[Samba] Cannot Get Samba to Work Without Encrypted Password with Legacy Client

[Tygre]

	Thank you Andrew for your swift answer.

	How could I have non-encrypted password exchange between my server and one of my clients (because this seems to me the problem right now)?

	Best,
	Tygre

On 2024-03-04 20:24, Andrew Bartlett wrote:
> On Mon, 2024-03-04 at 20:10 -0500, Tygre via samba wrote:
>> 	Hi there,
>>
>> 	I have looked for a solution to my problem on the Internet (and in particular this mailing list), but couldn't find one, probably due to searching for the wrong thing :-)
>>
>> 	I have an RPI running Samba version 4.9.5-Debian. "pdbedit -L" shows that the user "smbuser" exists. I used "smbpassword" to set the password of "smbuser". I also have several "old" computers that I want to connect to this RPI using Samba. I managed to get an Amiga connected to the Samba server, by adding the directive "ntlm auth = yes" to "smb.conf".
>>
>> 	But, I cannot get a NeXTstation to connect to the server. It seems to me that, because the client on the NeXTstation only deals with unencrypted passwords, the server is unable to verify the username/password. I tried using the directive "encrypt passwords = no", but then neither the Amiga nor the NeXTstation can connect, with the error: "FAILED with error NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE".
>>
>> 	I don't understand why, by forcing unencrypted passwords, the server cannot find the username/password (anymore). I must be missing to allow the Samba server to work with unencrypted password. Could anyone help?
>>
>> 	Thanks in advance!
>> 	Tygre
>>
>> PS. I do know that unencrypted passwords are unsecure and a bad idea but, right now, I'd like both my Amiga and NeXTstation to connect, before "hardening" the server.
>> PPS. I join my "smb.conf", working with the Amiga (not the NeXTstation) and the log when trying to connect from the NeXTstation.
> 
> You would be best to just use guest access and IP restrictions, but if you want a password it will be checking it against PAM, not the smbpasswd file.
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