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| author | Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org> | 2004-04-07 10:15:11 +0000 |
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| committer | Gerald W. Carter <jerry@samba.org> | 2008-04-23 08:45:43 -0500 |
| commit | 992f1e6b8f86b346fddd266b04d29cde69585633 (patch) | |
| tree | 878573999a6831aa14cd6b8072263eb5d5910aa4 /docs/smbdotconf/security/lanmanauth.xml | |
| parent | 65c0fd59203a3d9c4cb685e3a739f29f6f0c4fd6 (diff) | |
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Add all the source files from the old CVS tree,
add the 5 missing chapters from the HOWTO
and add jht's Samba by Example book.
(This used to be commit 9fb5bcb93e57c5162b3ee6f9c7d777dc0269d100)
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diff --git a/docs/smbdotconf/security/lanmanauth.xml b/docs/smbdotconf/security/lanmanauth.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..dba8d6f975 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/smbdotconf/security/lanmanauth.xml @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +<samba:parameter name="lanman auth" + context="G" + type="boolean" + advanced="1" developer="1" + xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common"> +<description> + <para>This parameter determines whether or not <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> will attempt to authenticate users + using the LANMAN password hash. If disabled, only clients which support NT + password hashes (e.g. Windows NT/2000 clients, smbclient, etc... but not + Windows 95/98 or the MS DOS network client) will be able to connect to the Samba host.</para> + + <para>The LANMAN encrypted response is easily broken, due to it's + case-insensitive nature, and the choice of algorithm. Servers + without Windows 95/98 or MS DOS clients are advised to disable + this option. </para> + + <para>Unlike the <command moreinfo="none">encypt + passwords</command> option, this parameter cannot alter client + behaviour, and the LANMAN response will still be sent over the + network. See the <command moreinfo="none">client lanman + auth</command> to disable this for Samba's clients (such as smbclient)</para> + + <para>If this option, and <command moreinfo="none">ntlm + auth</command> are both disabled, then only NTLMv2 logins will be + permited. Not all clients support NTLMv2, and most will require + special configuration to us it.</para> +</description> + +<value type="default">yes</value> +</samba:parameter> |