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Samba server doesn't show up in Finder on Mac OS X Lion

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Mar 15, 202611149 views
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I've a Samba server running (version 3.5.8; Linux box), but after upgrading to Mac OS X Lion the Samba server doesn't show up in the "Shared" section in the Finder sidebar anymore. Regular Windows machines show up, so auto-discovery is working. Also I can manually connect to the server (using "Go" …

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Fix for: Samba server doesn't show up in Finder on Mac OS X Lion

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Apple switched to their own implementation of samba in Lion, which doesn't like using Bonjour advertised services on port 139 instead preferring 445. See this post for changes to make to avahi configuration. Essentially, you will need to edit or cre…

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