[bug #5142] mc's built-in samba library is out of date

Follow-up Comment #2, bug #5142 (project mc): I wonder why this wasn't solved in 5 years. It's quite common and makes mc unusable. The average timeout is ~1 minute. ___ Reply to this item at: __

[bug #5142] mc's built-in samba library is out of date

Follow-up Comment #1, bug #5142 (project mc): We'll have this problem as long as mc uses Samba configuration files. Every time Samba changes the format of its configuration files, mc will have to be upgraded (not just recompiled). I see two solutions: 1) Use libsmbclient. This way, upgrading