Calling out for tester: Samba for the iPhone
Author: openhebrew // Category: Apps, Development
UPDATE: The Final version has been released, just search for “Samba” on Cydia, or check out this blog post: http://thebigboss.org/2011/07/08/samba-file-sharing-for-ios-released
This is a beta for the most technical users. If you cannot follow the instructions below without help, you should not be attempting the process.
About
Samba for iPhone/iPod Touch allows you to see your device as a network drive on your computer (and you can copy / change / stream files from / to it). It works on any OS that supports SMB/CIFS protocols (out of the box for most ones, including Windows). Basically it should work / interact just like another computer in your network with regards to file sharing.
This package should work on both 2.x and 3.x OS versions.
Disclaimer
This is a BETA release, install it at your own risk, only if you feel comfortable with accessing the device via terminal. The final release will be made publicly on Cydia with a much simpler installation routine.
If you install it, please provide me back with feedback about this package as much as possible, including on what device & OS and if it works Ok or not, and general thoughts about the configuration.
Please report your findings to openhebrew (at) gmail (dot) com with Samba in the topic or leave a comment here.
Installation instructions
Run this lines on a terminal on the iPhone/iPod Touch as user root:
1. apt-get install wget
2. wget http://apt.saurik.com/debs/samba_3.2.7-4_iphoneos-arm.deb
3. dpkg -i samba_3.2.7-4_iphoneos-arm.deb
4. wget http://tom.zickel.org/samba/com.openhebrew.samba_latest_iphoneos-arm.deb
5. apt-get install mobilesubstrate preferenceloader
6. dpkg -i com.openhebrew.samba_latest_iphoneos-arm.deb
7. respring/restart the device.
Uninstall
Again, in the terminal:
1. apt-get remove samba
How to use this
Samba is disabled after installation, to turn it on and configure it:
1. Go to Settings in your device.
2. Go to Samba.
3. Change the settings as you like.
4. To start samba, make sure to turn autostart on, and leave the settings pane.
After turning it on, find your device’s IP and put it in your computer as a samba / network share (windows \\<your device ip> or linux smb://<your device ip> etc…)
Important Notes
- The service is turned off by default after installation.
- The service username is root and cannot be changed.
- The service default password is listed on the bottom on the settings pane (this is a security feature, each device has it’s own auto generated passwd), you can use it, or change to your own one.
- nmbd isn’t automatically loaded, so device doesn’t show up at “network neighbourhood” (and the likes) for now.
- The whole filesystem of the device shows up as a writable network share with the URI \\<your phone ip>\main in windows or smb://<your phone ip>/main otherwise.
- To make samba work also when screen is black (device is idle), consider installing insomnia and running it: apt-get install com.imalc.insomnia (and respring), this makes network applications still keep running when device goes idle, and is not specific to samba.
SBSettings switch
You may also install an SBSettings switch to quickly turn samba on/off via running:
1. wget http://tom.zickel.org/samba/com.oranav.sambatoggle_0.0.1_iphoneos-arm.deb
2. dpkg -i com.oranav.sambatoggle_0.0.1_iphoneos-arm.deb
Then, you should have an samba sbsettings toggle in your list (after you run samba settings atleast once).
Feedback
I need feedback, even if everything works ok, I also want to get your input on if the settings pane is ok, and if the default password issue is ok as well.
openhebrew (at) gmail (dot) com with samba in the topic or leave a comment here.
BigBoss Authors: Mark Bruce & Kory LeeTags: samba for iPhone
May 22nd, 2009 at 6:47 am
Does this package also include a samba client for the iPhone?
May 22nd, 2009 at 8:09 am
This is great!
Yes I just got this working on my iPhone (1st Generation, osx 2.2)
I am Running windows 7 Used winscp, then putty to run commands. Tried copying files and everything works great.
The settings menu is fine, and when i clicked auto run, does that mean it is always running from now on? is there a way to get a pop up icon, top right corner? next to alarm etc.
I changed the password from the default, and it seems to be working fine.
Future Version;
It would be cool to be able to have read/write access via root login, and only read via public or another login.
Also needs to be a SBsettings switch thing to turn it on and off.
Thank you, and good job.
