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cifs: Allow LANMAN auth method for servers supporting unencapsulated authentication methods

This allows users to use LANMAN authentication on servers which support
unencapsulated authentication.

The patch fixes a regression where users using plaintext authentication
were no longer able to do so because of changed bought in by patch
3f618223dc0bdcbc8d510350e78ee2195ff93768

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1011621

Reported-by: Panos Kavalagios <Panagiotis.Kavalagios@eurodyn.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Sachin Prabhu <sprabhu@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Steve French <smfrench@gmail.com>
Sachin Prabhu 11 years ago
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1 changed files with 2 additions and 2 deletions
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      fs/cifs/sess.c

+ 2 - 2
fs/cifs/sess.c

@@ -500,9 +500,9 @@ select_sectype(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, enum securityEnum requested)
 				return NTLMv2;
 			if (global_secflags & CIFSSEC_MAY_NTLM)
 				return NTLM;
-			/* Fallthrough */
 		default:
-			return Unspecified;
+			/* Fallthrough to attempt LANMAN authentication next */
+			break;
 		}
 	case CIFS_NEGFLAVOR_LANMAN:
 		switch (requested) {