SMBv1 Deprecation

[Gary Jennejohn]

On Fri, 23 Jun 2017 13:03:31 +0800
Julian Elischer <julian at freebsd.org> wrote:

> On 23/6/17 8:14 am, Matt B wrote:
> > I totally understand. I try to support the FreeBSD Foundation with
> > donations as often as I can as well as reporting bugs promptly as I am sure
> > resources are spread thin. My skill set isn't really that of a programmer
> > though. I am working right now at checking the Darwin/OS X code for
> > mount_smbfs and other modules associated with smbfs in the hopes of
> > possibly getting something viable for BSD, even if it has to be a port due
> > to license issues. Progress is slow just due to lack of knowledge in the
> > programming arena.  
> 
> That's how we all started out..  some personal itch that had to be scratched.
> You do some work on it.
>  From that you build up an expertise in that field, and then you start answering
> questions when people ask about that area, and then you find you've
> a commit bit and are spending serious time on it, and then a company offers you serious
> money to fix something (*)  and before you know it...
> 
> (*) seriously that happens.
> Companies have itches too but instead of spare time, they have cash.
> 

You might consider trying /usr/ports/net/samba46, which is at
version 4.6.4 and appears to support SMB2 out of the box.

This opinion is based on looking at the source, which has lots of
smb2-specific code.  I don't use Windows Shares, so I have no
persoanl experience with this port.

-- 
Gary Jennejohn