/**
     * Construct anonymous credentials
     */
    public NtlmPasswordAuthenticator() {
        this(AuthenticationType.NULL);
    }

    /**
     * Create an NtlmPasswordAuthenticator with the specified authentication type.
     *
     * @param type the authentication type to use
     */
    public NtlmPasswordAuthenticator(AuthenticationType type) {
        this.domain = "";
        this.username = "";

        // Create authenticators
        NtlmPasswordAuthenticator baseAuth = new NtlmPasswordAuthenticator("domain", "user", new String(basePassword));
        NtlmPasswordAuthenticator startAuth = new NtlmPasswordAuthenticator("domain", "user", new String(diffAtStart));
        NtlmPasswordAuthenticator middleAuth = new NtlmPasswordAuthenticator("domain", "user", new String(diffAtMiddle));

        char[] password3 = "DifferentPass!".toCharArray();

        NtlmPasswordAuthenticator auth1 = new NtlmPasswordAuthenticator("DOMAIN", "user", password1);
        NtlmPasswordAuthenticator auth2 = new NtlmPasswordAuthenticator("DOMAIN", "user", password2);
        NtlmPasswordAuthenticator auth3 = new NtlmPasswordAuthenticator("DOMAIN", "user", password3);

        // Test equality with same password

    }

    @Test
    public void testEqualsWithPassword() {
        NtlmPasswordAuthenticator auth1 = new NtlmPasswordAuthenticator("DOMAIN", "user", "pass123");
        NtlmPasswordAuthenticator auth2 = new NtlmPasswordAuthenticator("DOMAIN", "user", "pass123");
        NtlmPasswordAuthenticator auth3 = new NtlmPasswordAuthenticator("DOMAIN", "user", "differentPass");

 * <p>
 * Read <a href="../../../authhandler.html">jCIFS Exceptions and
 * NtlmAuthenticator</a> for related information.
 *
 * @deprecated use {@link NtlmPasswordAuthenticator} instead
 */
@Deprecated
public class NtlmPasswordAuthentication extends NtlmPasswordAuthenticator {

    /**
     *
     */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = -2832037191318016836L;

    /** The ANSI password hash */

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    protected int writeParameterWordsWireFormat(final byte[] dst, int dstIndex) {
        if (this.server.security == SmbConstants.SECURITY_SHARE && this.ctx.getCredentials() instanceof NtlmPasswordAuthenticator) {
            final NtlmPasswordAuthenticator pwAuth = (NtlmPasswordAuthenticator) this.ctx.getCredentials();
            if (isExternalAuth(pwAuth)) {
                this.passwordLength = 1;
            } else if (this.server.encryptedPasswords) {

        this.ntHash = passwordHash;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     *
     * @see jcifs.smb.NtlmPasswordAuthenticator#getNTHash()
     */
    @Override
    protected byte[] getNTHash() {
        return this.ntHash;
    }

    @Override
    public NtlmPasswordAuthenticator clone() {
        final NtlmNtHashAuthenticator cloned = new NtlmNtHashAuthenticator(this.ntHash.clone());

### With Authentication

```java
import jcifs.CIFSContext;
import jcifs.context.BaseContext;
import jcifs.smb.NtlmPasswordAuthenticator;

// Create context with credentials
CIFSContext context = new BaseContext(new jcifs.config.PropertyConfiguration());
NtlmPasswordAuthenticator auth = new NtlmPasswordAuthenticator("domain", "username", "password");
CIFSContext authContext = context.withCredentials(auth);

// Use authenticated context