News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Things I can’t do on macOS which I can do on Ubuntu (2020). Parent comment

Re:Things I can’t do on macOS which I can do on Ubuntu (2020) by Macha on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @09:08AM (#31167021)
My experience with SMB shares is that pretty much any client works ok with Samba, but only Windows is really reliable connecting to Windows over SMB.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Things I can’t do on macOS which I can do on Ubuntu (2020) by hguant on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @09:32AM (#31167247)
The protocols on the wire are different than what's documented especially for older SMB servers - Windows "released documentation" on some of the protocols because they were being reversed, but the docs are flakey or incomplete.

The actual transfer operations are pretty straightforward, but the negotiation steps are _very_ intricate and the Microsoft docs about the protocols are less than honest at times.

[ Parent | on HN ]