May 22nd, 2009 at 10:37 am
Yes, via terminal you can use smbclient to access network shares. Mounting a CIFS/SMB share currently isn’t working.
May 22nd, 2009 at 10:38 am
Well just like OpenSSH you don’t have an on screen notification when it’s running. Auto run means it’s always running till you cancel it there.
May 22nd, 2009 at 10:54 am
This is great but I ran into one bug that seems rather strange and I couldn’t figure out how to solve it, if anyone here knows the solution to this..I’ll be more than happy to hear:
I can’t access paths such as the Calendar (/var/mobile/Library/Calendar) or the AddressBook folder, they show up to be blocked or something as such.
But..Using a Finder (the default OSX file browser, such as explorer.exe on Windows) replacement called PathFinder I was able to access these folders.
A screenshot of the above problem is can be seen here: http://i43.tinypic.com/2hwim34.jpg
May 22nd, 2009 at 12:08 pm
Works from XP Pro sp3. Changing the password worked for me, too. No bugs or glitches in the settings pane.
Uninstalled, but left some non-empty directories behind which I cleaned up manually.
not deleted:
/var/cache/samba
/etc/samba
May 22nd, 2009 at 1:14 pm
Really good job. Nice app with no glitches that I have seen. Things that would make it better are either a sbsettings toggle or an icon to not have to go into the settings pane to turn it on or off…insomnia a good example to follow for the icon
May 22nd, 2009 at 2:12 pm
I was using samba on my iPod Touch like a year and a half ago. How is this different?
May 22nd, 2009 at 2:20 pm
There was an old version of samba for firmwares 1.x that wasn’t easy to use.
This is the newest samba for firmware 2.x/3.x with an interface that is easy for anyone to use.
May 22nd, 2009 at 3:56 pm
Thanks!
Works perfectly connecting with Leopard finder smb://iphone (i have mapped this in /etc/network)
The available mount options are good. They avoid the need to have to use smbpasswd.
One question… is this using encrypted passwords?
May 22nd, 2009 at 6:56 pm
afaik it uses encrypted passwords.
May 23rd, 2009 at 12:49 am
Same problem as The_Ben on Leopard, but I think it is a Finder issue. No problem on Linux and Windows XP sp3.
May 23rd, 2009 at 4:03 am
If anybody on a MAC OS X could try to repeat this issue, please comment ehre.
May 23rd, 2009 at 5:08 am
ok here is my contribution
im using iphone 2g with 3.0 beta 5
Windows 7 RC1
all installation process is successfully done
i can see my iphone folders within the windows browser
and here are some screenshots for it:
http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/9920/81545709.png
http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/5352/29039981.png
things to note:
1- no icon shown for Samba in the settings
2- AutoStart Samba option is automatically turned off when going back to settings screen
3- when going back to HomeScreen the iphone is still accessible from the PC ^_^
other than that its working perfectly when coping files from and to the iphone
thanks for the effort
^___________________^
May 23rd, 2009 at 6:25 am
I also have the problem with the auto-turn off of the AutoStart Samba switch.
May 23rd, 2009 at 7:44 am
Hmm.. please report exactly what you are doing step by step, and where is the failure point.
May 23rd, 2009 at 7:58 am
I went into Settings.app -> Samba preferences pane -> Turned on “AutoStart Samba” switch -> Quited Settings.app (using a normal Home button click).
After that Samba was working but later on when I:
Went into Settings.app -> Samba preferences pane
I fount out that the “AutoStart Samba” switch was turned off.
May 23rd, 2009 at 10:10 am
Installed beautifully, thank you very much for this.
What would be wonderful, though, is if you could write an article outlining some of the steps you used to get this to compile. I’ve just started playing around with the toolchain on my phone and while I’ve been able to work around some issues, others leave me vexed. For example, I eventually got cron to work, but Samba was giving me issues that you obviously worked around.
There are some half-assed tutorials out there that give the basics of getting started with the tools, but it’s obvious from the above that you could probably write what could become the standard to follow. Please consider it.
Thanks again, this is a fantastic addition to my phone!
May 23rd, 2009 at 12:16 pm
Santana, are you using OS 3.x or 2.x ?
May 23rd, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Ignore that question, does anybody with the “autostart” issue have 2.x or it’s just 3.x people ?
