On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 14:26, Christopher R. Hertel <crh at ubiqx.mn.org>wrote: > Greg, > > Please do forward this to the TCLUG list. > > Regarding the SMB/CIFS specifications: > > * Microsoft has released full specifications for SMB/CIFS and for > the newer SMB2 protocol as well. They started releasing these > specifications a few years ago, after they lost the anti-trust > case in the EU. There are even preview specifications for the > updated SMB2.2 dialect available, even though SMB2.2 won't be > released until Windows 8 ships. > > * The SMB and CIFS documentation was written under contract by a > local Twin Cities company. Yes, really. Read more here: > > http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/samba-microsoft-cooperate-on-new-set-of-smbcifs-docs/4681 > > > * The specifications go in-depth. They are difficult to read if you > are not already a CIFS geek. Search for [MS-CIFS], [MS-SMB], and > [MS-SMB2] if you are curious. > > Regarding Linux and/or Samba being slow: > > * There are a LOT of potential reasons for slowdowns. I would need > to know more about the setup and the data transfer method. > > * The original SMB protocol is an antique. It still has DOS and > OS/2 system calls in it. Yes, really. That's why Microsoft came > out with SMB2 in Vista. > > Samba has added initial support for SMB2 in Samba 3.6.0, but it > has to be enabled in the smb.conf file. > > Regarding SMB2.2: > > * http://www.hertel.org.uk/blog/?p=253&author=1 > <http://www.hertel.org.uk/blog/?p=253&author=1> > > > Chris -)----- > Your friendly neighborhood StPaul-based Samba Team Member. > > gregrwm wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 18:15, Mike Miller wrote: > > Apparently, as I said, the problem was not that Linux was lacking > > features but that it was slow. That was all. I really just want > > to find a way to make it faster and not learn how to accept life > > with Windows. > > > > On Tue, 27 Sep 2011, Justin Krejci wrote: > > That being said I wish the functionality/spec was opened up by > > MS but that is not their way of course. > > > > That is one of the reasons I don't want to use MS software. Did > > you read the link about Samba 4? That made it sound like they are > > trying to share more details of their specs. > > > > c- > > do you have any insight to offer to this (TCLUG) thread? > > -g > > -- > "Implementing CIFS - the Common Internet FileSystem" ISBN: 013047116X > Samba Team -- http://www.samba.org/ -)----- Christopher R. Hertel > jCIFS Team -- http://jcifs.samba.org/ -)----- ubiqx development, > uninq. > ubiqx Team -- http://www.ubiqx.org/ -)----- crh at ubiqx.mn.org > OnLineBook -- http://ubiqx.org/cifs/ -)----- crh at ubiqx.or<crh at ubiqx.org> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20111004/113f8451/attachment.html>