Enabling the smb/server or smb/client SMF service fails with a 'svcadm: No such instance "svc:/network/smb:default".' message.

(Doc ID 1934476.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 03, 2018

Applies to:

Solaris Operating System - Version 11.1 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Enabling the smb/server or smb/client SMF service fails with a 'svcadm: No such instance "svc:/network/smb:default".' message.

Example:


This happens while the following required packages were installed:
pkg://solaris/system/file-system/smb
pkg://solaris/service/file-system/smb

 

Cause

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