cknox@citadel.hypercom.com wrote:>
> The document goes on to say that you can do some surgery on your NT
> system with regedt32 to allow unencrypte passwords. I presume this is
> the situation I'm up against right now, as when I try to map my samba
> server to my NT workstation, get a dialog box marked "Enter Network
> Password" that looks something like this:
>
> Incorrect password or unknown username for
> \\SMBSERVER OK
> Cancel
> Connect As: ____________________________ Help
> Password: ____________________________
>
> If I have to go around to every NT box in the company and hack the
> registry, I'm not going to be able to use Samba. Am I missing
something?
> Certainly wouldn't be the first time.
>
> How do I use Samba without compromising security on my server AND
> without modifying the client?
Setup Samba with encrypted passwords (docs/ENCRYPTION.txt).
More secure than plaintext passwords and no client
registry changes needed.
Hope this helps,
Jeremy Allison,
Samba Team.
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