[Samba] Help! Samba 3.0 can't use null password with OS X

[Andrei Bazhgin]

The latest release (stable) of Samba is 3.0.1, get that - I am sure the bug is
resolved in 3.0.1

On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 05:53:10PM -0800, David Wuertele wrote:
> When I made the move to 3.0, I noticed that smbclient no longer works
> with null passwords.  Am I missing something?  I read the FAQ, which
> suggests that the server is rejecting the null password.  But I know
> that null passwords work fine for the 2.2.8a client, so the server is
> not the issue.  The FAQ recommends "smbclient -L host -U%", but I
> don't want to set the username to null.  I want a non-null username
> with a null password.
> 
> I traced the packets on the two smbclients, and I see several
> differences.  The command I ran was:
> 
>   smbclient //g4-box-1/dood  -I 192.168.5.90 -U dood
> 
> I used the same command on both 2.2.8a and 3.0 systems.  Here are the
> differences I saw in the packets:
> 
> 1.  client sends "Extended Security Negotiation: Extended security
>     negotiation is supported" on 3.0, but not on 2.2.8a
> 
> 2.  2.2.8a client sends ANSI Password, Unicode Password, and
>     uppercased-account name.  Meanwhile, 3.0 client doesn't send
>     either passwords, and sends a lowercased-account name.  I think
>     this is actually the key here.
> 
> 3.  the "primary domain" sent by 2.2.8a is the client's default
>     domain, while the "primary domain" sent by 3.0 is the domain of
>     the share being accessed
> 
> 4.  2.2.8a sends "SMB Command: Session Setup AndX (0x73)" and gets
>         response "NT Status: STATUS_SUCCESS (0x00000000)"
>     3.0 sends same command and gets response
>            "NT Status: STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE (0xc000006d)"
> 
> Any suggestions how to get 3.0 to work with null passwords?
> 
> Thanks,
> Dave
> 
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