Modified start_session_basic so as to return the

status code text when the variable status is not
nil.  This mimics the behavior of start_session_extended.

This should provide more reliable results to smb-brute
concerning the nature of login failure reasons.

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nselib/smb.lua

@@ -1235,7 +1235,11 @@ local function start_session_basic(smb, log_errors, overrides)
 		stdnse.print_debug(1, "SMB: ERROR: %s", username)
 	end
 
-	return false, username
+	if (status ~= nil) then
+		return false, get_status_name(status)
+	else
+		return false, username
+	end
 end
 
 --- This is an internal function and should not be called externally. Use