[JTruant]

Hey all. I've been having issues staying connected to my SMB share. Here's the set up:

1. atv2 running Kodi 14.2 - fresh installed
2. TP-Link N600 w/ attached hard drive

I connect to the hard drive via smb protocol, and everything works when I set it up the first time. I use username:password@ipaddress/volume1 (this is the root of the hard drive). Everything runs well, scans through, etc. The problem comes when I exit Kodi and then come back into the app. The information scraped from the hard drive is still there (i.e. I can still see my movies and tv shows), however I'm prompted to enter my password for the smb share. Even when I click 'remember this password/path,' I'm always prompted to re-enter the password.

I've tried adding the share a number of times, and have even edited the sources.xml to reflect the password and username to no avail.

Any suggestions (other than 'don't log out/exit Kodi')?

[Memphiz]

debug log (wiki) when it fails

[JTruant]

It looks like it has something to do with LockSettings.xml (?). Here's what things look like:

[edit: will post log via pastebin later today]

So it looks like something isn't saving the username and password I enter?

[Memphiz]

never cut logs, never post logs directly into the forum - post the full log to pastebin.com and only put the link in here.

[JTruant]

Platform: atv2
Version of iOS: 5.3 w/ 6.1.4
Kodi compiled Mar 26 2015 by GCC 4.2.1
Installed using apt-get

Debug Log:
http://pastebin.com/aZrEMNfm

So the error is related to somehow needing to enter my username and password for the smb server after every log in.

[Memphiz]

1. this is not a debug log (wiki) (debugging is not turned on!)
2. It is cut again (missing the end)
3. Enable debugging, reproduce the issue, close Kodi, post the log to pastebin

[JTruant]

This should be it

Started up Kodi
Selected 'Tv Shows' under Video -> Files
Was prompted for a password (I'm always prompted, even when I tell it to save the password)
Closed Kodi

http://pastebin.com/3WcBpG7f

[Memphiz]

Mhh i can only see:

Code:

529.11:52:01 T:803811328   ERROR: SMBDirectory->GetDirectory: Unable to open directory : 'smb://USERNAME:[email protected]/volume1/TV%20Shows'
530.                                            unix_err:'d' error : 'Permission denied'

Try the following. ssh into the ATV2 and force correct permissions

Code:

chown -R mobile /var/mobile/Library/Preferences/Kodi

Try again after that. If that doesn't help have a look into /var/mobile/Library/Preferences/Kodi/userdata/sources.xml and passwords.xml - ensure that sources.xml contains the source without password and passwords.xml contains the needed credentials to it.

[JTruant]

Still stuck

Ran the line to fix permissions, but nothing changed.
Edited sources.xml and passwords.xml so that sources.xml contains path and passwords.xml contains the passwords.

Code:

<video>
        <default pathversion="1"></default>
        <source>
            <name>TV Shows</name>
            <path pathversion="1">smb://192.168.0.1/volume1/TV Shows/</path>
            <allowsharing>true</allowsharing>
        </source>
        <source>
            <name>Movies</name>
            <path pathversion="1">smb://192.168.0.1/volume1/Movies/</path>
            <allowsharing>true</allowsharing>
        </source>
    </video>

Code:

<passwords>
    <path>
        <from pathversion="1">smb://192.168.0.1/volume1</from>
        <to pathversion="1">smb://user:[email protected]/volume1/</to>
    </path>
</passwords>

(My user name and password are entered in the password file)

Recent debug
Opened Kodi
Attempted to play show
Went under Videos -> Movies
Prompted for password
Stuff plays
Closed Kodi

I also have a 'mediasources.xml' in the Kodi directory. Is that, perhaps, not jiving with these other files? I'm sort of at a loss

[Memphiz]

mhh this is one share (volume1) and you have 2 sources made from it (TVShows, Movies) or are this 2 shares?

[JTruant]

One share (volume1) with two folders that I've set as sources (tv shows and movies).

[Memphiz]

could you try 2 password entries in passwords.xml - one for each source? out of clues. i am using an samba3 server on my linux nas and had never any issues with it

[JTruant]

Will give it a try. Thanks for the help