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Wed, 07 Jan 2026 19:50:07 +0000

Make sure the smb1 server is enabled.

That was what I was referring to when I said “downgrade the security of the Windows install by re-enabling the deprecated SMB1”

MS set SMB1 default to off back in April 2022, the next level up was SMB2 using TLS with TLS1.0 and TLS1.1 deprecated for some while now and scheduled to be removed from Win11 systems in an update later in 2026 IIRC

I think it’s surprising that MS have allowed the possibility of re-enabling SMB1 for so long, I expect that to change with MS removing the SMB1 support dll’s in the not so distant future

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 19:04:10 +0000

Hi all, quick update on the ShareFS project…

I’ve hopefully addressed a few of the minor issues and created those pre-compiled binaries for Windows/Linux (Ubuntu). There is a .deb package available which should make installing and running on Linux way easier, I’m running Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.

You can download from here: https://github.com/andrewtimmins/riscos-access-server/…

I’ve also also included scripts to modify Windows/Linux firewalls to allow traffic through, there’s also a new set of build scripts that should hopefully make setting up your development environment/performing builds much easier.

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 16:59:45 +0000

Maybe sharing of the target (Windows) folder has been switched off? Win 11 tends to do this when rebooting, so if there’s any doubt go to ‘Properties’ of the folder in question and check that Sharing is enabled.

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 13:49:23 +0000

Thank you Chris. I managed to get SMB 1.0/CIFS Server enabled. I then (miraculously) found Powershell and checked that EnableSMB1Protocol was marked as true which it was. I then rebooted the PC and the RISC OS machines. On the RISC OS machine I clicked on the Shared1 icon on the icon bar and got a “Message from LanMan98 Filer” which said “Access denied”. Can anyone kindly advise how I proceed from here please?

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 13:42:29 +0000

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Wed, 07 Jan 2026 11:51:42 +0000

Make sure the smb1 server is enabled.

Using powershell check that the smb1 protocol is enabled. Should return True.

get-smbserverconfiguration | select EnableSMB1Protocol

If the above returns false, enable with:

set-smbserverconfiguration -enablesmb1protocol 1

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 11:10:49 +0000

If you have an NAS or another system like a Pi running Linux toy can mount the SMB2/3 share from windows as a folder and reshare as NFS.

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 10:38:50 +0000

Hi everyone, Happy new year to you all!

Thanks for all of the info; there’s lot’s to look through and digest! I admit, I haven’t done so yet, but I’m planning on doing it later today.

I have done a super-quick scan of everything and I’m thinking of collating everything into an issues list in the separate GitHub Repo’s so I can work through issues, then post back updates back here; not sure if this works best for folks, so I’m open to suggestions.

I’ll also get those pre-made binaries built today/tomorrow and put onto the releases section of the separate GitHub Repo’s as well; hopefully this will make things easier for testing, etc. (although the feedback from compiling is great; thank you!).

Once again, thanks everyone for testing/commenting/suggestions/support, it’s muchly appreciated.

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 10:20:58 +0000

Does this post help?

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 10:09:21 +0000

downgrade the security of the Windows install by re-enabling the deprecated SMB1 version

AFAIK however that is the only option if you want your RO machine to access Win 11 folders…..

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 04:38:36 +0000

Details for pre-ordering Rob’s book, Voices from a Future Passed – https://www.riscosopen.org/forum/forums/1/topics/20211

His slides from the meeting are also up on the ROUGOL website – https://rougol.jellybaby.net/meetings/2025/dec.html