[Lias] XP Pro Clients on Samba PDC

[Phil Scarratt]

No shouldn't have to as long as your smb.conf file has the following directive set

encrypt passwords = Yes


Fil

Quoting "Patterson, Graeme" <Graeme.Patterson at det.nsw.edu.au>:

> Thanks  for the replies.
>  
> Do I need to disable the policy
> "Send unencrypted password to conect to third-party SMB servers"?
>  
> - Graeme 
>  
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Simon Bryan [mailto:sbryan at olmc.nsw.edu.au] 
> Sent: Tue 26/11/2002 9:20 PM 
> To: Phil Scarratt; LIAS 
> Cc: 
> Subject: RE: [Lias] XP Pro Clients on Samba PDC
> 
> 
> 
> I just read that page, and at last setting Samba up as a PDC looks like I 
> could achieve it! Good reference. Thanks 
> 
> > -----Original Message----- 
> > From: lias-admin at lists.linux.org.au 
> > [mailto:lias-admin at lists.linux.org.au
> <mailto:lias-admin at lists.linux.org.au> ]On Behalf Of Phil Scarratt 
> > Sent: Tue, 26. November 2002 12:05 PM 
> > To: LIAS 
> > Subject: [Lias] XP Pro Clients on Samba PDC 
> > 
> > 
> > Some information I found in the UNofficial Samba HowTo 
> > (http://hr.uoregon.edu/davidrl/samba.html
> <http://hr.uoregon.edu/davidrl/samba.html> ) on XP Pro clients. 
> > 
> > Extract from there follows: 
> > 
> > ############## EXTRACT ############## 
> > 
> > Windows XP Clients 
> > 
> > To force Windows XP Professional clients to accept Samba as a PDC, use the
> 
> > built-in XP Group Policy editor (gpedit.msc) and locate the Computer 
> > Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local 
> > Policies\Security Options 
> > branch. Make sure to disable the following policies: 
> > 
> > Domain Member: Digitally encrypt or sign secure channel data (always) 
> > Domain Member: Digitally sign secure channel data (when possible) 
> > 
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