<para>Normally this option should not be set as the automatic
negotiation phase in the SMB protocol takes care of choosing
- the appropriate protocol.</para>
+ the appropriate protocol unless you connect to a legacy SMB1-only server.</para>
<para>See <related>client max protocol</related> for a full list
of available protocols.</para>
<para>IPC$ connections for DCERPC e.g. in winbindd, are handled by the
<smbconfoption name="client ipc min protocol"/> option.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that most command line tools support
+ --option='client min protocol=NT1', so it may not be required to
+ enable SMB1 protocols globally in smb.conf.</para>
</description>
<related>client max protocol</related>
<related>client ipc min protocol</related>
<related>client ipc max protocol</related>
-<value type="default">CORE</value>
+<value type="default">SMB2_02</value>
<value type="example">NT1</value>
</samba:parameter>