From 2f4f2890e5919e52f66ac72d572e020a9c556dba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jelmer Vernooij Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2003 01:50:16 +0000 Subject: Update from Andrew Bartlett with documentation for 'client lanman auth' and 'client ntlmv2 auth' (This used to be commit 60f0934a6dc7a34dad42ba86744a1e3426e99967) --- .../smbdotconf/security/clientlanmanauth.xml | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++ .../smbdotconf/security/clientntlmv2auth.xml | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 54 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/clientlanmanauth.xml create mode 100644 docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/clientntlmv2auth.xml diff --git a/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/clientlanmanauth.xml b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/clientlanmanauth.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..52082f9dbf --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/clientlanmanauth.xml @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ + + + This parameter determines whether or not smbclient + 8 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. + + 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. + + Disabling this option will also disable the client plaintext auth option + + Likewise, if the cleint ntlmv2 + auth parameter is enabled, then only NTLMv2 logins will be + attempted. Not all servers support NTLMv2, and most will require + special configuration to us it. + + Default : client lanman auth = yes + + diff --git a/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/clientntlmv2auth.xml b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/clientntlmv2auth.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..4e60613a3e --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/clientntlmv2auth.xml @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ + + + This parameter determines whether or not smbclient + 8 will attempt to + authenticate itself to servers using the NTLMv2 encrypted password + response. + + If enabled, only an NTLMv2 and LMv2 response (both much more + secure than earlier versions) will be sent. Many servers + (including NT4 < SP4, Win9x and Samba 2.2) are not compatible with + NTLMv2. + + If disabled, an NTLM response (and possibly a LANMAN response) + will be sent by the client, depending on the value of client lanman auth. + + Note that some sites (particularly + those following 'best practice' security polices) only allow NTLMv2 + responses, and not the weaker LM or NTLM. + + Default : ntlmv2 auth = no + + -- cgit