[Samba] Hashes in smbpasswd

Gerald (Jerry) Carter jerry at samba.org
Mon Aug 23 14:38:01 GMT 2004


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William Jojo wrote:
|
| AIX 5.2
| Samba 3.0.6
|
| the smbpasswd file is showing only the nt (second) hash
| after a machine join. the lm hash (first) is all X's.
|
| is this expected?

yes.  machine accounts don't use the lanman hash.

| I also noticed in LDAP that this was the case
| on password changes for users.
|
| has the LM hash been dropped?

Nope.  But the LM hashed should be X'd only if
the password selected was more than 14 characfters.
(this is how I remember it at least).  If I'm wrong,
Andrew can fill in the blanks.



cheers, jerry
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