Well, if you want to use plain text passwords, you can use this .reg
file, which come with Samba documentation.
/usr/share/doc/samba-doc/Win95_PlainPassword.reg
It is only a plain text file,
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\VNETSUP]
"EnablePlainTextPassword"=dword:00000001
Rossy
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On Mon, 27 Aug 2001, ktb wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 26, 2001 at 10:17:28PM -0700, Jason Majors wrote:
> > I'm trying to share directories through samba. I have the workgroup and
> > server set correctly, because I can see the server in the network
> > neighborhood on the win98 client. But it will not allow access. I used
> > to change the windoze box to use plain text passwords...but since
> > linuxtopia no longer exists, I can't get to the learnto that said how
> > to do that.
> > I'm going from the smb.conf in an install of 2.2.1a-6, with these
> > modifications:
> > [homes]
> > comment = Home Directories
> > browseable = yes
> > read only = no
> > create mask = 0755
> > directory mask = 0755
> >
> > [oggs]
> > comment = oggs on magneto
> > writable = no
> > locking = no
> > path = /usr/local/oggs
> > public = yes
> >
> > Does anyone have any idea how I can get these shared? The first one
> > isn't much of a big deal to me, but sharing the oggs is.
>
> If you want to use plain text passwords then nab Ptxt_on which in on the
> W98 cd. It is just a registry hack so you can find the hack on the web
> if you can't find the file.
>
> Otherwise set up encrypted passwords. Read "man smbpasswd" basically in
> /etc/samba run -
> # smbpasswd -a username
>
> Login on the windows side with the same user and password as you created
> with smbpasswd.
>
> Oh and change your smb.conf
>
> [global]
> security = user
> encrypt passwords = yes
> smb passwd file = /usr/samba/smbpasswd
>
> That is the quick and nasty. Haven't done it for a while so I hope I
> didn't forget something. You should have the samba book on your system.
> Look for using_samba/ch06_04.html. Lays it all out for you. The book
> is on-line also. I'm getting kind of bleary eyed so I'm going to stop:)
> hth,
> kent
