At 1018887273s since epoch (04/15/02 14:14:33 -0400 UTC), Brian W. Carver wrote: > But now, there are two Windows 98 computers attached ... > I gave "brian" the same password but if you go to the "brian" machine > and enter that password (or any other password I've ever used) then > another pop-up box comes up saying, "The password is incorrect. Try again."
By default, Windows 98 and above encrypts its passwords before sending them over the wire. You have two options in this case: 1) Set up your server to receive encrypted passwords. This means setting the "encrypt passwords = yes" option on the samba config file, and then creating a "smbpasswd" file using the "smbpasswd" utility on your server. Note that these passwords are not necessarily kept in sync with the regular UNIX account passwords. 2) Set your windows boxes to NOT use encryption. This requires a little registry hacking -- see the SAMBA HOWTO for complete information. For Windows 98, use 'regedit' and create a new registry key under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\VNETSUP With the name 'EnablePlainTextPassword' and a DWORD value of '0x01' Step one is good if you want the encryption and don't feel like changing your Windows machines, but it doesn't work with PAM, as the smbpasswd file must be maintained separately. Step two is good if you don't care about the encryption and don't want to have to mess with the server side too much to make things work. Your call. Jason -- Jason Healy http://www.logn.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
