I’ve a system working MacOS 26.0.1. That is my solely Mac on the community. There are a number of servers – most of that are Ubuntu 24.04 – working SMB. I can connect with any of those servers. However solely one among them (“nasrefresh”) by no means seems within the Community part of finder until I’m already, at the moment linked. Right here is a picture of Finder with Community chosen after a reboot of the Mac system:
If I select Finder “Go / Connect with Server” I discover the dialog already populated from its prior use (smb://nasrefresh…), and connection is profitable. After this, after all, Finder reveals the server below Community (till timeout disconnects it):
(Observe: All of those servers are on the native community with 192.168.1.* addresses, and all servers together with MaCOS have a subnet masks of 192.168.1.0 (or /24). Additionally, all of those servers together with MacOS have a website identify of lovelady.com, with search lovelady.com being the default)
Now if I let that connection trip attributable to lack of use, it once more disappears from the Community tab. Why would this inconsistency seem? I exploit nearly the identical world settings in /and so forth/samba/smb.conf – with solely the “quantity” part definitions being essentially completely different…
The rationale this is a matter for me is that often when I’m in search of a file on nasrefresh, it’s not Finder that gives me the trail, however one thing else (say a textual content editor, on File/Open, for instance) and the usual File Open dialog doesn’t supply “Go / Connect with server” when choosing a file. If the connection to nasrefresh is “lively,” then no subject. But when it is timed out or not but linked, I’ve to desert that Open, go to Finder, join, after which re-execute the “Open” within the textual content editor… a little bit of a large number that results in different issues.
What may trigger such an issue? And/or how can I collect different helpful data to assist others perceive and establish it?
Right here is your complete /and so forth/samba/smb.conf file from nasrefresh with the feedback eliminated:
[global]
workgroup = Pegasus Software program
server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)
mangled names = no
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log dimension = 1000
logging = file
panic motion = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
server function = standalone server
obey pam restrictions = sure
unix password sync = sure
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *Entersnews*spassword:* %nn *Retypesnews*spassword:* %nn *passwordsupdatedssuccessfully* .
pam password change = sure
map to visitor = dangerous consumer
[CDROM]
remark = NASREFRESH CD-ROM
learn solely = sure
path = /cdrom
visitor okay = no
[SSDs]
remark = NASREFRESH SSDs
learn solely = no
; power grop = www
path = /SSDs
visitor okay = no
create masks = 0775
listing masks = 0775
[Main-HDDs]
remark = NASREFRESH Principal
learn solely = no
path = /Principal-HDDs
visitor okay = no
create masks = 0775
listing masks = 0775
nasrefresh runs Ubuntu 24.04.3
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS"
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION_ID="24.04"
VERSION="24.04.3 LTS (Noble Numbat)"
VERSION_CODENAME=noble
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://assist.ubuntu.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.web/ubuntu/"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/authorized/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy"
UBUNTU_CODENAME=noble
LOGO=ubuntu-logo
nasrefresh SMB standing:
> sudo smbstatus
[sudo] password for dennis:
Samba model 4.19.5-Ubuntu
PID Username Group Machine Protocol Model Encryption Signing
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3500850 dennis dennis 192.168.1.32 (ipv4:192.168.1.32:62019) SMB3_11 - partial(AES-128-GMAC)
4686 dennis dennis 192.168.1.118 (ipv4:192.168.1.118:63249) SMB3_11 - partial(AES-128-CMAC)
Service pid Machine Linked at Encryption Signing
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Principal-HDDs 3500850 192.168.1.32 Thu Oct 23 07:42:06 AM 2025 EDT - -
Principal-HDDs 4686 192.168.1.118 Wed Oct 22 12:52:34 PM 2025 EDT - -
Locked recordsdata:
Pid Consumer(ID) DenyMode Entry R/W Oplock SharePath Identify Time
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3500850 1000 DENY_NONE 0x100081 RDONLY NONE /Principal-HDDs . Thu Oct 23 07:48:18 2025
4686 1000 DENY_ALL 0x100080 RDONLY NONE /Principal-HDDs . Wed Oct 22 12:53:09 2025
