Possible updating of "mount_smbfs"

Carmel NY carmel_ny at outlook.com
Mon Nov 26 17:21:24 UTC 2018


On Mon, 26 Nov 2018 14:17:17 +0000, Matthew Seaman stated:

>On 26/11/2018 12:02, Carmel NY wrote:
>> Honestly, it it is not updated to work with SMB3 or better, it is for all
>> practical purposes, impotent. Perhaps, FreeBSD 12 would be a logical place
>> to put the utility to bed.  
>
>FreeBSD 12.0 is almost out the door, and the chance to make such changes 
>there is long gone.  FreeBSD 12.1 or 13.0 would be where mount_smbfs 
>could be removed, and now is actually a pretty good point at which to 
>propose deprecating SMBv1 support for those versions.
>
>Traditionally, that starts by sending an e-mail to freebsd-arch at ... -- 
>if you'ld like to be credited for the suggestion, please by all means do 
>propose removing mount_smbfs there.  Of course, it will need a src 
>committer to actually do the deed, but that's not likely to be a major 
>obstacle.
>
>	Cheers,
>
>	Matthew

Thanks for the suggestion Matthew. I just sent them an email proposing just
that.

-- 
Carmel


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