1 <samba:parameter name="encrypt passwords"
5 xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
7 <para>This parameter has been deprecated since Samba 4.11 and
8 support for plaintext (as distinct from NTLM, NTLMv2
9 or Kerberos authentication)
10 will be removed in a future Samba release.</para>
11 <para>That is, in the future, the current default of
12 <command>encrypt passwords = yes</command>
13 will be the enforced behaviour.</para>
14 <para>This boolean controls whether encrypted passwords
15 will be negotiated with the client. Note that Windows NT 4.0 SP3 and
16 above and also Windows 98 will by default expect encrypted passwords
17 unless a registry entry is changed. To use encrypted passwords in
18 Samba see the chapter "User Database" in the Samba HOWTO Collection.
22 MS Windows clients that expect Microsoft encrypted passwords and that
23 do not have plain text password support enabled will be able to
24 connect only to a Samba server that has encrypted password support
25 enabled and for which the user accounts have a valid encrypted password.
26 Refer to the smbpasswd command man page for information regarding the
27 creation of encrypted passwords for user accounts.
31 The use of plain text passwords is NOT advised as support for this feature
32 is no longer maintained in Microsoft Windows products. If you want to use
33 plain text passwords you must set this parameter to no.
36 <para>In order for encrypted passwords to work correctly
37 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
38 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> must either
39 have access to a local <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbpasswd</refentrytitle>
40 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> file (see the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbpasswd</refentrytitle>
41 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> program for information on how to set up
42 and maintain this file), or set the <smbconfoption name="security">[domain|ads]</smbconfoption> parameter which
43 causes <command moreinfo="none">smbd</command> to authenticate against another
46 <value type="default">yes</value>