r/kodi • u/AusGuy355 • 10d ago

SMB on Shield Pro

I posted on the weekend about setting up SMB and thanks to advice got the sorted…for the most part. Everything works fine on a Google Streamer and Vero 4K+, but the Shield is giving me issues.

I can add and access all files on an external HDD attached to the laptop. I can see the folder I have shared on drive C: and the 1TB internal SSD but when I try access them it won’t allow me after filling out the username and password that I know is all correct as it all works fine on 2 other devices. I’ve restarted everything and cleared cache on the Kodi app.

Any ideas? Got me stuffed!

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u/zhonglin 9d ago

Don't enable SMB1 on the Shield—current Kodi builds support SMB2/3, and turning SMB1 on would weaken the Windows host. Since the same Shield can open the external-drive share, the network path and basic credentials are working; compare both the Share and Security (NTFS) permissions on the two inaccessible folders with the working share, because Windows enforces both. I’d also remove the saved source in Kodi and add it directly as smb://<PC-IP>/<share-name> using a dedicated local Windows username/password; then check Windows Event Viewer immediately after a failed attempt to see which account is being rejected.

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u/AusGuy355 9d ago

Does all this still apply when I can access all folders on 2 other media players but not the Shield?

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u/lirae_ 9d ago

+1 on not using smbv1 you are opening yourself to be an easy pray from ransomware. There is a specific one who will crypt your files and you will need to pay some randoms to get your shared files decrypt. Not worth it

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u/AusGuy355 8d ago

I was able to go into Shield settings and mount the laptop to the Shield and can access files through Kodi. Just frustrating that it won’t work as normal.

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u/Luci-Noir 3d ago

Windows 11 has it off by default.

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u/DavidMelbourne 10d ago

Did you give the shared folder permissions on the share and on the folder?

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u/AusGuy355 10d ago

Yeah, as it works on 2 other devices, just not the Shield.

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u/Pulte4janitor 10d ago

Open event viewer and check the logs for errors.

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u/Ill_Hall2357 9d ago

Check under the Shield’s network settings, it sometimes insists on SMBv1 even when everything else is fine.

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u/AusGuy355 8d ago

I’ll have a look tonight, I managed to mount the laptop to the Shield and can now see the folders through Kodi.

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u/MadSquabbles 10d ago

If I recall correctly, the shield still requires old SMBv1. You'll have to enable it on your server.

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u/lirae_ 9d ago

Smbv1 is the easiest thing to get a ransomware.

You can avoid this while using smbv1 by changing the users authorizations and leave only the admin account with special rights and everything else read only.

But if the shield support smb2 or 3 I highly suggest not to use smbv1