[Samba] Homedrive mapping

[Nick Couchman]

If cleartext passwords is truly the issue, shouldn't you be able to enable
encrypted password in the samba configuration and have the Windows clients
send encrypted passwords?

--Nick

Ben Vaughan wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> We are making extensive use of the homedrive mapping fields in AD.
> (automagically mapping a drive letter to a UNC path without a logon script)
> Since we sp2 applied to our clients, none of them have been able to map
> their home drives to our samba servers.
>
> According to Microsoft's q-article,
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q308580&, "this
> behavior is by design".
>
> Is the issue described in the q-article ( cleartext passwords sent to
> downlevel servers ) truly the issue?  Is there any way to re-enable this
> functionality with more modern (2.2.x) versions of samba?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ben Vaughan
>
> Ben Vaughan
> Systems Engineer, Engineering Computing Support Services
> 210 Marston 515 294-1629, Iowa State University
> benvon at iastate.edu  pageben at iastate.edu
>
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