Setting up mac as NAS?

sduck

Any advice on this?

First, it's a macbook pro, 2015, runnning MacOS 10.12.3 Sierra, the latest one. It's working to control my RPi (3B) with a hifiberry Dac+ via runeaudio. The firewall is off. Runeaudio version is release version: 0.4 (build: beta-20160313)

My idea is that I should be able to connect to this same computer via the NAS Mounts section, so I've set it up as best I know how, but keep getting the error "Unable to find suitable address".

I've attached a screen shot of my settings - any obvious errors?

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Yatsushiro

Try losing the leading "/" of the remote address.

hondagx35

Hi sduck,

try:

"Music" as Remote directory.

Frank

sduck

Yatsushiro wroteTry losing the leading "/" of the remote address.

See below...

hondagx35 wroteHi sduck,

try:

"Music" as Remote directory.

Frank

Thanks for the responses! I think I'm getting closer. I changed some things around, and now get this long error message -

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hondagx35

Hi sduck,

the message displayed means that you have a syntax error in your mount command.
Does your password include special characters or white spaces?
If so please try to use a password without these characters.

Frank

sduck

Hmmm, no. Password is 6 characters, no spaces. I changed the Username to the no-spaces all lower case version of my user directory, and now the error message I get is "Unable to find suitable address."

sduck

Aha - success! It's always the little things that you know, but forget. In this case it was turning on file sharing in system preferences>sharing, and then adding the Music folder to the list.

hondagx35

Hi sduck,

great to hear that it works.
Thank you for posting this, maybe it is helpful for others.

Frank

digitaldave

I'm trying to do the same thing, but I keep getting the following error:

mount error(13): Permission denied Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs)

I'm using a Rasberry Pi 3 with a Hifiberry Dac+ Pro running the current version of RuneAudio, with the following kernel:

Linux version 4.9.14-1-ARCH (builduser@leming) (gcc version 6.3.1 20170306 (GCC) ) #1 SMP Mon Mar 13 18:55:18 MDT 2017

The folder I am trying to share is on the following path:

Macintosh HD/Users/myusername/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/Music

I have set the final folder in that path as shared, with read/write access for my user only.

In RuneAudio UI, I have the following settings:

Source Name: MacBook Music
Fileshare Protocol: SMB/CIFS (OS X share)
IP Address: 192.168.x.x
Remote Directory: Music
Guest Access: Off
Username: myusername
Password: (the password for the account)
Advanced Options: Off

Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I might be doing wrong?

Thanks,

Dave.

DomieMic65

I also get the same msg
" mount error(13): Permission denied Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs)"

I try to use Guest Acces ON
Is this possible?

I have tried also with the Guest Acces OFF but I get the above "big" error msg regarding the blank spaces!
I only have blank spaces on my user name.
I tried to change it but there is a warning on the Mac saying that making changes might damage the account preventing the user from loging in.

Can I do something?

Thnx

sduck

DomieMic65 wroteI also get the same msg
" mount error(13): Permission denied Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs)"

I try to use Guest Acces ON
Is this possible?

I have tried also with the Guest Acces OFF but I get the above "big" error msg regarding the blank spaces!
I only have blank spaces on my user name.
I tried to change it but there is a warning on the Mac saying that making changes might damage the account preventing the user from loging in.

Can I do something?

Thnx

Try using the all lower case, no space version of your user name - the one that you find in the Users directory in finder. Don't change your user name on your mac!

sduck

digitaldave wroteI'm trying to do the same thing, but I keep getting the following error:
mount error(13): Permission denied Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs)
I'm using a Rasberry Pi 3 with a Hifiberry Dac+ Pro running the current version of RuneAudio, with the following kernel:
Linux version 4.9.14-1-ARCH (builduser@leming) (gcc version 6.3.1 20170306 (GCC) ) #1 SMP Mon Mar 13 18:55:18 MDT 2017
The folder I am trying to share is on the following path:

Macintosh HD/Users/myusername/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/Music

I have set the final folder in that path as shared, with read/write access for my user only.

In RuneAudio UI, I have the following settings:

Source Name: MacBook Music
Fileshare Protocol: SMB/CIFS (OS X share)
IP Address: 192.168.x.x
Remote Directory: Music
Guest Access: Off
Username: myusername
Password: (the password for the account)
Advanced Options: Off

Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I might be doing wrong?

Thanks,

Dave.

My guess would be that the Music folder inside your Music folder might not be playing nicely the way you want. Try given sharing permission to the higher level Music folder - the one in your User folder.

