OMVExtras InstallScript SMB options

ct100 · Aug 30th 2023

Currently the OMVExtras InstallScript (https://github.com/OpenMediaVa…cript/blob/master/install) inserts

Code

smbOptions="min receivefile size = 16384\ngetwd cache = yes"

into Samba SMB/CIFS Extra Options.

It seems that both of these options are obsolete and have no effect.

"getwd cache = yes" was made default in samba a long time ago: https://github.com/samba-team/…1adff6bdacd4d09db8c06c611

"min receivefile size = 16384" only works for non-signed SMB connections but aren't practically all connections signed today? I checked the connection of all my SMB clients and every single one was using a signed connection.

ryecoaaron · Aug 30th 2023

Quote from ct100

It seems that both of these options are obsolete and have no effect.

The script has been around a long time and supports more than one version of OMV. And unless someone tells me to change them, I just leave them. I don't use samba and since they have no effect, no one noticed. I can remove them since OMV 5.x is EOL.

ryecoaaron · Aug 30th 2023

Quote from ct100

aren't practically all connections signed today? I checked the connection of all my SMB clients and every single one was using a signed connection.

I'm not sure this is accurate. You are probably using recent Windows versions. People are using old devices that still require the smb1 protocol and likely aren't signed.

ct100 · Aug 30th 2023

Quote from ryecoaaron

I'm not sure this is accurate. You are probably using recent Windows versions. People are using old devices that still require the smb1 protocol and likely aren't signed.

That's why i wrote "today". I tested with Windows 10, Debian Bullseye & Bookworm, Android Samsung Files SMB and some older Android file managers that support SMB-connections. All signed.

People should not use SMB1 or NETBIOS anymore since its a huge security risk.

chente · Aug 30th 2023

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People should not use SMB1 or NETBIOS anymore since its a huge security risk.

If you search the forum you will find many threads of people who use clients next to the tv that need these protocols (for example one called zidoo or something similar). You can't tell them to throw them away. Or people using older versions of Windows, I've even recently seen a thread on Windows XP.

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