[Samba] Is it possible to set the protocol for a single client

[Rowland penny]

On 10/02/2021 19:46, Jeremy Allison wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 07:32:17PM +0000, Rowland penny wrote:
>> On 10/02/2021 19:07, Jeremy Allison via samba wrote:
>>> On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 01:52:28PM -0500, Robert Steinmetz via samba 
>>> wrote:
>>>> I have a few clients which require minimum protocol. Is it possible 
>>>> to set the min protocol on a per client basis?
>>>> If so how?
>>>
>>> You could try doing an include directive in the
>>> smb.conf based on client machine (%m or %M) parameter.
>>>
>> Hi Jeremy, how would that work ?
>>
>> I understand the concept of using 'includes', I just don't see how an 
>> include file that contains something like 'server minimum protocol = 
>> NT1' is going to affect a running samba, just how would the client 
>> trigger it ??
>
> Matching on the remote hostname (%M) is
> done at socket accept time (it's how
> we handle the "hosts allow/ hosts deny"
> parameters.
>
> This is *before* the negprot is processed,
> so if there is an include that adds
> "server minimum protocol = NT1" it
> will allow the client that matches
> to connect using SMB1, but all others
> will be restricted to SMB2+.

OK, I can understand that, but are you saying that if there is a line 
like 'include = /path/to/smb.conf.%M' in smb.conf and there is a file 
called smb.conf.clientname in /path/to , then the contents of that will 
be used instead of what is in the main smb.conf ?

Wouldn't you have to reload the samba config ?

Still mistified

Rowland