linux-kernel - Re: [linux-cifs-client] Re: [PATCH] CIFS: make sec=none force an anonymous mount

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Date:	Sat, 5 May 2007 08:03:03 -0400
From:	Jeff Layton <jlayton@...chiereds.net>
To:	Shirish S Pargaonkar <shirishp@...ibm.com>
Cc:	smfltc@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, hch@...radead.org,
	linux-cifs-client-bounces+shirishp=us.ibm.com@...ts.samba.org,
	Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>,
	linux-cifs-client@...ts.samba.org, samba-technical@...ts.samba.org,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [linux-cifs-client] Re: [PATCH] CIFS: make sec=none force an
	anonymous mount

On Sat, May 05, 2007 at 05:41:35AM -0500, Shirish S Pargaonkar wrote:
> 
> When a session setup request is sent as an anonymous user (NUL user),
> should/could there be
> password associated with that?
> Right now, sec=none option, will prompt you for a password.

We should probably turn off password prompting if sec=none is specified.

> And when we add code to retry session setup as anonymous user if the first
> session setup request
> fails, should that retry request be sent with the password or without
> password?
> 
> When smbfs sends requests as an anonymous user, it does not send a password
> along with it.
> 

I'd say we'd want to avoid sending along the password in any situation where
it wasn't really needed.

-- Jeff

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