Re: [cobalt-users] Samba and Windows Millennium

[Malcolm McLeary <mmcleary@xxxxxxx>]

on 25/10/00 9:46 AM, Joaquin Rodriguez at joaquin@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> For security reasons, Windows Me no longer allows you to send
> plain-text passwords; it sends only encrypted passwords. However,
> Samba servers require plain-text passwords, so you cannot connect
> to Samba servers unless you change a registry entry to enable
> plain-text passwords.
> 
> To enable plain-text passwords, add the registry entry
> EnablePlainTextPassword (reg Dword) 1 in the following registry
> location:
> 
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\Vnetsup

Samba on the original Qube 2700WG did use cleartext passwords and you had to
apply this Reg Patch to WinNT and Win9x to get them to work.

Samba on a Qube 2 does NOT use cleartext passwords.  I think the Windows ME
thing is a red herring.

Have a look at /etc/smb.conf ... you should find a line in the global
section which indicates that encrypted passwords are used.

Cheers,  Malcolm

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