[Samba] xp: unknown user name or bad password

[Rowland Penny]

On Sat, 19 Aug 2017 17:56:06 -0700
ToddAndMargo via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> The cure was to add to smb.conf
> 
> ; To operate with XP, add the following to the [global] section:
> ;    lanman auth = yes
> ;    ntlm auth = yes
>     lanman auth = yes
>     ntlm auth = yes
> 
> 

Sorry, but you seem to have fixed the wrong thing ;-)
Did you miss 'Wanacry' ???

Do not make Samba use ntlm, make XP (if you must use XP) use NTLMv2,
see here:

http://www.imss.caltech.edu/node/396

Rowland