So if you want to modify 98 to use unencrypted passwords
Take the attachment to the 98 machine and double-click it.
Ramon Gandia wrote:
> Civileme wrote:
> >
> > There is also a patch to the system registry for 98. I will make it
> > available tomorrow. It enables plain text passwords. Samba requires
> > them and 98 is set up to encrypt (could it have been planned?)
>
> Actually, Samba can be made to use either plain passwords,
> or encrypted ones. The thing is that Windows 95 as a default
> uses plain text passwords, and Win 98 uses encrypted. So you
> have to modify some of the boxes so they all agree on one
> protocol. From what I hear, the "encryption" is so totally
> simplistic that its no help at all. Encrypted passwords are
> also now used on NT since -I believe- service Pack 2 or 3.
>
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