are you running PDC somewhere? did you try to change user passwd with smbpasswd?
Marcin Kurc CAD Systems Administrator Cooper-Standard Automotive -----Original Message----- From: Brian W. Carver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 2:34 PM To: debian-user Subject: Re: Samba Won't Take Passwords Thanks Jason, That reminds me to say that I did set up samba with encrypt passwords=yes and I do have a smbpassword file. I'd rather not mess with Windows Registries, so I chose your option 1. Problem is, it still won't accept my passwords. Jason Healy wrote: > At 1018887273s since epoch (04/15/02 14:14:33 -0400 UTC), Brian W. Carver wrote: > > But now, there are two Windows 98 computers attached ... > > I gave "brian" the same password but if you go to the "brian" machine > > and enter that password (or any other password I've ever used) then > > another pop-up box comes up saying, "The password is incorrect. Try again." > > By default, Windows 98 and above encrypts its passwords before sending > them over the wire. You have two options in this case: > > 1) Set up your server to receive encrypted passwords. This means > setting the "encrypt passwords = yes" option on the samba config > file, and then creating a "smbpasswd" file using the "smbpasswd" > utility on your server. Note that these passwords are not > necessarily kept in sync with the regular UNIX account passwords. > > 2) Set your windows boxes to NOT use encryption. This requires a > little registry hacking -- see the SAMBA HOWTO for complete > information. For Windows 98, use 'regedit' and create a new > registry key under > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\VNETSUP > > With the name 'EnablePlainTextPassword' and a DWORD value of '0x01' > > Step one is good if you want the encryption and don't feel like > changing your Windows machines, but it doesn't work with PAM, as the > smbpasswd file must be maintained separately. > > Step two is good if you don't care about the encryption and don't want > to have to mess with the server side too much to make things work. > Your call. > > Jason > > -- > Jason Healy > http://www.logn.net/ > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brian W. Carver [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
