> Benjamin J. Weiss said: > > 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. > > Which includes Win98. man smb.conf: > > "Note that Windows NT 4.0 SP3 and above and also Windows 98 will by > default expect encrypted passwords unless a registry entry is changed." Thanks, William, I guess I goofed on that one. Ben