<samba:parameter name="client lanman auth"
context="G"
type="boolean"
+ deprecated="1"
xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
<description>
+ <para>This parameter has been deprecated since Samba 4.13 and
+ support for LanMan (as distinct from NTLM, NTLMv2 or
+ Kerberos) authentication as a client
+ will be removed in a future Samba release.</para>
+ <para>That is, in the future, the current default of
+ <command>client NTLMv2 auth = yes</command>
+ will be the enforced behaviour.</para>
+
<para>This parameter determines whether or not <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbclient</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> and other samba client
tools will attempt to authenticate itself to servers using the