How to tune Samba for use on a Mac

Macs have had issues with SMB and Samba on servers that aren’t Macs. Most forums online tell you to put really insane unsafe settings that make 0 sense. Socket options with static send buffer sizes and receive buffer sizes are something that I wouldn’t recommend anyone use because your server would be more prone to client dropouts than what can actually be achieved. The real problem is that the default configuration is general. The most basic outline for a SMB server you can have. If you have problems with the norm, then your device is bad. But it’s leaving out the Apple-specific bullshit like attributes and whatnot that help it go faster. That’s where the fruit module comes into play. It’s simple – Make Apple’s SMB work with this SMB. There’s no reason to include it in the default, but it will make your experience faster by a LOT. Now – the exact nicks are abstract even to me. I’m not going to look into them much (again, after I’ve done them once years ago). But I will say that these…