NAME
ntlmauth - tool to allow external access to Winbind's NTLM authentica-
tion functionSYNOPSIS
nnttllmmaauutthh [-d debuglevel] [-l logdir] [-s
] DESCRIPTION
This tool is part of the ssaammbbaa(7) suite.nnttllmmaauutthh is a helper utility that authenticates users using NT/LM au-
thentication. It returns 0 if the users is authenticated successfully and 1 if access was denied. ntlmauth uses winbind to access the user and authentication data for a domain. This utility is only indended to be used by other programs (currentlySquid and modntlmwinbind) OOPPEERRAATTIIOONNAALL RREEQQUUIIRREEMMEENNTTSS The wwiinnbbiinndddd(8) daemon must be operational for many of these commands to function.Some of these commands also require access to the directory win-
binddprivileged in $LOCKDIR. This should be done either by running
this command as root or providing group access to the winbinddprivi-
leged directory. For security reasons, this directory should not beworld-accessable.
OOPPTTIIOONNSS-helper-protocol=PROTO
Operate as a stdio-based helper. Valid helper protocols are:
squid-2.4-basic
Server-side helper for use with Squid 2.4's basic (plain-
text) authentication.squid-2.5-basic
Server-side helper for use with Squid 2.5's basic (plain-
text) authentication.squid-2.5-ntlmssp
Server-side helper for use with Squid 2.5's NTLMSSP au-
thentication. Requires access to the directory winbinddprivilegedin$LOCKDIR. The protocol used is described here:
http://devel.squid-cache.org/ntlm/squidhelperproto-
col.html. This protocol has been extended to allow the NTLMSSP Negotiate packet to be included as an argument to the YYRR command. (Thus avoiding loss of information in the protocol exchange).ntlmssp-client-1
Client-side helper for use with arbitary external pro-
grams that may wish to use Samba's NTLMSSP authentication knowlege. This helper is a client, and as such may be run by any user. The protocol used is effectivly the reverse of the previous protocol. AYYRR command (without any arguments) starts the authentication exchange.gss-spnego
Server-side helper that implements GSS-SPNEGO. This uses
a protocol that is almost the same asssqquuiidd-22..55-nnttllmmsssspp,
but has some subtle differences that are undocumented outside the source at this stage. Requires access to the directory winbinddprivilegedin$LOCKDIR.
gss-spnego-client
Client-side helper that implements GSS-SPNEGO. This also
uses a protocol similar to the above helpers, but is cur-
rently undocumented.ntlm-server-1
Server-side helper protocol, intended for use by a RADIUS
server or the 'winbind' plugin for pppd, for the provi-
sion of MSCHAP and MSCHAPv2 authentication. This protocol consists of lines in for form: PPaarraammeetteerr::vvaalluuee and PPaarraammtteerr:::: BBaassee6644-eennccooddee vvaalluuee. The presence of
a single period .. indicates that one side has finished supplying data to the other. (Which in turn could cause the helper to authenticate the user). Curently implemented parameters from the external program to the helper are: Username The username, expected to be in Samba's unix charset. Example 1. Username: bob Example 2. Username:: Ym9i Username The user's domain, expected to be in Samba's unix charset. Example 3. Domain: WORKGROUP Example 4. Domain:: V09SS0dST1VQFull-Username
The fully qualified username, expected to be inSamba's unix charset and qualified with the win-
bind separator.Example 5. Full-Username: WORKGROUP\bob
Example 6. Full-Username:: V09SS0dST1VQYm9i
LANMAN-Challenge
The 8 byte LLAANNMMAANN CChhaalllleennggee value, generated ran-
domly by the server, or (in cases such as MSCHAPv2) generated in some way by both the server and the client.Example 7. LANMAN-Challege: 0102030405060708
LANMAN-Response
The 24 byte LLAANNMMAANN RReessppoonnssee value, calculated fromthe user's password and the supplied LLAANNMMAANN CChhaall-
lleennggee. Typically, this is provided over the net-
work by a client wishing to authenticate.Example 8. LANMAN-Response:
0102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F101112131415161718NT-Response
The >= 24 byte NNTT RReessppoonnssee calculated from the us-
er's password and the supplied LLAANNMMAANN CChhaalllleennggee. Typically, this is provided over the network by a client wishing to authenticate.Example 9. NT-Response:
