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Re: Samba and M$ 98




actually, samba supports encrypted password, through the use of a
smbpasswd file, which contains the encrypted passwords. to enable, add
"encrypt paswords=yes" to your smb.conf file.

note - this will make the 95's stop working with samba, as they don't do
encryption.

Shachar.

On Sat, 30 May 1998, Ira Abramov wrote:

> On Sat, 30 May 1998, Miki Shapiro wrote:
> 
> > I installed samba - now the 95 machines can log on into the linux,
> > (with their respective linux account username and password) but the
> > 98 cant. neither can the NT. I get "incorrect password" I have the
> > workgroup defined correctly everywhere - and all the M$ OS's see each
> > other just fine.
> > 
> > does anybody have an idea why or a pointer to some FM that i can RT?
> 
> how about /usr/doc/samba-* ?
> 
> NT SP3 and Win96 OSR2 and up do not attempt plain logons by default
> (instead they try ONLY encrypted passwords). Samba won't handle those yet
> for some reasons, so you need to make tiny changes to the registry of each
> for it to work (in NT must be administrator to perform change)
> 
> specifically, copy two files to a floppy (as they are supplied on the
> server which you currently can't access) 
> 
> /usr/doc/samba-1.9.18p1/docs/*.reg (on my system, RH)
> 
> just double clicking the right file for the platform (one is 95, other NT)
> will integrate the change into the registry for you.
> 
> if you don't have those files, here they are:
> 
> NT4_PlainPassword.reg :
> 
> REGEDIT4
> 
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Rdr\Parameters]
> "EnablePlainTextPassword"=dword:00000001
> 
> 
> Win95_PlainPassword.reg :
> 
> REGEDIT4
> 
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\VNETSUP]
> "EnablePlainTextPassword"=dword:00000001
> 
> 
> if you do a lot of workstation additions, the floppy is an awkward way to
> keep them, I simply put it on a shared drive of some win95 machine
> (NT/95/98 can see it before the registry patch above)
> 
> good luck.
> 
> 
> --
> Ira Abramov    <ira(a)scso.com>     whois: IA58   (a linux enthusiast)
> 
> She sells cshs by the cshore.       - Rob Malda
> 
> 

Shachar Tal
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