[Samba] ntlm_auth not returning "STATUS_OK"

[Mark Foley]

On Sun Jan 28 19:35:36 2024 Andrew Bartlett via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2024-01-24 at 10:02 +0000, Rowland Penny via samba wrote:
> > Sooner or later, ntlm_auth wil be removed, so if you can find another
> > way for your script to do what it is doing now, then you may be wise
> > to
> > do so.
> > In the meantime, it might be a good idea to log a bug report.
> > 
> > Rowland
>
> I do need to clarify, the ntlm_auth binary, which is scriptable
> interface to winbindd for password checking, of raw passwords and for
> NTLMSSP and Kerberos authentication protocols, as well as a client for
> the same, is not going away any time soon.  
>
> Frankly neither is NTLM in any sense, given Microsoft is only just
> starting to implement a better alternative.
>
> The "ntlm auth" option and the ntlm_auth binary are not really
> connected.
>
> Andrew Bartlett

Thanks for that reassuring info. When the dust settles on my end I'll take some
time to research "ntlm auth", ntlm_auth and Kerberos.

Thanks for your work!

--Mark