[Bug 251830] Obsolete samba port or package reference

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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=251830

            Bug ID: 251830
           Summary: Obsolete samba port or package reference
           Product: Documentation
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Many People
          Priority: ---
         Component: Documentation
          Assignee: doc at FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: george.guimaraes at outlook.com

Documentation on section 29.10. File and Print Services for Microsoft® Windows®
Clients (Samba)
(https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-samba.html)
has the following verbiage:

...

On FreeBSD, the Samba client libraries can be installed using the net/samba410
port or package. The client provides the ability for a FreeBSD system to access
SMB/CIFS shares in a Microsoft® Windows® network.

...

I would like to propose bumping the version of Samba to something newer, given
the options one can choose from the package manager.

samba410-4.10.18               Free SMB/CIFS and AD/DC server and client for
Unix
samba411-4.11.13               Free SMB/CIFS and AD/DC server and client for
Unix
samba412-4.12.7                Free SMB/CIFS and AD/DC server and client for
Unix
samba413-4.13.0                Free SMB/CIFS and AD/DC server and client for
Unix
% uname -a
FreeBSD freenas 12.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 12.2-RELEASE r366954 GENERIC  amd64

Additionally, I would like to suggest adding a quick sub-section under 29.10.2
or after it, mentioning how to add one entry in /etc/fstab for convenient
mounting with `mount` or even during boot process. Something like what's in the
`mount_smb` man page:

It is also possible to use fstab(5) for smbfs mounts (the example below
does not prompt for a password):

  //guest at samba/public    /smb/public     smbfs  rw,noauto,-N 0   0

Thank you!

ps.: Please let me know if there is a way to contribute to this by sending a
patch for review. I would be more than happy to work on the writing and
formatting for someone to review and approve.

-George.

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