From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 15 06:44:47 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA13889 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 15 Jun 1998 06:44:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns.cityip.co.za (ns.cityip.co.za [196.25.223.140]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id GAA13882 for ; Mon, 15 Jun 1998 06:44:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wjv@cityip.co.za) Received: from wjv by ns.cityip.co.za with local (Exim 1.82 #2) id 0ylZNx-0006MC-00; Mon, 15 Jun 1998 15:33:21 +0200 Message-ID: <19980615153321.A24412@cityip.co.za> Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 15:33:21 +0200 From: Johann Visagie To: fuse , FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Samba passwd for win98? Mail-Followup-To: fuse , FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <199806150216.LAA11294@alpha.zju.edu.cn> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199806150216.LAA11294@alpha.zju.edu.cn>; from fuse on Mon, Jun 15, 1998 at 11:16:21AM +0900 X-PGP: ftp://ftp.cityip.co.za/users/wjv/pubkey.asc X-URL: http://www.cityip.co.za/~wjv/ Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 15 Jun 1998 at 11:16 SAT, fuse wrote: > > I setup a Samba server in a FreeBSD 2.2.6 box, several guys in our lab may access it > in win95, and some in win98, it seems if I uses 'encrypt passwords = yes' then > win98 can access the samba box with the passwd specified with smbpasswd, but > then win95 will failed to pass the password verification. If 'encrypt passwords = yes' > is commented, then win95 will pass, and win98 will failed. > Any error in my setting? No, this is to be expected. For the reason why this is happening, read the files named ENCRYPTION.txt and Win95.txt in the docs/ subdirectory of the Samba distribution. Specifically, read the section on "Password Handling" in Win95.txt. If you add the given key to your Win98 registry, it too should be able to access shares on a Samba server with unencrypted passwords. -- V Johann Visagie | Email: wjv@CityIP.co.za | Tel: +27 21 419-7878 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message