0102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F101112131415161718 Password The user's password. This would be provided by a network client, if the helper is being used in a legacy situation that exposes plaintext passwords in this way. Example 10. Password: samba2 Example 11. Password:: c2FtYmEyRequest-User-Session-Key
Apon sucessful authenticaiton, return the user session key associated with the login.Example 12. Request-User-Session-Key: Yes
Request-LanMan-Session-Key
Apon sucessful authenticaiton, return the LANMAN session key associated with the login.Example 13. Request-LanMan-Session-Key: Yes
-username=USERNAME
Specify username of user to authenticate-domain=DOMAIN
Specify domain of user to authenticate-workstation=WORKSTATION
Specify the workstation the user authenticated from-challenge=STRING
NTLM challenge (in HEXADECIMAL)-lm-response=RESPONSE
LM Response to the challenge (in HEXADECIMAL)-nt-response=RESPONSE
NT or NTLMv2 Response to the challenge (in HEXADECIMAL)-password=PASSWORD
User's plaintext password If not specified on the command line, this is prompted for when required.For the NTLMSSP based server roles, this paramter speci-
fies the expected password, allowing testing without win-
bindd operational.-request-lm-key
Retreive LM session key-request-nt-key
Request NT key-diagnostics
Perform Diagnostics on the authentication chain. Uses thepassword from --ppaasssswwoorrdd or prompts for one.
-require-membership-of={SID|Name}
Require that a user be a member of specified group (ei-
ther name or SID) for authentication to succeed.-V Prints the program version number.
-s
The file specified contains the configuration details re-
quired by the server. The information in this file in-
cludes server-specific information such as what printcap
file to use, as well as descriptions of all the servicesthat the server is to provide. See smb.conf for more in-
formation. The default configuration file name is deter-
mined at compile time.-d|-debug=debuglevel
debuglevel is an integer from 0 to 10. The default value if this parameter is not specified is zero. The higher this value, the more detail will be logged tothe log files about the activities of the server. At lev-
el 0, only critical errors and serious warnings will belogged. Level 1 is a reasonable level for day-to-day run-
ning - it generates a small amount of information about
operations carried out. Levels above 1 will generate considerable amounts of logdata, and should only be used when investigating a prob-
lem. Levels above 3 are designed for use only by develop-
ers and generate HUGE amounts of log data, most of which is extremely cryptic. Note that specifying this parameter here will override the log level parameter in the smb.conf file.-l|-logfile=logdirectory
Base directory name for log/debug files. The extension ""..pprrooggnnaammee"" will be appended (e.g. log.smbclient, log.smbd, etc...). The log file is never removed by the client.-h|-help
Print a summary of command line options. EEXXAAMMPPLLEE SSEETTUUPP To setup ntlmauth for use by squid 2.5, with both basic and NTLMSSP authentication, the following should be placed in the squid.conf file.authparam ntlm program ntlmauth -helper-protocol=squid-2.5-ntlmssp
authparam basic program ntlmauth -helper-protocol=squid-2.5-basic
authparam basic children 5authparam basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
authparam basic credentialsttl 2 hours NNoottee This example assumes that ntlmauth has been installed into your path, and that the group permissions on winbinddprivileged are as described above.To setup ntlmauth for use by squid 2.5 with group limitation in addi-
tion to the above example, the following should be added to the squid.conf file.authparam ntlm program ntlmauth -helper-protocol=squid-2.5-ntlmssp -require-membership-of='WORKGROUP\Domain Users'
authparam basic program ntlmauth -helper-protocol=squid-2.5-basic -require-membership-of='WORKGROUP\Domain Users'
TTRROOUUBBLLEESSHHOOOOTTIINNGG If you're experiencing problems with authenticating Internet Explorer running under MS Windows 9X or Millenium Edition against ntlmauth'sNTLMSSP authentication helper (-helper-protocol=squid-2.5-ntlmssp),
then please readthe Microsoft Knowledge Base article #239869 and follow
instructions described there. VVEERRSSIIOONN This man page is correct for version 3.0 of the Samba suite. AUTHORThe original Samba software and related utilities were created by An-
drew Tridgell. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed. The ntlmauth manpage was written by Jelmer Vernooij and Andrew Bartlett. NTLMAUTH(1)