NSMB.CONF(5) BSD File Formats Manual NSMB.CONF(5)
NAME
nsmb.conf -- configuration file for SMB requests
DESCRIPTION
The nsmb.conf file contains information about the computers and shares or mount points for the SMB network protocol.
The configuration hierarchy is made up of several sections, each section containing a few or several lines of parameters and their assigned
values. Each of these sections must begin with a section name enclosed within square brackets, similar to:
[section_name]
The end of each section is marked by either the start of a new section, or by the abrupt ending of the file, commonly referred to as the EOF.
Each section may contain zero or more parameters such as:
[section_name]
key=value
where key represents a parameter name, and value would be the parameter's assigned value.
The SMB library uses the following information for section names:
A) [default]
B) [SERVER]
C) [SERVER:SHARE]
Possible keywords may include:
Keyword Section Default Comment
A B C Values
addr - + - DNS name or IP address of server
nbtimeout + + - 1s Timeout for resolving a NetBIOS name
minauth + + - NTLM Minimum authentication level allowed
port445 + + - normal How to use SMB TCP/UDP ports
streams + + + yes Use NTFS Streams if server supported
soft + + + Make the mount soft
notify_off + + + no Turn off using notifications
kloglevel + - - 0 Turn on smb kernel logging
smb_neg + - - normal How to negotiate SMB 2.x
signing_required + - - false Turn off smb client signing
The minimum authentication level can be one of:
kerberos Kerberos - NTLMv2, NTLM, LM, and plain-text password authentication are not attempted.
ntlmv2 NTLMv2 - Kerberos authentication is attempted if a Kerberos token can be obtained, otherwise NTLMv2 authentication is attempted; if
the server doesn't support encrypted passwords, the authentication fails.
ntlm NTLM - Kerberos authentication is attempted if a Kerberos token can be obtained, otherwise NTLMv2 authentication is attempted and,
if that fails, NTLMv1 authentication is attempted, with zeroes in the LM hash; if the server doesn't support encrypted passwords,
the authentication fails.
lm LM - Kerberos authentication is attempted if a Kerberos token can be obtained, otherwise NTLMv2 authentication is attempted and, if
that fails, NTLMv1 authentication is attempted, including the LM hash; if the server doesn't support encrypted passwords, the
authentication fails.
none none - The same as lm except that, if the server doesn't support encrypted passwords, plain-text passwords are used. Required for
servers that don't support extended security.
(Note: "NetBIOS" as used below means "NetBIOS over TCP/IP.")
"How to use SMB TCP/UDP ports" can be one of:
normal Attempt to connect via port 445. If that is unsuccessful, try to connect via NetBIOS.
netbios_only Do not attempt to connect via port 445.
no_netbios Attempt to connect via port 445. If that is unsuccessful, do not try to connect via NetBIOS.
"How to negotiate SMB 2.x" can be one of:
normal Negotiate with SMB 1.x and attempt to negotiate to SMB 2.x.
smb1_only Negotiate with only SMB 1.x.
smb2_only Negotiate with only SMB 2.x. This also will set no_netbios.
FILES
/etc/nsmb.conf The global configuration file.
~/Library/Preferences/nsmb.conf
The user's configuration file, conflicts will be overwritten by the global file.
EXAMPLES
What follows is a sample configuration file which may, or may not match your environment:
# Configuration file for example.com
[default]
minauth=ntlmv2
streams=yes
soft=yes
notify_off=yes
[WINXP]
addr=windowsXP.apple.com
All lines which begin with the '#' character are comments and will not be parsed. The ``default'' section specifies that only Kerberos and
NTLMv2 authentication should be attempted; NTLM authentication should not be attempted if NTLMv2 authentication fails, and plain-text authen-
tication should not be attempted if the server doesn't support encrypted passwords.
SEE ALSO
smbutil(1), mount_smbfs(8)
AUTHORS
This manual page was originally written by Sergey Osokin <osa@FreeBSD.org> and Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>.
BSD
June 30, 2003 BSD