I don't have any lines in my configuration file for any of the servers, how can I tell what the default protocols are? Are the defaults controlled by samba or the kernel? Chris On 6/15/2020 2:13 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 11:23:54AM -0500, Christopher Wensink wrote: >> I have a handful of Linux Servers, running Centos 6.10, and 6.8 with the >> main host running openvz w/ Centos 6.10 as the main OS. Two of the >> guests are running samba, sharing directories out to windows clients. >> >> I'm in the process of migrating servers over to vmware, using Centos >> 7.8. How can I determine what smb protocol version is being used in the >> shares for each server? I don't see the protocol specified anywhere in >> smb.conf? >> >> Chris > in my Centos-7 box, /etc/samba/smb.conf contains: > > server min protocol = SMB3_11 > client max protocol = SMB3_11 > client min protocol = SMB3_11 > > > Some non-current windows versions don't support that version, you > may need to try different values til you find one that works. > Whatever you do, you don't want to use version 1. > > I'm forcing version 3.1.1 only because all the devices I have > that support SMB also support 3.1.1, so if someone comes along with, > e.g., an old laptop with XP, it won't be able to insecurely talk > to my lan/wan. (and that's a feature, not a bug! ;=) ) > > Also, you may wish to peruse this page: > > https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/file-server/troubleshoot/detect-enable-and-disable-smbv1-v2-v3 > -- Christopher Wensink IS Administrator Five Star Plastics, Inc 1339 Continental Drive Eau Claire, WI 54701 Office: 715-831-1682 Mobile: 715-563-3112 Fax: 715-831-6075 cwensink at five-star-plastics.com www.five-star-plastics.com