From 802da293bd5be064c2ecda76e5aa33e1a237bc1b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ed Maste Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2022 14:25:37 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] smbfs: caution against use in the manpage It supports only the obsolete SMBv1 protocol, is known to be buggy, and likely has security vulnerabilities. It will either be updated or removed in the future, but for now at least describe the current state in the man page. PR: 263043 MFC after: 3 days Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation (cherry picked from commit 7c140ef034c33ab0b16b535f3d5f945dc8f71cb4) --- share/man/man5/smbfs.5 | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/share/man/man5/smbfs.5 b/share/man/man5/smbfs.5 index 5326d819258..79eaa9b20b3 100644 --- a/share/man/man5/smbfs.5 +++ b/share/man/man5/smbfs.5 @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd April 8, 2020 +.Dd April 6, 2022 .Dt SMBFS 5 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -46,6 +46,25 @@ smbfs_load="YES" .Sh DESCRIPTION The SMB driver is an implementation of the CIFS (Common Internet Filesystem) network protocol. +.Pp +.Bf -symbolic +The +.Nm +filesystem driver supports only the obsolete SMBv1 protocol. +.Nm +has known bugs and likely has security vulnerabilities. +.Nm +and userspace counterparts +.Xr smbutil 1 +and +.Xr mount_smbfs 8 +may be removed from a future version of +.Fx . +Users are advised to evaluate the +.Pa sysutils/fusefs-smbnetfs +port instead. +.Ef +.Pp .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr smbutil 1 , .Xr mount_smbfs 8