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authorJelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org>2003-07-05 01:50:16 +0000
committerJelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org>2003-07-05 01:50:16 +0000
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Update from Andrew Bartlett with documentation for
'client lanman auth' and 'client ntlmv2 auth' (This used to be commit 60f0934a6dc7a34dad42ba86744a1e3426e99967)
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diff --git a/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/clientlanmanauth.xml b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/clientlanmanauth.xml
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+<samba:parameter name="client lanman auth"
+ context="G"
+ advanced="1" developer="1"
+ xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common">
+<listitem>
+ <para>This parameter determines whether or not <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbclient</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> and other samba client
+ tools will attempt to authenticate itself to servers using the
+ weaker LANMAN password hash. If disabled, only server which support NT
+ password hashes (e.g. Windows NT/2000, Samba, etc... but not
+ Windows 95/98) will be able to be connected from the Samba client.</para>
+
+ <para>The LANMAN encrypted response is easily broken, due to it's
+ case-insensitive nature, and the choice of algorithm. Clients
+ without Windows 95/98 servers are advised to disable
+ this option. </para>
+
+ <para>Disabling this option will also disable the <command
+ moreinfo="none">client plaintext auth</command> option</para>
+
+ <para>Likewise, if the <command moreinfo="none">cleint ntlmv2
+ auth</command> parameter is enabled, then only NTLMv2 logins will be
+ attempted. Not all servers support NTLMv2, and most will require
+ special configuration to us it.</para>
+
+ <para>Default : <command moreinfo="none">client lanman auth = yes</command></para>
+</listitem>
+</samba:parameter>
diff --git a/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/clientntlmv2auth.xml b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/clientntlmv2auth.xml
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+<samba:parameter name="ntlmv2 auth"
+ context="G"
+ advanced="1" developer="1"
+ xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common">
+<listitem>
+ <para>This parameter determines whether or not <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbclient</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> will attempt to
+ authenticate itself to servers using the NTLMv2 encrypted password
+ response.</para>
+
+ <para>If enabled, only an NTLMv2 and LMv2 response (both much more
+ secure than earlier versions) will be sent. Many servers
+ (including NT4 &lt; SP4, Win9x and Samba 2.2) are not compatible with
+ NTLMv2. </para>
+
+ <para>If disabled, an NTLM response (and possibly a LANMAN response)
+ will be sent by the client, depending on the value of <command
+ moreinfo="none">client lanman auth</command>. </para>
+
+ <para>Note that some sites (particularly
+ those following 'best practice' security polices) only allow NTLMv2
+ responses, and not the weaker LM or NTLM.</para>
+
+ <para>Default : <command moreinfo="none">ntlmv2 auth = no</command></para>
+</listitem>
+</samba:parameter>