May 23rd, 2009 at 2:10 pm
Hi, nice posts there :-) thank’s for the interesting information
May 23rd, 2009 at 8:38 pm
this website has malware
when i surf to this site, i get popups ans a fake IE window appears scanning my PC telling me i got alware
and it happens when i vist this site
be careful
May 23rd, 2009 at 11:51 pm
In case BigBoss cares, the text of hany’s double-posted comment is Arabic for “bitch”.
That’ll teach you, openhebrew, hey? Doesn’t take long for racist pr*cks to appear.
May 24th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
connects great i have problems accesing certian files
May 24th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
same here but im on a mac. i find it so funny when malware douse that
May 24th, 2009 at 3:40 pm
didnt work on finder for me either. i found a problem with all my bigger folders in my device dont load.
May 24th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
on macs testing it out on finder and path finder unable to access large folders.
May 24th, 2009 at 10:27 pm
Do you have the problem I mentioned above? That you have some block icon on folders such as: /var/mobile/Library/AddressBook
through Path Finder I ca access these folders (even though they have this icon thing) but not through the Finder itself, there I get stuck at /var/mobile/Library and can’t access the contents of the AddressBook folder.
May 25th, 2009 at 3:11 am
There is no malware on this site. One of the ads may be showing something. I will pull clicksor off and see if it is better.
May 25th, 2009 at 6:05 am
what do I do wrong
I have put the two files into root/rivate/var/temp
and run the commands in terminal (with winscp)
Connection breaks everytime it starts to unpack, no chance of installing (:-((
Ruben
May 26th, 2009 at 8:00 am
It’s working fine for me. I’m on OS Windows Vista Home Premium iPhone FW2.2.1. I Samba installed very smooth I have no “auto-restart” bug and I can acces all folders just fine. Playing with it a little more right now.
May 26th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
i have looked through all the files in the package and it is missing smbd, nmbd, and smbpasswd. all there are are launch daemons and plists.
May 26th, 2009 at 6:54 pm
It’s also working great for me. I’m on Windows 7 RC1 and iPhone FW2.2.1. It installed very easy and no sign of any “auto-restart” bug. Good job and I look forward to future versions.
-pitbullface
May 26th, 2009 at 7:03 pm
Hy openhebrew,
i wrote a blog/howto in german here:
http://www.hack2learn.org/howto-samba-auf-dem-iphone-und-ipod-touch-installieren
Thank you for releasing Samba(Beta) for the iPhone.
I write you a feedback when i have tested Samba on my iPhone 3G
best regards from Switzerland
hack2learn
May 28th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
No autostart isseu with 2.2.1 over here.
After re-enetering in settings, autostart is still on.
May 28th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
I got it working on my iphone 2.2.1
No problems so far.
Can I use this share connection in iTunes like Firefly, since firfly is crashing on my device, and can’t get it to work anymore.
And an idea for the developer:
would it be great to make an option “media center” wich will generate a html from which you can access all your photo’s, video’s and music.
with option to add custom folders.
thanx for the app.
Greetings, Taliezin
May 28th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
Wow, in Vista Explorer, the navigating thru the folders are very quick. And this is the first time I have a way to searching my system folders on my iphone. Amazing how quick this all is working. Does wonder me why iPhonebrowser and diskaid are so slow and have no search functions.
May 28th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
Read the instructions carefully, you need to install the samba package before sambactl.
May 28th, 2009 at 5:28 pm
Thanks for releasing this! I have been waiting for samba since I first jailbroke my phone. So far I haven’t had any problems with it, its fast and easier than dealing with sftp. I am curious if there is a difference between Insomnia and KeepAwake for SBSettings (I thought they did the same thing but samba doesn’t appear to be affected by KeepAwake). Again, thanks openhebrew for an awesome release. I can’t wait to see a final version in Cydia one of these days.
May 31st, 2009 at 5:57 am
It works great with XP SP2 and vista except the netbios name which is not recognized… if you have any solutions?
Thanks for this great work ;)
Syl
May 31st, 2009 at 3:33 pm
Netbios resolution will be in future versions.
June 1st, 2009 at 11:45 pm
kinda old news…
A working samba package is available through cydia since about a month now by adding iphone.xcubes.com to your repositories.