DomieMic65

sduck wrote
DomieMic65 wroteI also get the same msg
" mount error(13): Permission denied Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs)"

I try to use Guest Acces ON
Is this possible?

I have tried also with the Guest Acces OFF but I get the above "big" error msg regarding the blank spaces!
I only have blank spaces on my user name.
I tried to change it but there is a warning on the Mac saying that making changes might damage the account preventing the user from loging in.

Can I do something?

Thnx
Try using the all lower case, no space version of your user name - the one that you find in the Users directory in finder. Don't change your user name on your mac!

Thank you very much!
I'll try.

digitaldave

sduck wroteMy guess would be that the Music folder inside your Music folder might not be playing nicely the way you want. Try given sharing permission to the higher level Music folder - the one in your User folder.

Thanks. I just tried using different folders in the path (both setting the share in macOS and in RuneUI), and still got the same error

DomieMic65

DomieMic65 wrote
sduck wrote
DomieMic65 wroteI also get the same msg
" mount error(13): Permission denied Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs)"

I try to use Guest Acces ON
Is this possible?

I have tried also with the Guest Acces OFF but I get the above "big" error msg regarding the blank spaces!
I only have blank spaces on my user name.
I tried to change it but there is a warning on the Mac saying that making changes might damage the account preventing the user from loging in.

Can I do something?

Thnx
Try using the all lower case, no space version of your user name - the one that you find in the Users directory in finder. Don't change your user name on your mac!
Thank you very much!
I'll try.

Unfortunately no luck!
I tried every option but I get the same msg

digitaldave

Still no luck with me either I'm afraid. I've tried the following:

1) Creating a new user account
2) Changing which folder I share
3) Sharing a completely different folder on my hard drive

None of these worked.

Have I got the details in the RuneUI form filled out correctly?

Stephane

Hello,
MacOS is based on Unix, can't you share your folders thru NFS ?

digitaldave

Thanks for the suggestion. Just tried it out, but still no luck. When filling out the form in RuneUI, if I select NFS, I don't get an option to enter a username / password (or select guest mode).

digitaldave

I have managed to get it working correctly! I needed to go in to the options page of the file sharing pane in system prefs, and select the tick box next to the user name of the account I want to share from. Who knew?!

sduck

Ok, a quick rundown on how I got this working. As a follow up because I started this thread, sort of a What I've Learned sort of thing. This is just for the Music folder inside your Users>username folder, other folders may need some adjustment.

On the mac, I have the firewall turned off. My assumption is that you have admin powers to do this stuff - if you don’t I’m not sure this will work. In System Preferences, go to the Sharing page, and check File Sharing on the left side, and then click the + button below the Shared Folders: column, and navigate to your ~/Music folder, and click Add. Then select that folder from the Shared Folders: column - over on the right there will be a Users: permissions thing, you probably don’t need to do anything here, I didn’t, but the way it’s set for me is that my user name can read & write, and Everyone is set to No Access. Then, click the options button, and in the dropdown that appears, check the box for your account, and check the Share files and folders using SMB box if it isn’t already.

You will also need your computers Ip address - you can find that a number of ways, but you want to make sure that it’s the one that the router/wifi sees you computer as, so using your router set up page or an external app might be a good idea. I have fing on my phone which is super handy for this.

Then in the Rune UI, go to Menu>Sources, and in Network Mounts, click the Add New Mount button. Then we need to fill in lots of stuff.

Source Name - is just what the mount will look like in the Library page. Can be pretty much anything.

fileshare protocal - has to be SMB/CIFS(OS X share).

IP address - enter the IP address you located earlier (I.E. 192.168.1.xxx)

Remote Directory - for the Music directory in your home folder, just type “Music” (no quotes though). Apparently full paths confuse things, although I’m not sure why. Maybe someone else can provide tips for providing paths to other folders.

Guest access - set to OFF.

Username - use the all lower case, no spaces version of your user name that your mac created when you entered your full name when you set up your account on the mac. Typically it’s everything you typed, but without any capitalization or spaces; although sometimes it gets truncated if it’s too long. Look in finder for the name of your home folder inside the Users folder - that’s what you want to use.

Password - the one you use to log into your user account. Presumably you know it.

Advanced Options - leave this turned off.

Once you’ve got this all entered, click the blue Save Mount button, and it should show up in your Network Mounts list with a green check mark. If it has a red X instead, something’s gone wrong, try again after changing things.

Oh, and if you have auto rebuild turned on (the default), the library will immediately start rebuilding, which is going to take a Very Long Time - don’t interrupt this, or not everything will get indexed. Like, let it go overnight.