Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 12:15:08 -0700
From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To: Magnus B{ckstr|m <b@etek.chalmers.se>
Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: smbfs password capitalization
Message-ID: <3D6E72BC.6BB5B9F5@mindspring.com>
References: <Pine.BSF.4.44.0208291614360.10757-100000@scrooge.etek.chalmers.se>
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Magnus B{ckstr|m wrote:
> smbfs(4) capitalizes the password before attempting to authenticate to
> an SMB server. This ceased being a good idea once even m$ admitted the
> benefits of mixed-case passwords; can/should we change it?
> I propose the below patch.
According to Jeremy Allison, it should try the password as it
was supplied by the user, and, if that fails, try the case-folded
password instead. Otherewise, you do not have compatability with
old servers that expect the case folding behaviour.
-- Terry
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