[Samba] Cannot Get Samba to Work Without Encrypted Password with Legacy Client
Andrew Bartlett
abartlet at samba.org
Tue Mar 5 01:24:03 UTC 2024
On Mon, 2024-03-04 at 20:10 -0500, Tygre via samba wrote:
> Hi there,
> I have looked for a solution to my problem on the Internet (and
> in particular this mailing list), but couldn't find one, probably due
> to searching for the wrong thing :-)
> I have an RPI running Samba version 4.9.5-Debian. "pdbedit -L"
> shows that the user "smbuser" exists. I used "smbpassword" to set the
> password of "smbuser". I also have several "old" computers that I
> want to connect to this RPI using Samba. I managed to get an Amiga
> connected to the Samba server, by adding the directive "ntlm auth =
> yes" to "smb.conf".
> But, I cannot get a NeXTstation to connect to the server. It
> seems to me that, because the client on the NeXTstation only deals
> with unencrypted passwords, the server is unable to verify the
> username/password. I tried using the directive "encrypt passwords =
> no", but then neither the Amiga nor the NeXTstation can connect, with
> the error: "FAILED with error NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE".
> I don't understand why, by forcing unencrypted passwords, the
> server cannot find the username/password (anymore). I must be missing
> to allow the Samba server to work with unencrypted password. Could
> anyone help?
> Thanks in advance! Tygre
> PS. I do know that unencrypted passwords are unsecure and a bad idea
> but, right now, I'd like both my Amiga and NeXTstation to connect,
> before "hardening" the server.PPS. I join my "smb.conf", working with
> the Amiga (not the NeXTstation) and the log when trying to connect
> from the NeXTstation.
You would be best to just use guest access and IP restrictions, but if
you want a password it will be checking it against PAM, not the
smbpasswd file.
Andrew Bartlett
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