Includes a proper app to config, 2 users to connect with, sbsettings toggle, yada yada
June 8th, 2009 at 8:40 pm
…except the “working samba package” you describe is not free whereas this is.
Good job to the OP for the effort.
June 10th, 2009 at 5:25 am
All working ok here.
I have added my iPhone 3G (2.2.1) as a mapped drive in win7RC1.
Can access all folders and I am using my own password rather than the automatically generated one.
No bugs as yet. Another awesome app!
June 22nd, 2009 at 2:18 am
Man I can’t wait for the new iPhone 3G S, my iPhone 1st gen really needs a replacer.
June 22nd, 2009 at 5:25 pm
I used this with succes on os 2.2.1 iPhone 3g, with much joy. Now want to install it on os 3.0, but can’t. Is this a known bug or is it just my device?
June 22nd, 2009 at 5:34 pm
sorry, to bother, installing samba now, just missed the apt-get command install.
June 23rd, 2009 at 2:33 pm
When going to settings/samba, always shows OFF
June 24th, 2009 at 3:13 am
Wow! Love it!. I was looking for this for a long time. No problems so far. Keep up the good work!.
Just wondering: any chance of mounting an external smb share?. I would LOVE to access some of my smb shares on my NAS. Can’t find smbmount to do it though.
Thanks for supporting samba!
2.2.1 (5H11)
MB384LL
June 24th, 2009 at 4:30 am
Forget my question about smbmount. It isn’t there yet as I read later in this article. Hopefully it will be here any time soon.
BTW: I’m okay with the auto-generated password and
your settings pane is clear.
June 24th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
Awesome work. Thanks a million!
June 28th, 2009 at 5:45 am
When will you add the support for mounting the smb network share to iphone os?
I really care about this feature!
Thanks
July 2nd, 2009 at 8:04 pm
is this working on OS3 too?
Ruben
July 5th, 2009 at 9:24 am
Cannot auto start in 3.0 OS
July 12th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
Yet, it works on 3.0. Follow these instructions: http://tom.zickel.org/samba/
July 13th, 2009 at 8:03 am
It works on 3.0 OS, just the Auto Start in Setting not showing up
July 15th, 2009 at 2:18 am
Thanks for a great feature.
Setup:
3G, 3.0, com.db.samba_0.0.1_iphoneos-arm.deb
WinXP Pro SP3
Works great. No Problems acessing directories, no problems with the Auto-Start toggle issue.
(But nearly useless to me since i cant add non-privileged users. (or can I?) I would like to give friends access to only one dir so they can copy stuff to and from the phone…)
Big thanks again for a great feature.
July 17th, 2009 at 2:53 am
I’ve released a new package in
http://tom.zickel.org/samba/com.openhebrew.samba_0.0.1_iphoneos-arm.deb
which should fix the auto start switch to work both in 2.x and 3.x, enjoy, and tell me if you have problems with it.
I’ve updated the instructions in the post regarding this change as well.
July 18th, 2009 at 3:20 am
Works perfectly
iPhone 3g OS3
win vista ultimate x64 & xp 64 32
mounting shares would be excellent or any other way other that inside terminal thank you so much for this! It is my prefered way to access my phones file system.
July 18th, 2009 at 9:13 am
You can mount external shares via the iPhone terminal using the command “smbclient” you can check it’s syntax online, but usually it’s
smbclient //192.168.0.1/share_name
July 18th, 2009 at 9:14 am
Sorry, to clear up my statement, you can browse / use / download using “smbclient” on the terminal, you cannot mount currently remote smb/cifs shares on the iPhone itself.
July 21st, 2009 at 12:32 pm
Hi folks,
you really did a great job!!! Works very fine as a network drive in Win XP.(3G OS 3.0).
It took me quite a while with google to find this page. Most bloggs tell something about the package
tom.zickel.org/com.db.samba_0.0.3_iphoneos-arm.deb and I just couldn´t find that.
so thanks a lot.
July 24th, 2009 at 5:54 am
Hey, just installed it on a 3G on 3.0, no issues.
But, I was copying a rather large file this aft on it via wifi, and the phone locked itself while it was copying.
