[Samba] [Announce] Samba 3.4.0pre1 Available for Download

[Adam Cohen]

Greetings,
I am wondering if this enhancement to authentication will solve a 
problem we are having whereby Windows XP client machines that are not 
domain members cannot access a Samba server which is a domain member.

Currently, the Windows client is challenged for credentials but no 
combination of domain\user is accepted.  We expected that even if the 
client workstation is not on the domain, the user could still supply 
domain credentials when connecting to Samba. 

A trace seems to show the behavior described below where the workstation 
name is used to qualify the username for authentication regardless of 
what is entered.  If I am reading the announcement correctly, it sounds 
like the domain name will now be used which should address our issue.


Karolin Seeger wrote:
> Release Announcements
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> Major enhancements in Samba 3.4.0 include:
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> Authentication Changes:
> o Changed the way smbd handles untrusted domain names given during user
>   authentication.
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Adam Cohen / IT Manager
Energy Biosciences Institute / UC Berkeley
109 Calvin Lab / 510-642-7709