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Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
lkcl at switchboard.net
Sun May 24 13:15:21 GMT 1998
On Sun, 24 May 1998, Danny Braniss wrote:
> }> if you could unify all calls for (smb only?)authentication into:
> }> is_smb_passwd_ok(user-name, type, challenge, NThash, LMhash)
> }>
> }> and type: i don't have a nice name - yet - but i see two types
> }> according to the hash function to use:
> }>
> }> 1) for logon
> }> 2) for all other services.
> }
> }all services use nt lm hashes. there actually need (and are) two versions
> }of this function.
> }
> }one takes NT hash and LM hash; the other takes an 8 byte challenge plus
> }the 24 byte NT response (generated by client from 16 byte blah blah) plus
> }24 byte LM response (generate by client from blah blah) you know the
> }score.
> }
> }these two functions already exist therefore in password.c. from what you
> }are saying
>
> if both are in password.c (didn't get a chance to look at yet) then it
password.c hasn't been modified in this area.
> will be easy, in the prev. releases they were in smbpass &
> rpc_something-or-other (...intercative...()).
[net_login_interactive() and net_login_network(). see the latest post
under "Re: password API needed" thread. smbpass.c is no longer the main
entry point for SAM data (including password) storage: passdb.c is.]
luke
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