I unlocked it and it took about 2 minutes for the phone to “come back to life” – everything was slow as hell during the time.
Would it be possible to prevent the auto unlock when a copy operation takes place? it would be quite nice :)
July 24th, 2009 at 9:13 am
this is not a samba related issue, i recommend sbsettings + insomnia plugin.
July 27th, 2009 at 8:35 am
I know about insomnia, I’m just saying that regardless of the status of the wifi or the auto-lock delay in the settings, when a lenghty operation is going on it would be nice to prevent the iphone to auto-lock – until the transfer is over.
August 11th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
AutoStart Toggle and SBSetting switch works perfectly, iPhone 3G 3.0, Vista
August 13th, 2009 at 7:39 am
Samba works great with my iPhone 3GS, OS 3.0.1!! Thanks a lot!
SB toggle can turn OFF samba, but not turn ON samba. But I can live with that ;-)
Thanks again!
Niki
August 20th, 2009 at 1:44 am
Is there a final Package available on cydia ?
August 22nd, 2009 at 10:49 am
Samba works great on both my iPhones (3GS, 2G) running 3.0.1.
SB settings toggle works also great.
Smbmount would be much appreciated (or maybe some smbclient GUI front-end to begin with ;-) ).
Thanks a lot!
August 28th, 2009 at 7:54 am
Thank you many times over. The app works well on my iPhone 2G running OS 3.0. I’m connecting using Win7 RTM.
I’m using it strictly to allow a drive mapping to the Media partition so I can access the files there using my desktop media player. It’s perfect for that.
I didn’t have any trouble getting it setup other than having to get the APT 0.7 Strict package and Mobile Terminal from Cydia in order to use apt-get.
I also agree with some of the previous feedback:
1) Add an actual icon to the settings page
2) would like to see something in the status bar indicating that samba is active (like insomnia does)
I also had some confusion about when samba was actually turned on that would be resolved by the icon. For example it appears that I have to set the autostart switch to on AND then leave the settings page by hitting the back button before it activates. It seems like flipping the switch isn’t the actual trigger to start the service.
August 28th, 2009 at 4:34 pm
YOU ARE A GOD. Works perfectly on Iphone 1G OS3.0. Do you have a Paypal ?
August 30th, 2009 at 6:43 am
Man, this is unbelievable ! Everything works perfectly… Everything. Symlinks on / aren’t followed properly, but apart from that, awesome !
How about an icon for the settings page and the SBSettings toggle ?
No matter. This is really cool. Great work.
September 19th, 2009 at 8:57 am
Works like a charm. I have however two questions.
1. Why do I see two active daemons of samba (smbd)?
2. Please unveil the way how to stop/kill those instances.
Via the normal way you described I am unable to stop samba which renders my iPhone virtually an eternal samba-advertiser.
Much obliged.
September 19th, 2009 at 9:15 am
Sorry for bothering, I stumbled upon smbcontrol.
Problem solved.
September 21st, 2009 at 3:19 am
Is this software derived from samba GPL code?
Can you please share all the source code?
Thanks
September 21st, 2009 at 8:12 am
Works without problems on Ipod Touch 2G with 3.0
Thanks
September 26th, 2009 at 6:20 pm
Works perfectly with iPhone 3GS and Win7 RTM 64-bit :)
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:14 am
my ipod touch 2g is 3.0
i followed your instruction..
my xp is service pack 2
\\ my ip seems so slow to response
its very slow
October 3rd, 2009 at 5:01 am
Not yet, you’ll know when it is.
October 3rd, 2009 at 5:02 am
Check out the latest version of the SambaController .deb installation, and tell me what you think.
October 3rd, 2009 at 5:03 am
Yes, I do have a paypal:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=5410043
October 3rd, 2009 at 5:05 am
There is a instance spawned per connection. It will close when the connection is closed and/or you close SMBD.
October 3rd, 2009 at 5:05 am
llemtt, you can find the latest source code of samba from the samba site. As for the GUI controller, it is not derived from anything.
October 3rd, 2009 at 5:05 am
Seems like you have a local issue on your network..
October 3rd, 2009 at 1:51 pm
Thank you!
iphone 3G 3.0.1
October 4th, 2009 at 6:49 am
Hi, works great but
/private/mobile/media/photo
and
/private/mobile/media/dcim
are unacessible on leopard ( there’s a red forbidden icon )
do you know why ?
