On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 03:46:12PM -0700, Ryan White wrote:

> As I recall after windows 95 the passwords are sent over the line
> encrypted. The encryption might be weak but they are not clear text
> anymore. 

> There is a switch in SMB to allow encrypted passwords. This is ON by
> default in debian (I believe)

But using this option prevents you from using the global /etc/shadow
file, which is problematic in some cases.

 - Sebastian

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