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[abartlet/samba.git/.git] / docs / docbook / smbdotconf / security / lanmanauth.xml

diff --git a/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/lanmanauth.xml b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/lanmanauth.xml
index e293242472bf4b126d4cb38bb696ddf2fb4d6e08..0a8fdd3ef35561bf0baa9177d1ff6703e421f007 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/lanmanauth.xml
+++ b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/lanmanauth.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,23 @@
     using the LANMAN password hash. If disabled, only clients which support NT 
     password hashes (e.g. Windows NT/2000 clients, smbclient, etc... but not 
     Windows 95/98 or the MS DOS network client) will be able to connect to the Samba host.</para>
+
+    <para>The LANMAN encrypted response is easily broken, due to it's
+    case-insensitive nature, and the choice of algorithm.  Servers
+    without Windows 95/98 or MS DOS clients are advised to disable
+    this option.  </para>
                
+    <para>Unlike the <command moreinfo="none">encypt
+    passwords</command> option, this parameter cannot alter client
+    behaviour, and the LANMAN response will still be sent over the
+    network.  See the <command moreinfo="none">client lanman
+    auth</command> to disable this for Samba's clients (such as smbclient)</para>
+
+    <para>If this option, and <command moreinfo="none">ntlm
+    auth</command> are both disabled, then only NTLMv2 logins will be
+    permited.  Not all clients support NTLMv2, and most will require
+    special configuration to us it.</para>
+
     <para>Default : <command moreinfo="none">lanman auth = yes</command></para>
 </listitem>
 </samba:parameter>