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Date:      Thu, 29 Apr 1999 15:09:47 -0400
From:      Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com>
To:        'Doug White' <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>, John Kenagy <jktheowl@bga.com>
Cc:        questions freebsd <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: Unable to connect W98 box via samba
Message-ID:  <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105854@site2s1>

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It doesn't support clear text passwords by default.  There is a .REG file in
the /usr/local/share/doc/samba directory that, if merged, will tell 98 to
use plain text passwords.

I'm not at the box right now and don't remember them name.

-Chris

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Doug White [SMTP:dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu]
> Sent:	Tuesday, April 27, 1999 4:19 PM
> To:	John Kenagy
> Cc:	questions freebsd
> Subject:	Re: Unable to connect W98 box via samba
> 
> On Tue, 27 Apr 1999, John Kenagy wrote:
> 
> > This is my other nemisis. I cannot get the Win98 box in the
> > kitchen to see the samba server or to process the password.
> > This did work under 2.2.1R and the previous samba (1.9.something).
> > The win client is configured to send clear text passwords
> > (the only thing I had to do one the previous install).
> 
> I thought Win98 no longer supported cleartext passwords?
> 
> > I've gotten the smbclient to log into the samba server on the
> > host samba is running on but cannot connect from the windoze box.
> > It will telnet, ftp, and (using aliasing in ppp) go to the
> > internet.
> 
> I suggest reading the documentation on Samba; it has changed
> significantly.
> 
> Doug White                               
> Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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