From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 3 11:41:16 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from inc.net (mailhost.inc.net [204.95.160.26]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E61114A14 for ; Fri, 3 Dec 1999 11:41:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from parrothd@midwest.net) Received: from chi1.nucleusconsulting.com (chi1.nucleusconsulting.com [207.250.168.11]) by inc.net (8.9.3/8.9.1) with ESMTP id NAA08563; Fri, 3 Dec 1999 13:39:03 -0600 (CST) Received: from labntserver1.nucleusconsulting.com by chi1.nucleusconsulting.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.0.1460.8) id X6P20MHR; Fri, 3 Dec 1999 13:21:48 -0600 Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19991203133732.00b00e90@midwest.net> X-Sender: parrothd@midwest.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Fri, 03 Dec 1999 13:37:32 -0600 To: "Ken Wills" , "Langa Kentane" , From: "Jonathan E. Lyons" Subject: Re: Win98 Authentication thru samba In-Reply-To: <00b201bf3dbd$7d8d2aa0$0cc812ac@gfccc.int> References: <3.0.5.32.19991203115627.00b14d80@midwest.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG But what happends when you add/change user info? Does the encrypted database update itself, or do you still need to run update it manually or create a scipt? I haven't looked at the newer version in a while... At 12:37 PM 12/3/99 -0600, Ken Wills wrote: > >> You need to do one or the other, encrypter passwords or clear passwords, >> the easist is to change the win98 regisrty to plain text passwords, and >> reboot. This does open a security risk if your accessing the samba server >> over unsecure networks such as the internet, you should read the files on >> encryption from samba for more info... > >Actually encrypting passwords is easier these days than making registry >changes >everywhere. set 'Encrypted Password = Yes' in smb.conf (using a text editor >or >swat), restart samba and then add users (using smbpasswd -a or swat). > >> At 07:42 PM 12/3/99 +0200, Langa Kentane wrote: >> >I can't get my windows 98 clients to authenticate via samba latest on my >> >freebsd 3.3-R server. Do I need to setup encrypted passwords or is >> >there some registry setting I can change on window 98 to allow the >> >clients to authenticate. > >Ken > >kenwills@mailbag.com > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. >Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > Jonathan E. Lyons parrothd@midwest.net Nucleus Consulting ICQ # 14226912 www.nucleusconsulting.com Cell # 773-251-1967 A+, MCSE, CCNA, FreeBSD! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message