Project information - SMBv2+

[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 support
> 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/AccessingSmbSharesWithSambaClient) 
> 
> 
> 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. But it is out of my skill. I am not 
developer. I am just an extensive user of SMB mounted shares from 
Windows servers.

Kind regards
Miroslav Lachman