1 <samba:parameter name="client lanman auth"
4 xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
6 <para>This parameter determines whether or not <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbclient</refentrytitle>
7 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> and other samba client
8 tools will attempt to authenticate itself to servers using the
9 weaker LANMAN password hash. If disabled, only server which support NT
10 password hashes (e.g. Windows NT/2000, Samba, etc... but not
11 Windows 95/98) will be able to be connected from the Samba client.</para>
13 <para>The LANMAN encrypted response is easily broken, due to its
14 case-insensitive nature, and the choice of algorithm. Clients
15 without Windows 95/98 servers are advised to disable
18 <para>Disabling this option will also disable the <command
19 moreinfo="none">client plaintext auth</command> option.</para>
21 <para>Likewise, if the <command moreinfo="none">client ntlmv2
22 auth</command> parameter is enabled, then only NTLMv2 logins will be
26 <value type="default">no</value>