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authorSteve French <sfrench@us.ibm.com>2008-08-28 15:30:06 +0000
committerSteve French <sfrench@us.ibm.com>2008-08-28 15:30:06 +0000
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[CIFS] update cifs change log
Signed-off-by: Steve French <sfrench@us.ibm.com>
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@@ -542,10 +542,20 @@ SecurityFlags Flags which control security negotiation and
hashing mechanisms (as "must use") on the other hand
does not make much sense. Default flags are
0x07007
- (NTLM, NTLMv2 and packet signing allowed). Maximum
+ (NTLM, NTLMv2 and packet signing allowed). The maximum
allowable flags if you want to allow mounts to servers
using weaker password hashes is 0x37037 (lanman,
- plaintext, ntlm, ntlmv2, signing allowed):
+ plaintext, ntlm, ntlmv2, signing allowed). Some
+ SecurityFlags require the corresponding menuconfig
+ options to be enabled (lanman and plaintext require
+ CONFIG_CIFS_WEAK_PW_HASH for example). Enabling
+ plaintext authentication currently requires also
+ enabling lanman authentication in the security flags
+ because the cifs module only supports sending
+ laintext passwords using the older lanman dialect
+ form of the session setup SMB. (e.g. for authentication
+ using plain text passwords, set the SecurityFlags
+ to 0x30030):
may use packet signing 0x00001
must use packet signing 0x01001