I remember back in '99 when Kurt Feiste wrote:
> In the smb.conf file I setup my workgroup to match the windows one.
> From the windows machine, I can see the Linux/Samba machine, but
> when I click on it, it ask for a password. I created a windows
> login to match my account on the Linux box, but it still won't
> take the linux password.... After reading the Samba FAQ from
> http://samba.anu.edu.au/samba/docs/FAQ/#29 it looks like my
> problem is that Windows 98 is encripting the password.
Sounds about right.
> It says
> to look at docs/ENCRYPTION.txt in the Samba distribution. I'll
> check it out when I get home, but is it staight forward, or
> would it be easier to get Windows to sent a non-encripted password.
I usually end up putting Win98 in a non-encrypted mode. There is
a registry file that you can merge into the Win9[58] database
to disable this. I have verified that it works under Win98.
('cuase I use it at work)
Matt
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