Windows 98 and patched Windows 95 system also use encrypted passwords. Only Windows 95 unpatched used clear passwords. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Benjamin J. Weiss" <benjamin@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 9:41 AM Subject: Re: Samba 3.0 problems with Win98 SE > > Dear all, > > > > I want to share my /home dir with Win98SE. But i am having password > > problems. I am absolutely certain that i typed the correct password but i > > cannot get in. It used to work with RH7.3. > > BTW: What happened to SWAT? The Samba server configuration tool is nothing > > compared to the thingie we have now. > > > > Thanks, > > Jeroen. > > Before Windows NT, passwords were passed across the wire "in the clear", or > non-encrypted. All M$ OS's since NT have encrypted their passwords when > passed over the wire, or at least, something that M$ claims is encryption. > > Because of this, Samba (IIRC) defaults to expecting the passwords to be > encrypted when it receives them. If your home Win98 machine is the only one > that will access this machine, and it's not on the internet, then you could > tell Samba to not encrypt the passwords. (I can't remember exactly how, but > it's in the samba configuration file.) > > On the other hand, if you want to use other OS's also, or your machine is on > the internet, I'd suggest an alternative. If I remember correctly, there > was a patch that you could download for Win98SE that would encrypt the > password over the wire, for use with WinNT domain controllers. You might > find it on Google. > > HTH, > > Ben > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
