Samba for MPE/iX Server Security Mode

Samba for MPE/iX server mode security is just one of the security policies of user level authentication. This mode of security is one of the types in processing user authentication. After the user is validated, access rights are enforced for the user:

To make Samba for MPE/iX operate in server security mode:

After setting up the configuration, the client can proceed to login to the Samba for MPE/iX server. When connecting to a service using user level security, the client sends a session setup SMB that includes username and password. This step is not necessary while using shared level security.

In server level security, the Samba for MPE/iX server reports to the client in which it is in user level security. The client sends username and password pair. The Samba for MPE/iX server takes the username/password that the client sent and attempts to login to the "password server" by sending exactly the same username/password that it got from the client. If that server is in user level security and accepts the password, Samba for MPE/iX accepts the client's connection. This allows the Samba for MPE/iX server to use another SMB server as the "password server," the user authenticates against the NT password.

Some particular issues with Samba for MPE/iX and Windows NT: one of the problems with Windows NT is that NT refuses to connect to a server that is in user level security mode and doesn't support password encryption unless it first prompts the user for a password.

This means that even if you have the same password on the NT box and the Samba for MPE/iX server, you will get prompted for a password. Entering the correct password will get you connected.