(2021-03-12, 16:29)carlmart Wrote: The way I did with Kodi 18, I typed the server name of my computer, then the username and password of the second user, as my main user has no password. Then OK, and it added an smd://server name to the new share options. Then all shared HDDs or folders opened and had to be validated.
What do I have to do now?
If you show me an example I may understand what you are suggesting.
Can you show me your setup page so I understand it better. Let's see what I have on that page, fill it as you say it should

Protocol: (SMB)
Server name:  do I put my computer name, as shows on each HDD Sharing/network path
-Browse
-Shared folder
Port
Username:    Second user name
Password:    Password registered

(2021-03-12, 20:36)jjd-uk Wrote: You haven't said what is acting as the SMB server? some NAS device? Windows PC? Linux PC?

Did you add the new user to have permission to access the share?

(2021-03-12, 22:43)scv1 Wrote:

(2021-03-12, 16:29)carlmart Wrote: The way I did with Kodi 18, I typed the server name of my computer, then the username and password of the second user, as my main user has no password. Then OK, and it added an smd://server name to the new share options. Then all shared HDDs or folders opened and had to be validated.
What do I have to do now?
If you show me an example I may understand what you are suggesting.
Can you show me your setup page so I understand it better. Let's see what I have on that page, fill it as you say it should

Protocol: (SMB)
Server name:  do I put my computer name, as shows on each HDD Sharing/network path
-Browse
-Shared folder
Port
Username:    Second user name
Password:    Password registered

Protocol: (SMB)
Server name:  do I put my computer name, as shows on each HDD Sharing/network path - Yes, either the name or IP address.  If you've gotten "Connection refused" your box found your server by name.
-Browse - Leave blank, browsing isn't supported with SMB 2/3
-Shared folder - I think you're missing this; this is probably something like Movies, TV, or Music; it's the media folder(s) on your server
Port - Leave blank unless you really know you need it
Username:    Second user name - correct
Password:    Password registered - correct

Also, did you give the new user permissions to the shared folders, either explicitly or by group membership?  You shouldn't need to grant it anything more than Read.

(2021-03-12, 23:19)carlmart Wrote:

(2021-03-12, 22:43)scv1 Wrote:

(2021-03-12, 16:29)carlmart Wrote: The way I did with Kodi 18, I typed the server name of my computer, then the username and password of the second user, as my main user has no password. Then OK, and it added an smd://server name to the new share options. Then all shared HDDs or folders opened and had to be validated.
What do I have to do now?
If you show me an example I may understand what you are suggesting.
Can you show me your setup page so I understand it better. Let's see what I have on that page, fill it as you say it should

Protocol: (SMB)
Server name:  do I put my computer name, as shows on each HDD Sharing/network path
-Browse
-Shared folder
Port
Username:    Second user name
Password:    Password registered

Protocol: (SMB)
Server name:  do I put my computer name, as shows on each HDD Sharing/network path - Yes, either the name or IP address.  If you've gotten "Connection refused" your box found your server by name.
-Browse - Leave blank, browsing isn't supported with SMB 2/3
-Shared folder - I think you're missing this; this is probably something like Movies, TV, or Music; it's the media folder(s) on your server
Port - Leave blank unless you really know you need it
Username:    Second user name - correct
Password:    Password registered - correct

Also, did you give the new user permissions to the shared folders, either explicitly or by group membership?  You shouldn't need to grant it anything more than Read.

NEVER EVER  did I have to fill in Shared Folder. The video or music with user permissions simply showed themselves when the form was approved. Now it doesn't accept  something I'm filling in. The second user name and password is fine: it booted through it alright. So the important data is fine: server name and username/password. A data that worked with Kodi 18 every time, and now it doesn't. So something changed and I don't know what.
Is there a way I can install Kodi 18 again, because Play Store doesn't give me that option. Then I could prove my point.

Now I'm trying to install Kodi 18 again. Not finding Gogle Chrome on my applications to download it.

(2021-03-13, 01:08)scv1 Wrote: Lets start from the beginning:  Have you set the Min SMB value to 2 and the Max SMB value to 3?  If you need to set these, reboot the device afterwards or restart Kodi. 

Yes, I did.

Humor me, and right-click on your Video folder and choose Properties.  In the new windows, click the sharing tab and make sure in the top section it says Shared and underneath for network path is what you are typing in Kodi.  While you're in that window, click the Advanced Sharing button and then the Permissions button.  Make sure either the second account is listed or a group the account is a member of is listed (Everyone, Users, Guests, etc.).  Highlight that user/group and make sure at least Read is selected. Click OK twice and in the Properties window click the Security tab.  In the top section, again look for either the user account or a group it's a member of.  Click Edit, and in the new windows highlight the user/group and select Allow for "Read & execute", "List Folder Contents", and "Read".  If more are selected it's fine, but this is a minimum to get you Read permissions that will work with Android.  Verify this is set.  I know it's a pain, and it should just work...

All HDDs and my DVD palyer have sharing permissions. They were set so since Kodi 8

Once you have that done, try again the connection info specifying the shared folder.

I will not do something I never did on Kodi 18. I'll way until Kodi corrects that bug. Why we never did that before and now we did

(2021-03-05, 13:37)jjd-uk Wrote: If you had the shared folders mounted in the Shield storage settings then those would have appeared to Kodi as local folders not network folders, that means the Android OS on the Shield was handling the SMB communication so that is not network browsing from a Kodi point of view.

(2021-03-13, 15:16)rontonomo Wrote: I personally have had to many issues trying to use the shield itself to mount network drives and then add them in kodi.  I would recommend not mounting through the shield and just connecting to the shared drives over the network in kodi.  I know there seem to be a never ending amount of people with issues on matrix, however my setup is working perfectly.  Just make sure the drives are shared with the proper sharing and security permissions on windows then for the shared folder just enter the IP of your windows pc then fill out your username and password.  On the shield itself set the minimum version of smb to 1 not none and the max to 3.  With these settings I have zero issues with my shares, network, and my mysql server information.  FYI on my windows 10 setup I have made sure that smb 1 is unchecked in add programs and features, however as long as you set smb minimum to 1 in kodi on shield this should not matter.  BOTTOM LINE is you have to set the shared folder and username and password since this version does NOT support network browsing 

(2021-03-13, 12:28)carlmart Wrote:

(2021-03-13, 01:08)scv1 Wrote: Lets start from the beginning:  Have you set the Min SMB value to 2 and the Max SMB value to 3?  If you need to set these, reboot the device afterwards or restart Kodi. 

Yes, I did.

Humor me, and right-click on your Video folder and choose Properties.  In the new windows, click the sharing tab and make sure in the top section it says Shared and underneath for network path is what you are typing in Kodi.  While you're in that window, click the Advanced Sharing button and then the Permissions button.  Make sure either the second account is listed or a group the account is a member of is listed (Everyone, Users, Guests, etc.).  Highlight that user/group and make sure at least Read is selected. Click OK twice and in the Properties window click the Security tab.  In the top section, again look for either the user account or a group it's a member of.  Click Edit, and in the new windows highlight the user/group and select Allow for "Read & execute", "List Folder Contents", and "Read".  If more are selected it's fine, but this is a minimum to get you Read permissions that will work with Android.  Verify this is set.  I know it's a pain, and it should just work...

All HDDs and my DVD palyer have sharing permissions. They were set so since Kodi 8

Once you have that done, try again the connection info specifying the shared folder.

I will not do something I never did on Kodi 18. I'll way until Kodi corrects that bug. Why we never did that before and now we did