on Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 08:48:28PM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Tue, 2004-03-02 at 17:26, steve downes wrote: > > I've got a working samba setup on a debian linux server. Existing > > windows boxes are win98 with unencripted passwords. They only need to > > see the exported directories on the samba server. All the networking > > is working. (dns, dhcp, ping, internet access, etc ) > > > > Anything I do on my new XP Pro box or in samba.conf gives the error > > message:- > > > > The folder you entered does not appear to be valid.please choose > > another. > > > > When I try to set up a "network place" \\server\home\steve > > > > The win98 & XP boxes are sharing & the win98 boxes are picking up the > > samba shares. > > > > The XP installation is pretty much default & nothing clever done with > > it except running the win98_plainpassword.reg which seems OK as this > > is what opened the win 98 shares. > > > > Any gotchas I am missing? > > You are not causing the XP and W2K machine to use plain text passwords. > It is a completely different Registry Key. > > Good Luck, it isn't to hard to find. > > First couple of links should get you going: > > http://www.google.com/search?q=EnablePlainTextPassword+Windows+XP > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > REMEMBER ED CURRY! http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry
Many thanks Greg, Yes the win98 de-encript password script hadn't worked, I was rather thrown by the fact that it was immediateley after that that I started seeing my win98 shares. Now sorted the unencripted password & curiously it is now seeing the linux server but rejecting the username/password. Any other ideas (anybody) Steve -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
