samba - Oct 2002 - windows 98 AUTHENTICATION PROBLEM PLEASE HELPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here is the issue I am having. We have a SCO Unix server running samba
that displays a share of public read-only reports to a windows network.

Users on this network logon on to a Windows 2000 Domain controller. And
the logon script which has an embedded passwd maps the drive for the
win2k clients. The problem is with windows 98. 
 
I edited the Windows 2000 domain controller?s logon1.bat login script in
order to map the share on a drive named U:\. So this is what I wrote:
NET USE U:\  {passwd} HYPERLINK
"file:///\\\\fanta\\reports"\\fanta\reports /USER:{generic username}.
 
 I created a generic user name without network privileges or login
shell. The only thing this does is allow me to embed a login passwd in
the script that will just allow for authentication of this share. So
windows 2000 users log in and map the share just fine. 
THE PROBLEM IS WITH WINDOWS 98!!! THE WINDOWS 98 NET USE COMMMAND DOES
NOT ALLOW FOR AN EMBEDDED PASSWORD COMMAND OPTION.  I HAVE TWO
QUESTIONS:
 
1- IS THERE A WAY TO EMBED WINDOWS 98 PASSWORDS INTO LOGON SCRIPTS???
2- DO I NEED TO MODIFY THE PASSWORDS SETTINGS ON WINDOWS 98 CLIENTS TO
SEND OUT CLEAR TEXT PASSWORDS OR DO I LEAVE WINDOWS 98 ENCRYPTED
PASSWORDS???
 
 
 I HAVE ENCLOSED HERE THE OUTPUT OF UNAME ?x AND THE GLOBAL SECTION OF
THE smb.conf FILE.
 
 
 
I am running samba on a SCO Unix.  The version of SCO is  3.2v5.0.5  The
version of samba is 2.0.8.  
Here is the output from uname ?X:
 
System = SCO_SV
Node = fanta
Release = 3.2v5.0.5
KernelID = 98/07/02
Machine = i80386
BusType = ISA
Serial = 2FL106390
Users = 130-user
OEM# = 0
Origin# = 1
NumCPU = 1
 
Here is the global section of the smb.conf file: 
# Global parameters
[global]
        create mask = 0660
        workgroup = FANTA
        server string = Fanta Samba Server
        encrypt passwords = Yes
        smb passwd file = /etc/smbpasswd
        passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
        passwd chat = *New*UNIX*password* %n\n
*ReType*new*UNIX*password* %n\n *
passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*
        log file = /usr/local/samba/var/log.%m
        max log size = 50
        socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
        dns proxy = No
        wins server = 192.168.1.3
 
 
 
 

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