This is the UNIX uid. It must match the uid field for the same user entry in
the standard UNIX passwd file. If this does not match then Samba will refuse
to recognize this smbpasswd file entry as being valid for a user.
This is the LANMAN hash of the users password, encoded as 32 hex digits. The
LANMAN hash is created by DES encrypting a well known string with the users
password as the DES key. This is the same password used by Windows 95/98
other access.
This is the Windows NT hash of the users password, encoded as 32 hex digits.
The Windows NT hash is created by taking the users password as represented in
16-bit, little-endian UNICODE and then applying the MD4 (internet rfc1321)
hashing algorithm to it.
This password hash is considered more secure than the Lanman Password Hash as
it preserves the case of the password and uses a much higher quality hashing
algorithm. However, it is still the case that if two users choose the same
password this entry will be identical (i.e. the password is not "salted" as
the UNIX password is).
WARNING !!. Note that, due to the challenge-response nature of the SMB/CIFS
authentication protocol, anyone with a knowledge of this password hash will
be able to impersonate the user on the network. For this reason these hashes
are known as "plain text equivalent" and must NOT be made available to anyone
but the root user. To protect these passwords the smbpasswd file is placed in
a directory with read and traverse access only to the root user and the