Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2020 20:24:31 +0100 From: CerebrosuS <CerebrosuS@gmx.net> To: Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Project information - SMBv2+ Message-ID: <075f31cb-dd13-778d-ed50-3ec7d6f30731@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <dea01842-79e7-33ed-4302-28f2df51d710@quip.cz> References: <16e5725b-ec2f-3222-d20d-fd15e597c12c@gmx.net> <dea01842-79e7-33ed-4302-28f2df51d710@quip.cz>
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Am 30.12.20 um 20:05 schrieb Miroslav Lachman: > On 30/12/2020 18:57, CerebrosuS wrote: >> Hello at all, >> >> the community and developer at FreeBSD seem to know, that SMBv1 for >> clients is nearly over and that the included mount_smbfs doesn't suppor= t >> newer versions. So good, so far... >> >> So I can find multiple information about the situation, but no clear >> path on how FreeBSD community and developer will go on to solve this >> missing function. (Just got the information on: >> https://wiki.freebsd.org/MateuszPiotrowski/AccessingSmbSharesWithSambaC= lient) >> >> >> This is what I am asking: >> - Is there a project existing for solving this problem (with whatever >> target)? >> - What is the way to go in future? Extend mount_smbfs or support the >> fuse-smbnetfs part to be stable and fast like mount_smbfs (buggy and >> laggy here)? >> - Who is mainly working on it, if a project already exist? >> >> I'am just interested, cause of not finding such information clearly. Is >> there maybe a general project management list / team to see what >> projects are going on in whatever state? >> >> I am a hobby developer mainly coming from chemical engineering side, >> having some time to help. I've already written some cross platform >> software but never related to network or on os-level. So I am motivated >> to invest some time in getting stuff into FreeBSD, but for me, there is >> a lack on information (see above). >> >> Thank you in advance for information and help. > > I was involved in the thread linked by Gleb. AFAIK nothing changed from > that time. I tried something from ports but it has more problems (shares > cannot be mounted on boot like mount_smbfs does). > If somebody has time and skills to try to bring SMBv2 or v3 to FreeBSD > then Apple or Solaris sources is good start. The both were using the > same mount_smbfs (v1) as FreeBSD so one can check their sources and see > how they evolve to v2 / v3. They are both using exactly the same source code as a starting point and extend it (or rewrite it) to SMBv2? > But it is out of my skill. I am not > developer. I am just an extensive user of SMB mounted shares from > Windows servers. That might also be my problem, cause I've never written an application for network nor anything related to FreeBSD on os-level. But if no one starts, nothing might change at all. > > Kind regards > Miroslav Lachman >
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