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authorJohn Terpstra <jht@samba.org>1997-06-28 23:29:05 +0000
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- LanManager / Samba Password Encryption.
- ---------------------------------------
+Contributor: Jeremy Allison <samba-bugs@samba.anu.edu.au>
+Updated: June 27, 1997
+Note: Please refer to WinNT.txt also
+
+Subject: LanManager / Samba Password Encryption.
+============================================================================
With the development of LanManager and Windows NT compatible password
encryption for Samba, it is now able to validate user connections in
@@ -115,6 +119,13 @@ ftp
ftp) which send plain text passwords over the net, so not sending them
for SMB isn't such a big deal.
+Note that Windows NT 4.0 Service pack 3 changed the default for
+permissible authentication so that plaintext passwords are *never*
+sent over the wire. The solution to this is either to switch to
+encrypted passwords with Samba or edit the Windows NT registry to
+re-enable plaintext passwords. See the document WinNT.txt for
+details on how to do this.
+
The smbpasswd file.
-------------------
@@ -249,7 +260,7 @@ secure by reporting all problems to me (the author, Jeremy Allison).
My email address is :-
-jra@cygnus.com
+jallison@whistle.com
Setting up Samba to support LanManager Encryption.
--------------------------------------------------
@@ -335,3 +346,5 @@ Thank you,
Jeremy Allison.
+==============================================================================
+Footnote: Please refer to WinNT.txt also