Myles Pope (MLPA)
2000-Nov-21 10:59 UTC
Login problem. Password authentication/encryption problem/solution.
Hi Ralph, You said > I'm trying to get samba up and running and have hit a glitch. You said > From my windows machines I can see the server. You said > However when I click on the server (In network You said > neighborhood) I get a request You said > for a password. I also get this line: You said > You said > Resource \\FADAC\IPC$ You said > Password: _____________ You said > You said > Looking in the log file, it shows that my uid on the You said > wintell box is correct, You said > but when I enter my password (I also have a uid on You said > FADAC (the host) with the You said > same name.) It is kicked out. I had the same problem recently and someone kindly put me onto the right track, I hope I can do the same for you. The way I fixed it was to make the windows PC sends the password in PLAIN TEXT (before implementing this fix, make sure that plain text fits in with your idea of adequate security...) The way that you make the windows PC do PLAIN TEXT is to create a new DWORD entry in the registry on each windows PC and check that you have turned off password encryption in smb.conf on your SAMBA box. The registry entry is really easy. You can download the appropriate *.reg file from the samba web site (or one of the links off the samba web site I think..) and double click it (run it) on each PC. OR You can read the samb docs (SMB-HOWTO) and do what they say... OR You can follow my suggestion and do the following: On Windows go Start Run regedit.exe. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentContolSet\Services\VxD\VNETSUP and go Edit Add new DWORD entry. Make the Value Name: EnablePlainTextPassword. Double click this new entry and change the zero to a number 1. Reboot .... and then it is your turn to tell the next person on this list how to do it! Smile. PS I also tried getting the password encryption to work _without_ success but I didn't care since plain text is good enough for me. I think that samba and windows encryptions don't always align properly but that is a guess. Good luck and regards, Myles Pope Principal MLPA mailto:mlpope@mlpa.net http://www.mlpa.net 0417 20 2244 +61 417 20 2244 _________________________________________________ You said > You said > Howdy all. You said > You said > I'm trying to get samba up and running and have hit a glitch. You said > From my windows machines I can see the server. You said > However when I click on the server (In network You said > neighborhood) I get a request You said > for a password. I also get this line: You said > You said > Resource \\FADAC\IPC$ You said > Password: _____________ You said > You said > Looking in the log file, it shows that my uid on the You said > wintell box is correct, You said > but when I enter my password (I also have a uid on You said > FADAC (the host) with the You said > same name.) It is kicked out. You said > You said > The host is running FreeBSD. The verson of Samba is You said > 2.0.2, as delivered on You said > the FreeBSD CDrom. You said > You said > I'm thinking I have something messed up in the You said > config someplace. Or a You said > permisions problem. You said > You said > Oh, I have a dir /share/pc that I would like to put You said > on the netboui net. You said > This is for common use. I'd like everyone on the You said > net to see this dir and be You said > able to use files there. How do I set this up? You said > You said > Thanks in advance, You said > You said > Ralph Howard You said > Hamster Productions You said > www.crvanard.com/hamster You said > (650) 594-1088 You said > You said > You said > You said > You said > You said > _______________________________________________________ You said > Tired of slow Internet? Get @Home Broadband Internet You said > http://www.home.com/xinbox/signup.html You said > You said > You said >