client max protocol defaults to NT1

Scott Lovenberg scott.lovenberg at gmail.com
Wed Nov 18 20:03:56 UTC 2015


On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 12:41 PM, Jeremy Allison <jra at samba.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 11:37:03AM -0700, Christof Schmitt wrote:
> > docs-xml/smbdotconf/protocol/clientmaxprotocol.xml documents the current
> > config:
> >
> >     <para>The value <constant>default</constant> refers to the default protocol in each
> >     part of the code, currently <constant>NT1</constant> in the client tools and
> >     <constant>SMB3_02</constant> in winbindd.</para>
> >
> > Is there a reason why the default of client tools is limited to only
> > NT1? With newer Windows server having the option of disabling SMB1
> > support, should we change the default to also negotiate higher protocol
> > dialects?
>
> Yep. Move to SMB3 I think.
>

Well, if we go and do that, my OS/2 Warp, and other equally notable
and supported platforms, won't be able to communicate!  Now I'm going
to have to run Plan9. ;)

-- 
Peace and Blessings,
-Scott.



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