samba - Mar 2002 - Up Against a Wall with Win9x

I realize using Win9x and Samba is an old-hat issue, but I just can't get it
to work.  Perhaps someone can double-check what I'm doing and see if I'm
forgetting something.

I have about ten Win9x clients that have to connect to a Samba server.  I've
got Samba up and working for NT clients, but the Win9x ones just refuse to
connect.  Every connection attempt I try to make, I get 'specified network
password is incorrect.'

Now, I've tried setting "encrypt passwords = no" in the smb.conf. 
Then, on
the Win9x clients, I did the standard registry edit to give the
EnablePlainTextPassword a DWORD value of 1.

No dice.  

I can't even connect as guest using a null password after doing a smbpasswd
guest -n and setting all the "guest = ok"-type options in the
smb.conf.

> maybe you would liek to use encrypt passwords = yes and alos set the
> smbpasswd path. then type smbpasswd -a username and enter the new
> password..then u can start trying using the command prompt 
> and enter net use
> z: \\server\folder username password..it should work from there..
Thanks for the suggestion, but no dice.  

I have already tried the "smbpasswd file" option -- I apologize for
not
including my entire smb.conf.  Here it is:


[global]
        workgroup = WORKGROUP
        netbios name = SAMBASERVER2211
        server string = AIX Server, Samba 2.2.0
        encrypt passwords = Yes
        map to guest = Bad Password
        null passwords = Yes
        local master = No
        domain master = False
        wins support = Yes
        guest account = guest
        read only = Yes
        hosts allow = all
        smb passwd file = /var/samba/private/smbpasswd

[xtest]
        path = /xtest
        read only = No


I've tried doing a rm -rf on /var/samba/private, recreating it, and then
recreating the guest account with smbpasswd -a guest -n, and then connecting
from Win98.  Nothing.  I logged off, logged back onto Win98 as user guest
with a blank password, and that didn't work either.  I can only conclude
that either Samba is no longer accepting null passwords in spite of my
smb.conf setting, or that Windows is somehow unable to pass a proper
password over the wire.

Here's what my smbd.log says after a single connection attempt from Windows
98, with the daemon running at debug level 2:

[2002/04/01 08:58:13, 2] lib/access.c:check_access(318)
  Allowed connection from  (10.8.1.181)
[2002/04/01 08:58:13, 2] smbd/reply.c:reply_special(93)
  netbios connect: name1=SAMBASERVER2111    name2=JETSAM
[2002/04/01 08:58:13, 2] smbd/reply.c:reply_special(112)
  netbios connect: local=sambaserver2211 remote=jetsam
[2002/04/01 08:58:13, 2] smbd/reply.c:reply_sesssetup_and_X(990)
  Defaulting to Lanman password for guest
[2002/04/01 08:58:13, 2] smbd/password.c:pass_check_smb(586)
  pass_check_smb failed - invalid password for user [guest]
[2002/04/01 08:58:13, 2] lib/access.c:check_access(318)
  Allowed connection from  (10.8.1.181)
[2002/04/01 08:58:13, 2] smbd/password.c:pass_check_smb(586)
  pass_check_smb failed - invalid password for user [guest]
[2002/04/01 08:58:13, 2] smbd/password.c:pass_check_smb(586)
  pass_check_smb failed - invalid password for user [guest]
[2002/04/01 08:58:13, 2] smbd/password.c:pass_check_smb(586)
  pass_check_smb failed - invalid password for user [guest]
[2002/04/01 08:58:13, 2] smbd/service.c:make_connection(318)
  Invalid username/password for xtest [guest]
[2002/04/01 08:58:13, 2] smbd/server.c:exit_server(448)
  Closing connections
[2002/04/01 08:58:14, 2] lib/access.c:check_access(318)
  Allowed connection from  (10.8.1.181)
[2002/04/01 08:58:14, 2] smbd/reply.c:reply_special(93)
  netbios connect: name1=SAMBASERVER2111    name2=JETSAM
[2002/04/01 08:58:14, 2] smbd/reply.c:reply_special(112)
  netbios connect: local=sambaserver2211 remote=jetsam
[2002/04/01 08:58:14, 2] smbd/reply.c:reply_sesssetup_and_X(990)
  Defaulting to Lanman password for guest
[2002/04/01 08:58:14, 2] smbd/password.c:pass_check_smb(586)
  pass_check_smb failed - invalid password for user [guest]
[2002/04/01 08:58:14, 2] lib/access.c:check_access(318)
  Allowed connection from  (10.8.1.181)
[2002/04/01 08:58:14, 2] smbd/password.c:pass_check_smb(586)
  pass_check_smb failed - invalid password for user [guest]
[2002/04/01 08:58:14, 2] smbd/password.c:pass_check_smb(586)
  pass_check_smb failed - invalid password for user [guest]
[2002/04/01 08:58:14, 2] smbd/password.c:pass_check_smb(586)
  pass_check_smb failed - invalid password for user [guest]
[2002/04/01 08:58:14, 2] smbd/service.c:make_connection(318)
  Invalid username/password for xtest [guest]
[2002/04/01 08:58:14, 2] smbd/server.c:exit_server(448)
  Closing connections

Additionally, if I change 'encrypt passwords' to 'no' and then
do the
EnablePlainTextPassword registry edit on the Windows 98 boxes and reboot
them, the smbd.log *still* reports bad password, and so does the connection
attempt.

Now, I can get the Win9x boxes to connect if I use "guest ok = yes",
but I
consider this sort of a cop-out.  I'm using it in the short-term, but
I'd
really appreciate it if anyone can shed any light on what I may be doing
wrong.

Thanks!