Samba 3.0 problems with Win98 SE

[Mike Peterson]

Windows 98 and patched Windows 95 system also use encrypted passwords.
Only Windows 95 unpatched used clear passwords.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Benjamin J. Weiss" <benjamin at weiss.name>
To: <fedora-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 9:41 AM
Subject: Re: Samba 3.0 problems with Win98 SE


> > Dear all,
> >
> > I want to share my /home dir with Win98SE. But i am having password
> > problems. I am absolutely certain that i typed the correct password but
i
> > cannot get in. It used to work with RH7.3.
> > BTW: What happened to SWAT? The Samba server configuration tool is
nothing
> > compared to the thingie we have now.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jeroen.
>
> Before Windows NT, passwords were passed across the wire "in the clear",
or
> non-encrypted.  All M$ OS's since NT have encrypted their passwords when
> passed over the wire, or at least, something that M$ claims is encryption.
>
> Because of this, Samba (IIRC) defaults to expecting the passwords to be
> encrypted when it receives them.  If your home Win98 machine is the only
one
> that will access this machine, and it's not on the internet, then you
could
> tell Samba to not encrypt the passwords.  (I can't remember exactly how,
but
> it's in the samba configuration file.)
>
> On the other hand, if you want to use other OS's also, or your machine is
on
> the internet, I'd suggest an alternative.  If I remember correctly, there
> was a patch that you could download for Win98SE that would encrypt the
> password over the wire, for use with WinNT domain controllers.  You might
> find it on Google.
>
> HTH,
>
> Ben
>
>
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