS was configured to accept connections from
> certain IP addresses without the need to log in.)
>
> The FreeNAS docs. still have not been updated to take account of the
> most recent changes, but I think I might just save my FreeNAS
> configuration somewhere and start again with everything at default, then
> recreate all the shares.

I deleted the shares on the FreeNAS machine "belonging to" my wife and 
myself, then rebooted, then recreated those shares and stopped and 
restarted the CIFS service.

Now, although

net view

does not show the FreeNAS machine

net view \\freenas

shows the resources on that machine.

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