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Williams_Nest
Enthusiast I
June 14, 2019

SMB2 (or SMB3) support must be supported NOW!

  • June 14, 2019
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We are writing summer 2019 and still Sonos only supports SMB version 1 for the Music Library share.

This is not acceptable.

A file share running SMB1 is extremely vulnerable to all the variants of cryptolocker virus that exists today. File share servers (NAS, Windows, Apple OS) can only support one version of SMB - so you cannot from the same box have one file share (for Sonos) using SMB1 and the other file shares using SMB2 or SMB3. This way Sonos puts each and every file share at serious risc - just because they don’t update their file share protocol to comply with this century.

And for the record - the “solution” through PLEX is not a solution. Unstable at best.
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    bockersjv
    bockersjv
    Local Superstar
    June 30, 2021

    I’d be interested in trying the HTTP sharing if someone wanted to develop a Linux server for it.

    Apache supports running as a fileserver right out of the box!

    While I do respect your Raspberry Pi solution and agree that it will work for many people, I am concerned about less technical folks like my dad who aren’t savvy enough to set up that sort of solution. The onus here should be on Sonos to provide a solution, it should not be on us to work around their deficiencies!

    10.1.1

     

    I have to agree, we all want a solution. It’s safe to assume S1 will never get one though. 

    For S2 the worry is that Sonos is focussing on Streaming music over locally stored tunes, and given they have supplied a workaround for SMB, they may not even have this on any development list.

    StofferDK
    Lyricist I
    July 3, 2021

    Any news about supporting a newer SMB version?

    Airgetlam
    Airgetlam
    July 3, 2021

    No.

    Bruce
    jicho
    Lyricist III
    July 3, 2021

    Any news about supporting a newer SMB version?

    Nope, the only reaction that I get from Sonos Support is that they have registered my complaint and that  they are going show it to the Product management team.

    No guarantees if or when something will change.

    mannri
    Lyricist II
    July 11, 2021

    Support for SMB1 is removed from Synology DSM 7. Many folks might update their NAS, only to find Sonos can no longer connect. SMB1 is being removed from lots of platforms due to security issues, and with all the hacks / ransomware out there, it will stay removed. We need a clear ETA for Sonos to support SMB2 / SMB3.

     

    Yeap, I really didn't see this coming. Not from Synology point of view rather from Sonos. They got them self locked on a technology that should have been out of use for like years already. Incredible. Only purpose I had them actually is smb music library. Now that is not possible anymore. 

    jicho
    Lyricist III
    July 11, 2021

    Support for SMB1 is removed from Synology DSM 7. Many folks might update their NAS, only to find Sonos can no longer connect. SMB1 is being removed from lots of platforms due to security issues, and with all the hacks / ransomware out there, it will stay removed. We need a clear ETA for Sonos to support SMB2 / SMB3.

     

    Yeap, I really didn't see this coming. Not from Synology point of view rather from Sonos. They got them self locked on a technology that should have been out of use for like years already. Incredible. Only purpose I had them actually is smb music library. Now that is not possible anymore. 


    You can go for a “fix” using Docker. Most Synology’s can run it. 
     

    have a look here:

    When you do be sure that SMB is read only for the use that logs in AND that the data is mounted also read only. So… when a bit locker or something else wants to change your music it will not possible to do so 😉 Please do not comprise your NAS security by chasing the security to “lower settings”  

     

    I’ve got it running, works great. 
     

    and yes… at the end Adonis should fix this, but they do not seem to be in a hurry… they advertise Plex as a solution… hope they will take this seriously and come with a fix from Sonos!

      Nick Brown
      Nick Brown
      Contributor I
      July 27, 2021

      Using Sonos with Synology DSM7 is fully supported, no work around needed.

      DSM7 has SMB1 support, but NTLMv1 login support is now disabled by default.

      Just need need to go to: Control Panel → File Services → SMB → Advance Settings → Others → Enable NTLMv1 authentication (it will warn that is vey insecure), and then Save.

        Br0mmi
        Lyricist I
        August 15, 2021

        This is really unsecure, please add support for NTLMv2 asap. :(

        Stanley_4
        Stanley_4
        Grand Maestro
        August 15, 2021

        If you are concerned about security you can share your SMB2/3 or other protocol NAS to Sonos using an SMB v1 Gateway.

        Here is how to do it on a Raspberry Pi, the same settings will work on most Linux computers.

        https://stan-miller.livejournal.com/357.html

          nospywareplease
          Lyricist III
          August 16, 2021

          I spent half an hour looking for why I couldn’t add my music library and discovered that it’s because it requires smb v1 on the NAS.
          Reading this forum put me into increasing disbelief that a) there were trolls saying pull support for NAS (why do you even bother?) and b) there seems to be some excuse that it’s somehow hard to use a current kernel with smbv2/3 support. It’s not and from a security standpoint it’s ridiculous that an old kernel is being used.

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