Issues with kio_smb in KDE4

[Gleb Popov]

>
> Hi,
>
> I'm running KDE4 from the main ports on FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASEp1. I've been
> using the kio_smb plugin with Dolphin for ages to move files back & forth
> between my desktop and my Blackberry Playbook. A little while back it just
> stopped working. Looking at tcpdump traces it starts a tcp connection and then
> just stops.
>
> I tested the Playbook using Total Commander on my Android tablet; no problem.
> I installed samba44 on my FreeBSD box and tried smbclient; no problem.
>
> Any thoughts on what I can do to troubleshoot this? Dolphin is far more
> convenient than smbclient.
>
> Cheers,
> DMK
>
>
I'm experiencing this too.

The thing is that KDE4 uses libsmbclient36, and smbclient/smbget
executables from samba36 doesn't work for too. The 3.6 version is EOL,
which probably explains why it doesn't work anymore.

Samba44 does work, but there is no libsmbclient44, alas.
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