[Samba] [Q] Are passwords case-sensitive in samba 3?

[Gerald (Jerry) Carter]

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Maurice Volaski wrote:

> Apparently it was possible from Windows 2000 and XP clients 
> to ignore the case of a mixed-case password and successfully
> logon users in samba-2.2.8a. Samba 3.0.14a-r1, however, is
> case-sensitive. (Passwords are stored in the smbpasswd file
> and encrypt passwords = Yes.)

lanman passwords are case insensitive.  NTLM passwords are
case sensitive.




cheers, jerry
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