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RE: [cobalt-users] Samba Passwords and Win ME

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Alex Collins
> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 7:11 AM
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Samba Passwords and Win ME
>
>
> In article <000501c0e497$482edfc0$6274d93f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Mark
> Hislop <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
> >I have one computer on a network that cannot access our RaQ3.
> It sees the
> >Cobalt on the network, but the Cobalt will not accept the
> password.  All of
> >our other computers access properly.  They are running Win NT or Win 98.
> >The problem computer is running Win ME.  All are set up in the
> same way in
> >the "passwd" and "smbpasswd" files.  Is there a patch similar to
> >"Win98_PlainPassword.reg" for Win ME?  Or is there something
> else I should
> >try?
> >
> Hi There
>
> You have 2 choices.
>
> Get rid of ME.
>
> Go to: http://us2.samba.org/samba/ftp/docs/
> The Samba site tells all.

Before everyone goes off and starts slamming Window ME (not that it isn't an
easy target), I would like to state that I have a Qube 3, and I have now
problem accessing password protected shares on it from a Windows ME host.  I
never even loaded the PlanPassword registry hack.

Naveed S. Mirza
nmirza@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx