Hello,

 

my unRAID server work fine under Windows XP. Yesterday i installed Vista, but now i can't access to my unRAID. When i ping the server under Vista, it's ok, but when i put \\tower or IP address in Internet Explorer  a Windows opens but i don't see none of my files.

 

Thanks for your help.

set your folder properties to show system and protected files in Vista...

 

Hi jim,

 

sorry i don't understand your answer. How can i do that ?

 

Some informations : when i put my IP address of unraid server a Windows opens, in this Window there is a folder named tvixhd1 when i click on i have the message : "Windows can't access to \\192.168.0.2\tvixhd1'.

In fact, i wanted to have my folder MOVIES.

 

Thanks.

 

 

You need to change the default Vista samba settings. Here's a guide:

http://www.builderau.com.au/blogs/codemonkeybusiness/viewblogpost.htm?p=339270746

 

Once you do that UnRaid should light up again.

Have you got the workgroup setting the same on both? Sounds like a network setup problem.  Unraid 4.3 and Vista Ultimate SP1 work great together here.

 

Peter

 

I'm reassured if Unraid and Vista SP1 work together 

 

I change the default Vista samba settings from link's CiXel, thanks  But same problem... 

 

Well, i give you the setup of my unRAID server :

 

- ident file :

 

# Generated names

NAME=Tower

COMMENT="Media server"

WORKGROUP=Mshome

localMaster=no

smbPorts="445 139"

timeZone=GMT+1

 

- network file :

 

# Generated network settings

USE_DHCP=no

IPADDR=192.168.0.2

#NETMASK=

NETMASK=255.255.255.0

GATEWAY=

 

- share file :

 

# Generated settings:

shareFlash=-

shareDisk=e

shareUser=e

shareSecurity=none

shareMoverSchedule="40 3 * * *"

shareCacheFloor=2000000

 

- go file :

 

#!/bin/bash

# Start the Management Utility

/usr/local/sbin/emhttp &

 

sleep 30

echo "[tvixhd1]" >>/etc/samba/smb.shares

echo "path = /mnt/disk3" >>/etc/samba/smb.shares

echo "read only = Yes" >>/etc/samba/smb.shares

echo "force user = root" >>/etc/samba/smb.shares

echo "map archive = Yes" >>/etc/samba/smb.shares

echo "map system = Yes" >>/etc/samba/smb.shares

echo "map hidden = Yes" >>/etc/samba/smb.shares

echo "create mask = 0711" >>/etc/samba/smb.shares

echo "directory mask = 0711" >>/etc/samba/smb.shares

smbcontrol smbd reload-configsleep 30; blockdev --setra 2048 /dev/md1

 

Under Vista, i setup a network connection with TCP/IPv4 with fixed IP address 192.168.0.5. IPv6 protocol is deactivated.

 

For information, to determine if the shares exist, i log in via telnet and type:

ls /mnt/user

 

answer : /bin/ls: cannot access /mnt/user: No such file or directory

 

Thanks very much for your help.

 

Some informations : when i put my IP address of unraid server a Windows opens, in this Window there is a folder named tvixhd1 when i click on i have the message : "Windows can't access to \\192.138.0.101\tvixhd1'.

In fact, i wanted to have my folder MOVIES.

 

 

# Generated network settings

USE_DHCP=no

IPADDR=192.168.0.2

#NETMASK=

NETMASK=255.255.255.0

GATEWAY=

 

 

Unless I am reading this wrong, you are typing in the wrong ip address to access your server. Up above you said you typed "\\192.138.0.101".

 

Your settings in unRAID were above.

 

# Generated network settings

USE_DHCP=no

IPADDR=192.168.0.2

#NETMASK=

NETMASK=255.255.255.0

GATEWAY=

 

The ip address for your server should be 192.168.0.2

 

For information, to determine if the shares exist, i log in via telnet and type:

ls /mnt/user

 

answer : /bin/ls: cannot access /mnt/user: No such file or directory

 

Thanks very much for your help.

 

What ip address do you use to telnet in with?

 

 

 

 

Sorry, i change the IP address, the true address is 192.168.0.2, i use this address to telnet.

Nobody can help me ? 

set your folder properties to show system and protected files in Vista...

