KSMBD and OpenWRT: Difference between revisions

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Need Windows File Sharing on a low powered router? Samba not cutting it? Wanna really work for it? Try KSMBD!

=== NOT a CHANCE in HE "double hockey sticks"! ===

===NOT a CHANCE in HE "double hockey sticks"!===

It is hopelessly broken in OpenWRT in several ways;

* Share the / (root) directory? Nope, busted. Supposedly fixed that issue in version 3.4.x (or close), but not for OpenWRT's 3.5.3 (as of 12.2024), still busted

*Share the / (root) directory? Nope, busted. Supposedly fixed that issue in version 3.4.x (or close), but not for OpenWRT's 3.5.3 (as of 12.2024), still busted

* Windows 11? Ha! Oh, wait, if one enables Guest Access, then it work (sure, right)

*Windows 11? Ha! Oh, wait, if one enables Guest Access, then it work (sure, right)

* service ksmbd restart might break it and require a restart, so use stop and start (not fully tested, shouldn't need this level of examination, but sadly it does)

*service ksmbd restart might break it and require a restart, so use stop and start (not fully tested, shouldn't need this level of examination, but sadly it does)

Would recommend Samba 3, but that's gone, so dog slow Samba 4.

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Oh, and there's some weird thing that if there isn't a system user name that's the same as the SMB User Name (added with smbpasswd), then KSMBD defaults to 'only guest mode works'. (Funky, huh?)<br />

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 Need Windows File Sharing on a low powered router?  Samba not cutting it?  Wanna really work for it?  Try KSMBD!
-=== NOT a CHANCE in HE "double hockey sticks"! ===
+===NOT a CHANCE in HE "double hockey sticks"!===
 It is hopelessly broken in OpenWRT in several ways;
-* Share the / (root) directory?  Nope, busted.  Supposedly fixed that issue in version 3.4.x (or close), but not for OpenWRT's 3.5.3 (as of 12.2024), still busted
+*Share the / (root) directory?  Nope, busted.  Supposedly fixed that issue in version 3.4.x (or close), but not for OpenWRT's 3.5.3 (as of 12.2024), still busted
-* Windows 11?  Ha! Oh, wait, if one enables Guest Access, then it work (sure, right)
+*Windows 11?  Ha! Oh, wait, if one enables Guest Access, then it work (sure, right)
-* service ksmbd restart might break it and require a restart, so use stop and start (not fully tested, shouldn't need this level of examination, but sadly it does)
+*service ksmbd restart might break it and require a restart, so use stop and start (not fully tested, shouldn't need this level of examination, but sadly it does)
 Would recommend Samba 3, but that's gone, so dog slow Samba 4.
-<br />
+Oh, and there's some weird thing that if there isn't a system user name that's the same as the SMB User Name (added with smbpasswd), then KSMBD defaults to 'only guest mode works'.  (Funky, huh?)<br />