[linux-cifs-client] NTLMv2 mounts to Windows (not just Samba) now work

[Steve French]

Chris Shelton wrote:
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> Steve,
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> On Thu, 7 Dec 2006 at 10:20pm, Steve French wrote:
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>> More secure mounts, ie specifying "sec=ntlmv2" on the mount, now works to
>> Windows servers, not just Samba servers.
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>> http://master.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/sfrench/cifs-2.6.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=33ec32fae0e2c4433bfd1e74cbde6cb16604a719;hp=c99767974ebd2a719d849fdeaaa1674456f5283f
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> Actually, cifs mounts ntlmv2 to Windows servers has worked for me
> since you released cifs version 1.44 for older kernels (pre 2.6.17)
> back in June 2006.  Here is a link to the note I sent several months
> ago, just after the release of 1.44:
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That is good news - but my guess is that some versions of Windows are 
more picky about the domain name field in the NTLMSSP response depending 
on whether they are part of a domain, the domain controller, or 
standalone/workstation - perhaps based on service pack level - but in 
any case, I am glad it worked for more servers than I thought.