I have a samba file server running on redhat 6.2 and everything works great besides a daily annoyance. every NT and 2000 client that connects to it must enter there share password everytime they connect. the 98/95 clients always remember the password and login automaticlly. can someone tell me what the problem is or point me in the right direction to fix it? I just want the NT based computer to not have to enter there password everytime.. John Kuhn
I don't have an answer, but I *would* like to know the inverse, i.e., how do I force Win9x clients to provide a password when establishing shares? I know, it's weird, but we just got stung by a PC user who opened a Love Bug attachment while attached to a major, top-level UNIX directory full of Landmark data (20,000+ JPEGs clobbered). Management had me turn Samba off, it's been off for more than two weeks, now, and I've been spending more time in meetings than usual, lately--bleah. Hope none of you were eating when you read this... :-\> -----Original Message----- > From: John Kuhn [SMTP:webmaster@mickalich.com] > Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 7:21 AM > To: samba@us5.samba.org > Subject: newbie question.. please help > > I have a samba file server running on redhat 6.2 and everything works > great > besides a daily annoyance. every NT and 2000 client that connects to it > must > enter there share password everytime they connect. the 98/95 clients > always > remember the password and login automaticlly. can someone tell me what the > problem is or point me in the right direction to fix it? I just want the > NT > based computer to not have to enter there password everytime.. > > John Kuhn >
> > From: John Kuhn [SMTP:webmaster@mickalich.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 7:21 AM > > To: samba@us5.samba.org > > Subject: newbie question.. please help > > > > I have a samba file server running on redhat 6.2 > > and everything works great besides a daily annoyance. > > every NT and 2000 client that connects to it must > > enter there share password everytime they connect. > > the 98/95 clients always remember the password and > > login automaticlly. can someone tell me what the > > problem is or point me in the right direction to > > fix it? I just want the NT based computer to not have > > to enter there password everytime..NT prompts for a password when the remote SMB server does not support password encryption. Enable encryption and you should be ok (assuming all the passwords are the same). Also, as far as I know, NT does not support the Win9x style *.pwl files (thankfully). Cheers, jerry ---------------------------------------------------------------------- /\ Gerald (Jerry) Carter Professional Services \/ http://www.valinux.com/ VA Linux Systems gcarter@valinux.com http://www.samba.org/ SAMBA Team jerry@samba.org http://www.plainjoe.org/ jerry@plainjoe.org "...a hundred billion castaways looking for a home." - Sting "Message in a Bottle" ( 1979 )