[Samba] samba4.1.2: Allow cryptography algorithms compatible with Windows NT 4.0

[Andrew Bartlett]

On Wed, 2013-12-04 at 10:40 +0100, Francesco Malvezzi wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> while fiddling with VmWare View without being able to join windows7
> client to samba4 domain, we stumbled on the following article:
> 
> http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1028164
> 
> which says, should we run MS Windows 2008R2 AD, we should enable the
> "Allow cryptography algorithms compatible with Windows NT 4.0" registry key.
> 
> Am I correct to suppose a samba-4.1.2 PDC emulates a Windows 2008R2 (as
> long as cryptography is involved)?
> 
> Is there a way (if any) to downgrade the cryptography requirements of a
> samba-4.1.2 domain to meet the "Allow cryptography algorithms compatible
> with Windows NT 4.0"?

Is there something that specifically doesn't work for you?

Andrew Bartlett

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