 

 

Did you do this?  A lot of my files show up as hidden when I browse, and this could be your problem.

 

Does your server have a share called tivxhd1?  Do you have a tivx box at all?  A rouge device may be floating around.  It could have picked up a dhcp address, if you did not do any range exclusions.

 

 

Edit:  ignore much of the advice below, I did not pick up the problem with \\tower, should have been //tower.  I blew it!

 

I found this thread to be somewhat confusing, so I hope you won't mind if I try to clarify a few things?  Perhaps one of the questions will inspire an "ah hah!" moment for you.

 

my unRAID server work fine under Windows XP. Yesterday i installed Vista, but now i can't access to my unRAID. When i ping the server under Vista, it's ok, but when i put \\tower or IP address in Internet Explorer  a Windows opens but i don't see none of my files.

Normally, when you put \\tower in to the Internet Explorer location box, you will not get your files, you will get the unRAID Web Management page.  So if that did not happen, then we need to go in a different direction, and find out why either unRAID is not running or we can't connect to it.  A syslog would help here.  Perhaps you meant that you were using Windows Explorer to browse to the Tower?

 

set your folder properties to show system and protected files in Vista...

What he meant is similar to Windows XP.  In XP, using Windows Explorer, you would go to the Tools tab, and click on Folder Options, and make sure you can view Hidden and System files.  I don't have a Vista machine, but it should be similar.

 

Some informations : when i put my IP address of unraid server a Windows opens, in this Window there is a folder named tvixhd1 when i click on i have the message : "Windows can't access to \\192.168.0.2\tvixhd1'.

In fact, i wanted to have my folder MOVIES.

I'm sorry, I'm again not sure where you are putting the IP address, into Internet Explorer or Windows Explorer or something else.

 

The fact that you can see tvixhd1 and not MOVIES makes me wonder if this is the right device showing.  Is it possible that there are 2 devices on your network with the same 192.168.0.2 address?  This would explain *some* of the problems.

 

For information, to determine if the shares exist, i log in via telnet and type:

ls /mnt/user

 

answer : /bin/ls: cannot access /mnt/user: No such file or directory

This one is a fundamental problem, that has nothing to do with Vista or any other machine.  If you can't see /mnt/user, then either the unRAID array is not started or User Shares are not enabled or working right.  I can't think of any other reasons.  Should be easy enough to check it out.  The syslog would help here too.

 

smbcontrol smbd reload-configsleep 30; blockdev --setra 2048 /dev/md1

Assuming this was copied or typed correctly, this line has obvious problems!  One thing for sure, it would not reload the Samba config, and I'm not sure what else would be wrong.  Since this could possibly mess up your Samba connection, that could also explain the problems.  By the way, the recent unRAID versions require a loop to set the read ahead on all of the drives, see this.

 

Hopefully something above will point you in the right direction.

Hi Robj, thanks for your help. 

 

First, sorry for my english, i'm french 

 

Second, i use unRAID since about 1 year, all work fine under Windows XP. Last week i wanted to migrate to Vista, i did it.

 

When i put \\tower or \\192.168.0.2 i want to display the web interface. But Vista display a window.

 

I set the folder properties to show system and protected files in Vista, but the problem is yet here.

 

You can forget tvixhd1 folder, it was an old parameters when i used TVIX HDD. I deleted this line in go files. My network is actually very simple, unRAID server and PC under Vista are linked with one RJ45 cable.

 

I deleted the line 'smbcontrol smbd reload-configsleep 30; blockdev --setra 2048 /dev/md1' also.

 

My opinion is that i have a share user problem, tonight i will do a new config on my USB key but i'll keep the disk file.

 

Besides i will add some pictures to illustrate my problem, it will be more simple for the community.

 

Thanks a lot for your support 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maybe it's just Internet message board semantics, but \\servername or \\ipofserver is not going to give you the web interface as it is a UNC indicator.  You need to use //servername or //ipfoserver.

 

I'm probably stating the obvious, but maybe there's a misunderstanding in there somewhere

I'm stupid you're right 

 

In Internet Explorer i must put //tower and not \\tower. Well, now i have the web interface, and what do i discover ? a HDD is missing, so the array do not work you're still right 

 

Sorry for the trouble 

Good catch, JonL.  I blew it with my response.  Glad you found better help.