Jul 28, 2009 I'm using samba on linux and grabbing files with it using samba clients on OS X all the time at home and I never see any kind of disconnections. Im not sure it should make a difference, but I have samba 3.0.5 on my OS X machines (the version coupled with MacOS 10.3.8) and samba 3.0.10 on. SMBUp is a free application that replaces the Apple SMB implementation with the Open Source Samba version. I have tested this Mac OS X SMB Fix under Yosemite 10.10.2, with XMBC/Kodi as a client on an Android device, and it works great! Keep in mind that a donation is much appreciated by the developer Step 1 – Download SMBUp. Sep 10, 2017 Heres a Tutorial showing you how to setup SAMBA in OS X/macOS. This will allow Kodi & Windows Clients to connect to your Mac or OS X Server/macOS Server. A lot of people have requested for this.
A brief howto on installing Samba 4 alpha18 on OS X Lion (non-server). **Incomplete**
- 1Dependencies
- 3Setting up Samba 4
Dependencies
Install MacPorts using the instructions on macports.org.
Bind 9 with Dynamic Updates
Edit the Portfile in MacPorts to build Bind 9.9.0 for Samba 4 dynamic updates. The file is located at /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/ports/net/bind9/Portfile
Then install bind9 and other dependencies
Compiling, Installing and Provisioning
You can use Git as in general guide, or you may prefer to use releases:
Since MacPorts installs Bind 9.9.0, we have to make a small change in source4/dns_server/dlz_minimal.h
And we can go ahead with compiling Samba 4.
Setting up Samba 4
Kerberos
In order to use Samba 4's included Kerberos and NetBios servers we need to first disable the ones that ships with Lion. Execute the following commands
Configure DNS
For some reason bind looks for a so extension instead of a dylib. We can patch this up with a quick link.
There are some other things to tweak before bind9 will start properly.
Now you can add the following lines to include Samba's dynamic updates (in file /opt/local/etc/named.conf)
and add these two lines in the 'options' section
Management with Launchd
Building a PortFile
Windows Os Samba File Service
Notes
Samba Os Level
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