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#Smbup server details code#

Scroll down until you get to ‘Linux Share (NFS) Support’ and make sure it says ‘On’.In your WDTV Live menu screen, go to Settings>Network Settings.Change one setting on your WDTV Live to enable Linux Share Support You’ll probably be asked to enter your password.ĥ. Drag your ‘exports’ text file from the desktop into the ‘etc’ folder.In the Finder menu bar, go to Go>Go to Folder.Copy the ‘exports’ file to a mysterious folder called '/etc’ Select the file name and delete the extension, so it just says ‘exports’Ĥ.The text file you just created will now be called ‘exports.txt’.Tick the box that says ‘Show all filename extensions’ (you can change it back later).In the Finder menu bar, go to Finder>Preferences and click the ‘Advanced’ tab.txt file extension from the ‘exports’ file you just created Save the file (in plain text format) on your desktop as ‘exports’ģ.

#Smbup server details code#

For example, I’m sharing a folder called ‘Movies’ on my desktop, so the line of code looks like this:.Write the file path to your folder, then a space, then the following text: -alldirs -ro.Use TextEdit to write a single line of code

In Get Info make sure the box that says ‘Shared Folder’ is tickedĢ.Select that folder and and in the menu bar go to File>Get Info.

On your mac, choose the folder you want to access from your WDTV.

I don’t know much about this stuff, but I kept checking help sites and trying different things. But because Macs are based on Unix, you can use the NFS functionality on the mac to talk to the Linux functionality on the WDTV. I posted on another thread last night, but thought I might as well post here too.Īlthough it looks like there are a lot of steps below, it’s actually really simple and only takes a minute or so.Īpparently Macs that use Lion and above aren’t compatible with the WDTV.

I was having the same issue, but worked out a way to get around it.