Stephen L Arnold wrote:>
> When the world was young, samba@samba.anu.edu.au carved some runes
> like this:
>
> > Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 10:57:52 -0700
> > From: "Gil Salazar" <gsalazar@ag.arizona.edu>
> > Subject: Win 98 problem
>
> > I have just upgraded to win98, andnow my samba shares wont recognize
my
> > passwords.. Anyone else experience this? Any advice would be greatly
> > appreciated.. Thanks Gil
>
> You need to re-compile samba to use encrypted passwords (if you
> want to use them). Otherwise, there's a reg-key to enable clear
> text passwords. See the samba docs (encryption.txt, etc). I know
> the reg-key works with win95; can anyone else confirm it works with
> win98?
>
I do. The win95 patch (Win95_PlainPassword.reg) works for win98 too.
BTW: Since 1.9.18, Samba uses an built-in encryption code. There is no
need to re-compile and link with libdes any more (Follow
ENCRYPTION.txt).
Ludolf
