[Samba] smblib/auth

[Andrew Bartlett]

On Sun, 2003-03-16 at 05:53, Paul Reilly wrote:
> 
> I need to do an smb auth in an application I'm writing.
> I've looked at the source in smblib/*.c but I'm unsure
> which library and which function call I should link against.
> 
> I'm looking for something like this
> 
> $result = smb_auth($user,$pass,$pdc);
> 
> so that I can check if a user/pass combination is a valid
> username/password on the windows network.
> 
> What library, and what function call should I use?
> I'm working with Samba 2.2.8

None.

Do not use smblib.  If you want to verify a password against Windows,
use winbindd and pam_winbind or ntlm_auth (new in 3.0 alpha).

smblib has had a number of issues over the years, and I understand that
the authentication is usually just LM based (case-insensitive).  More
particularly, there is no way for it to tell if it's actually talking to
the DC.

Andrew Bartlett

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