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Re: SMB



On Sat, Jan 20, 2001 at 07:00:30PM +0200, Oren Held wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I have SMB installed and configured successfully in my Linux box, but, when 
> > want to get in the shared directories from my windows computer ( I can see 
> > the shared directories) but I cant get into them. windows asking for 
> > password and when Im typing the password for the User that shared his 
> > directories, smb gives me error:
> > "The password is incorrect. Try again".  In the smb.conf file I did 
> > encrypted passwords = no and security = share ( I know its not secure but 
> > this is for the test). and its still not working.
> > this smb.conf file worked for me last time on another computer. I just 
> > copied this file and there shouldnt be problems. what can I do, please?

Not sure about your Windows version, but if you use NT or 2000 you
need to update its registry to use plaintext passwords. Setting
'encrypted passwords=no' in smb.conf is not enough. The necessary
registry files (for NT4 and 2000) are available as part of the Samba
distribution.

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