[Samba] server max protocol appropriate values

Rowland Penny rowlandpenny at googlemail.com
Fri Mar 6 10:20:30 MST 2015


On 06/03/15 17:05, Marc Muehlfeld wrote:
> Am 06.03.2015 um 14:56 schrieb Rowland Penny:
>>>  From 'samba-tool testparm -v' :
>>>
>>> server max protocol = NT1
>>>
>>> BUT 'man smb.conf' says this :
>>>
>>> Default: server max protocol = SMB3
>>>
>>> OK, one of these is wrong, but which ???
> If you run 4.1 or later, then SMB3 is the default.
>
>
>
> Am 06.03.2015 um 16:30 schrieb James:
>> Using Wireshark I see the protocol used as SMB2.  Using a Windows
>> workstation I tested by navigating to files and folders on my member
>> server or to my sysvol folder on a DC.
> Win7 doesn't speak SMB3.
>
> SMB 2.0 was introduced by Vista/2008
> SMB 2.1 by Win7/2008R2
> SMB 2.2 aka 3.0 by Win8/2012
> SMB 3.02 by 8.1/2012R2
>
>
> Regards,
> Marc

OK, so I sorted my problem, it was the old 'testparm -v' and 'samba-tool 
testparm -v' giving different results problem, the man page is correct.

Sorry for the noise :-)

Rowland


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