dave@fgh.geac.com.au wrote:>
> Method 1:
>
> Configure the Samba server to support Challenge-Handshake Authentication
> Protocol (CHAP) password encryption. Please refer to your Samba
> documentation in how to configure a Samba SMB server. NOTE: This is the
> preferred method to resolve this issue because it is more secure than
> sending unencrypted passwords over the net.
>
> Well, I got Samba 2.0.0, and there is no mention of CHAP... So, does
> Samba support CHAP, or are Microsoft up themselves? The point is, we
> don't want passwords to be sent in the clear over the network.
What they are talking about here is standard NT/Lanman
encryption. Read ENCRYPTION.txt in the Samba docs for details.
Their changes to CHAP are MS-CHAP but this has nothing
to do with their file-sharing code.
Regards,
Jeremy Allison,
Samba Team.
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