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Old 04-04-2007   #7 (permalink)
Malke


 
 

Re: Connecting to OSX Macs

I don't see where "AntiMac" has done the "NTLM" fix. I might have missed
it, but if s/he hasn't done this, here is how to get your Vista machines
to network with OS X:


From Michael Bishop (MS) - "Basically, the issue with Samba and Vista
is that Vista no longer permits LM or NTLM authentication by default;
only NTLMv2. Samba versions 1.x and 2.x only support LM and NTLM, so
there's an issue there.

"[MS] Recommended solution: upgrade to Samba 3.x and enable NTLMv2 by
adding "client ntlmv2 auth = yes" to your smb.conf file. Because of
another issues with previous versions, I strongly recommend upgrading to
3.0.22 or later regardless of your choice for this particular instance."

Here's what I did and it worked perfectly:

Alternate solution: change Vista's security settings to permit
lower-security authentications. (as below)

To enable Windows Vista to connect to Mac OS X with Windows File Sharing
enabled, you will need to change the following policy in Windows Vista:

Start>Run>secpol.msc [enter]

Click on "Local Policies" --> "Security Options"

Navigate to the policy "Network Security: LAN Manager authentication
level" and double-click it to get its Properties. By default Windows
Vista sets the policy to "NTVLM2 responses only". Use the drop-down
arrow to change this to "LM and NTLM – use NTLMV2 session security if
negotiated".

In Vista Home Premium, you won't have this tool so per Steve Winograd, do:

1. Run the registry editor and open this key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa

1. If it doesn't already exist, create a DWORD value named
LmCompatibilityLevel

3. Set the value to 1

4. Reboot

HTH,

Malke
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