Thanks very good job :)
October 15th, 2009 at 2:42 am
Hi
works very good on 3gs with win xp sp3
all access able
Thank you !!!
Gruß
Guido
October 15th, 2009 at 5:17 am
Hi!
Worked greatly. Worked…
Didn’t try Samba for some time, and find today that it doesn’t work.
I use iPhone 2G with 2.2.1 firmware and WinXP SP3.
What can be the problem?
October 15th, 2009 at 9:59 am
Looks good. It’s nice to have the icon on the settings page now and adding the extra text on the settings page clears up any confusion about when the samba settings take effect. Thanks!
October 30th, 2009 at 7:55 pm
I love you guys; that’s something i needed badly.
November 4th, 2009 at 4:59 pm
Works perfectly for me, except I cant seem to hit it via the Netbios name & theres no icon on the SBS switch button.
iPhone 3GS on 3.1.2
Nice Job! Thanks
When’s the client gonna work? :)
November 6th, 2009 at 3:50 am
Yep, desperately waiting for the client to !
vlc4iphone can play any kind of video and I have tons on my home server. That would be nice to mount this server’s share and enjoy all of my movies on my iPod Touch !
November 7th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
There is a client “smbclient” in terminal. If you are talking about an kernel mounter, I do not think that will happen.
November 11th, 2009 at 10:25 pm
This works flawlessly for me, thanks so much..
November 19th, 2009 at 2:31 am
Working good for me… as for the client i mount them using ezshare and works greate for me. what is the difference is one is using sftp… i was using it before
November 27th, 2009 at 7:38 am
what about mount_smbfs? :D
But know I can use my Iphone as a Pen! weeee
Thanks, great job.
December 28th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
Lovely,
Worked straight out of the box…
Latest Iphone 3.1.2 3gs + Win7 x64
Did’nt bother with installing apt-get,
just downloaded the .debs in windows and passed them to the iphone with WinSCP.
Used a terminal on the iphone to install the .debs as described.
Installed Preferenceloader from Cydia on the iphone.
Then set up and enabled samba from the iphone settings (and changed the default password).
Then mapped a network drive in windows explorer
\\x.x.x.x\main
(x.x.x.x being the iphone ip).
typed root as login and my password when asked.
Thanks
January 2nd, 2010 at 3:24 pm
Ciao,
Works perfect for me.
I encountered some problem on making apt-get working , maybe for the way I jailbreak e unlock my iPhone.
Hope to see ASAP an easy cydia install.
My data:
Iphone edge 16gb MB384LL
OS 3.0.1 (7A400)
Windows Vista Home Premium
Ciao
January 29th, 2010 at 10:49 pm
Any news on mounting SMB/CIFS onto the iphone filesystem? btw, accessing the SMB share with smbclient is quite useful in itself, but sort of like a hand without a thumb. Thanks for any info.
February 11th, 2010 at 3:31 pm
Perfect…
March 17th, 2010 at 6:50 am
Thanks!
It worked on ipod touch 1G with 3.1.2.
And I also try to use as “mobile” user.
(root# pdbedit -a -u mobile).
because I’m annoyed change privilege everytime.
but it didn’t work.
(I also try it by smbclient)
so I checked the log (I changed smb.conf).
When I type
#smbclient //(my ipod touch IP)/mobile -U mobile
“tree connect failed: Call returned zero bytes (EOF)”
and
“Failed to set gid privileges to (-1,501) now set to (0,0) uid=(0,0)” is written in the log.
and smbclient says
I search and may find the reason in
ttp://old.nabble.com/One-issue-on-samba-3.0.32-version-td22964692.html
Could you build with the option “-DUSE_SETREUID” ?
Sorry my bad English. thank you.
April 12th, 2010 at 9:06 am
so far working pretty good. this is definately alot easier than trying to use iphone browser or iphone explorer. Another nice thing if anyone can figure it out is a way to make the usb port toggle between normal usb or mass storage device so that we can access the filesystem from any computer when wifi is not an option.
