Re: [9front] File sharing with Windows

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Quoth Steve Simon <steve@quintile.net>:
> you could try using cifsd to import data from windows into plan9.
> 
> I wrote and used this file server daily for about 15 years, but I no longer need windows for my work
> and so the code has stagnated, whilst windows keeps moving.
> 
> The last person I suggested cifs to had no luck getting it to connect and authenticate under windows10;
> the last system I used myself was Windows 7, and this needed a couple of registry settings adjusted
> to allow it to support the (now depreciated) smb2 auth cifs still uses.
> 
> To be clear - windows 10 may work with some registry hacks but noone has done it yet.
> 
> Really an SMB3 plan9 client is the way to go - more efficient (larger packets) and simpler (much of the historic
> cruft in smb2 has gone).
> 
> I am happy to help if you want to try, but I can only give limited help as I have no windows boxen.

SMBv3 would be a great addition, but for now cifsd works just fine for me. There were no hacks necessary - I just had to enable SMBv1/CIFS from the Windows features thing.

Thanks for the great software!