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From: Danny <dannyh@idx.com.au>
To: Janko van Roosmalen <janko@compuserve.com>, Joe.Warner@smed.com
Subject: Re: Samba Problem
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 01:01:35 +1100
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Instead of enabling the plain text passwd in the NT registry maybe you should
enable the encrypted passwords in Samba 

Email me if you don't know how to setup encrypted passwords

On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Janko van Roosmalen wrote:
> Please post your "smb.conf" file.
> You also could check out the troubleshooting chapter of the O'Reilly Samba
> book, which you can dowload in HTML or PDF format from the O'Reilly
> website.
> 
> Janko van Roosmalen - Netherlands
> 
> 
> On Thu, 14 Sep 2000 Joe.Warner@smed.com wrote:
> 
> > Dear FreeBSD GURUS,
> > 
> > I've recently been experiencing a peculiar problem with Samba and was
> > wondering if anyone could help.
> > 
> > I've had Samba configured and running on my FreeBSD 3.4 machine for a while
> > now and everything's been working great, well.., at least for me.
> > 
> > One of my co-workers would like to have access to my FreeBSD machine via
> > Samba but every attempt I've made at getting her the proper access has
> > failed.  I've deleted and recreated an account for her that matches my
> > account and  have included her in the smb.conf file as a valid user and
> > allowed host, using the SWAT utility.  I've also included her network name
> > and IP address in my /etc/hosts file.
> > 
> > She's trying to access my FreeBSD machine from WIN NT 4.0 SP6 and I've
> > edited her registry and added the "enable plaintext passwords" entry.
> > 
> > If I get on her machine, go into network neighborhood and double-click my
> > FreeBSD machine, I get a login prompt and I can sign on and gain access
> > with no problems.  However, when she try's signing on with the login name
> > and password I've created for her, it won't let her in.  I've even reset
> > her password a couple of times, using SWAT.
> > 
> > Could somebody help me with this problem?  I've looked through the Samba
> > documentation on my system and couldn't find anything that helps.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Joe
> 
> 
> 
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