April 12th, 2010 at 9:10 am
Ignore the mass storage device comment. I found “USB Drive”
August 27th, 2010 at 5:01 am
Thanks for this feature on my iPhone 4!!!
August 27th, 2010 at 7:16 am
you saying it works with ios4
September 27th, 2010 at 9:56 am
Yup, I just installed it on mine
October 16th, 2010 at 1:00 am
Thank you very much for this product. Works properly under iOS 4.1 on iPhone 3GS / WinXP Pro SP3. But without sbsettings toggle, when i try install it manually, it gives dependency error. If install through cydia, no errors indicates, and toggle switch simply doesn’t appear.
October 29th, 2010 at 7:37 am
Works on iPhone 4.1 with Win 7
November 10th, 2010 at 10:43 am
whats about the ohter way?? – mount a nas network storage from iphone is missing. mount_smbfs is not part of the current operating system.
any idea??
December 18th, 2010 at 8:07 am
Hi,
I am using samba beta, its working really nice.
Tested in Windows 7, vista and Mac OS X
December 22nd, 2010 at 12:55 pm
very nice
Thx ^^
December 28th, 2010 at 3:28 am
1. You should enable nmbd unless it’s bad for some reason. I started it and it works great. Maybe just the option to enable it?
2. The root pw idea is great for security
3. Samba misreports free storage. It thought /private/var was low on space, when in fact it was fine. The free space warning actually applied to the root fs. Dunno why that is happening.
4. For some reason gnome can’t browse shares, but can connect to them if specified. Windows can browse them no problem.
5. It would be nice to see a share manager in the interface as long as editing smbd.conf manually doesn’t get broken :).
6. I know it’s not part of the project but I’d love to see a smb filesystem.
7. I’m seeing 1MByte/sec, which is excellent.
Great job, this is very useful. Sort of something apple could have included as a default way to manage files on your phone instead of the **** iTunes interface.
January 9th, 2011 at 11:36 pm
Samba is GPLv3, is this project going to maintain the freedoms guaranteed by that while on the iPhone?
Jailbreaking is a product modification that isn’t always available. Should samba even be on the iPhone if the iPhone isn’t designed to meet the LEGAL minimums for free software?
It’s not Apple’s responsibility – it’s the developers to ensure that their code is not illegal or stolen. I’m not the ‘freedom police’, maybe it would be good to revert to old samba code from GPLv2.
January 10th, 2011 at 12:42 am
any iphone 4 experience?
January 16th, 2011 at 6:24 am
Can’t read 4th step could u pls retype it for me
January 16th, 2011 at 7:29 am
Nm about that earlier post works great with backwards comparability on Iso4
February 13th, 2011 at 12:41 am
Works well on iPod Touch 4G with iOS 4.1
February 26th, 2011 at 4:27 am
This works great!! iPhone 3g 4.2.1…. PLEASE make a cydia install of this so more people can use it!
April 18th, 2011 at 5:28 am
hello
I tried it with iPhone4 (4.1)…it works great…………no problem…..a few suggestion though
1. Share manager should be there in settings.
2. samba client should be showing graphically the shared resources from other systems.
3. cydia installer for samba package.
4. I am able to connect to my iphone from windows through ip address but can’t see my iphone in windows network neighbourhood, some thing to do with netbios I guess.
5. SWAT(samba administration tool) kind of environment would be nice if possible.
April 20th, 2011 at 8:49 pm
By the way, it installs flawlessly on an iPhone 4 running iOS 4.3.2 – but I haven’t yet figured out if it is actually working.
April 21st, 2011 at 4:21 pm
I hope the author doesn’t mind, since I wipe my devices frequently and need an easier way to install stuff I have put these on my experimental repository. If you want to add it to Cydia it is www (dot) pepper (dot) net.
May 12th, 2011 at 7:53 am
I installed Samba on my iPhone 4, IOS 4.3.3, Jailbroken with Redsn0w r16. Windows Professional
It’s working flawlessly.
Remember!
1. It’s turned off by default
2. Every time you respring it’s turned off again.
3. Then you log in. Remember to use the iphone as your domain not your computer. Otherwise the password will not work.
March 12th, 2012 at 11:11 am
I encountered the same problem. Have you got answer?
March 12th, 2012 at 11:18 am
BTW, your English is good!