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NtlmV2Enabled

Control whether NTLMv2 authentication is enabled

Supported versions

  • On macOS since 77 or later

Description

Controls whether NTLMv2 is enabled.

All recent versions of Samba and Windows servers support NTLMv2. You should only disable NTLMv2 to address issues with backwards compatibility as it reduces the security of authentication.

If you don't configure this policy, NTLMv2 is enabled by default.

Supported features

  • Can be mandatory: Yes
  • Can be recommended: No
  • Dynamic Policy Refresh: Yes
  • Per Profile: No
  • Applies to a profile that is signed in with a Microsoft account: Yes

Data type

  • Boolean

Mac information and settings

  • Preference Key name: NtlmV2Enabled
  • Example value:
<true/>

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