Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1999 12:37:38 -0600 From: "Ken Wills" <kenwills_lists@yahoo.com> To: "Langa Kentane" <evablunted@earthling.net>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Jonathan E. Lyons" <parrothd@midwest.net> Subject: Re: Win98 Authentication thru samba Message-ID: <00b201bf3dbd$7d8d2aa0$0cc812ac@gfccc.int> References: <3.0.5.32.19991203115627.00b14d80@midwest.net>
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> 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
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